Privacy Policy

02/17/09
Updated 12/11/09 (changed a link location)
Updated 03/12/2011 (put into new page template, corrected a little language)

Opening Statements
I recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information I receive and collect when you use Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com, as well as some of the steps I take to safeguard information. I hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing information with me.

Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all my operations. Likewise, I am dedicated to protecting my customers', consumers' and online visitors' privacy on my website. I do not have control of other sites and, although I try to pick other sites that uphold the same standards as I do, I am not responsible for their actions.

Personal Information
Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com collects personally identifiable information from the visitors to my website only on a voluntary basis. Personal information collected on a voluntary basis may include (but is not limited to) name, postal address, email address, company name and telephone number.

This information is collected if you request information from me, participate in a contest or sweepstakes, purchase something and sign up to join any lists or request some other service or information from me. The information collected is internally reviewed, used to improve the content of the website, notify visitors of updates, and respond to visitor inquiries.

Once information is reviewed, it is discarded or stored in files off the internet. If I make changes in the collection of personally identifiable information I will inform you by placing a notice on our site. Personal information received from any visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties.

Use of Cookies and Web Beacons
I may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. Cookies are identifiers that are transferred to your computer's hard drive through your web browser to enable the systems to recognize your browser. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the site's pages, or register with any site services, a cookie enables Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your web browser; however, if you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the site.

A web beacon is a transparent image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are commonly used by sites that hire services to monitor traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.

I may serve third party advertisements that use cookies and web beacons in the course of ads being served on the web site to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. No personally identifiable information you give us is provided to them for cookie or web beacon use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on the web site.

Browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent. Privacy software can be used to override web beacons. Taking either of these actions shouldn't cause a problem with the site, should you so choose.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
This website is directed to adults; it is not directed to children under the age of 13. I operate the site in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and will not knowingly collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of age. Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com is available to teach the use of herbs and does not, to the best of my knowledge, contain any information that would be harmful.

Non-Personal Information
In some cases, I may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. I use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about the user base as a whole. The information collected is used solely for internal review and not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

Release of Information
If Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com is sold, the information I have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in the site may transfer to the new owner(s) as a part of the sale in order that the service being provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through the website of that change in control and practices, and I will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make.

How You Can Correct or Remove Information
I provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of my commitment to protect your personal information. If you have submitted personal information through the website and would like that information deleted from the records or would like to update or correct that information, please click on this link and/or use the Contact page.

Updates and Effective Date
Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com reserves the right to make changes in this policy. If there is a material change in privacy practices, I will indicate on our site that the privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new privacy policy. I encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you will know what information is collected and how it is used.

Agreeing to Terms
If you do not agree to Herbal-HowTo-Guide.com Privacy Policy, as posted here on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site.

Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy policy.

Contact Me
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy please contact me by clicking this link.