Privacy Policy

Privacy at Broad Gardening (broadgardening.com) is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit the website and to being open and transparent about the information we collect and the way we use that information when you browse the website or communicate with Broad Gardening.

Broad gardening is a business owned by Philemon John which provides gardening information, guides, educational content, recommendations for products and other related gardening products and services.

This Privacy Policy explains the kind of information we may collect from Broad Gardening, how Broad Gardening uses the information and the choices that are available to visitors.

Information You Provide to Us

You will be asked to offer personal information when you send a message to Broad Gardening through the website.

On the website we have a contact us page, where you will be asked to provide the following:

your name
your email address
a subject
your question or message to Broad Gardening
or you can email Broad Gardening direct.

Please do not provide us with any sensitive personal information through the website or email unless you specifically need us to do so.

How We Use Information You Provide

The submitted information, on its own, may be used for the following:

To accomplish user requests or messages you send us.
To reply to questions about gardening.
To reply to comments about editorial decisions.
To process requests for modifications.
To answer the business or affiliate inquiries.
To connect with you regarding the subject matter of the inquiry.

The information you provided through the contact may not be used for other purposes, unless there is a good reason to do so.

Contact Information

You can contact Broad Gardening at:

Email:broadgardening@gmail.com

Broad Gardening currently provides a direct contact form on its Contact page for visitors who prefer to send a message through the website.

Information Automatically Collected and Log Files

As is the case with many websites, Broad Gardening may collect certain technical information through the server logs and website infrastructure.

Internet Protocol (IP) address
Browser type
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Date and time of a visit
Referring page
Exit page
Number of clicks or similar website activity information

This category of information is usually used for website administration, security, understanding website traffic, and maintaining or improving the website.

Log and technical information may be combined or associated with information that directly identifies an individual.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Broad Gardening uses cookies and similar technologies (collectively, "cookies") in relation to the website and advertising.

Some cookies may be placed or accessed by third-party services (including advertising services) used on the website. Cookies may be used for purposes such as

Delivering and measuring advertisements
Limiting repeated advertisements
Supporting advertising functionality
Understanding website and advertising activity
Remembering certain preferences or settings

Disabling certain cookies may impact your interaction with the website or some advertising.

Broad Gardening displays advertising to visitors to the website through Google AdSense. Google and some other advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar technologies in conjunction with advertising delivered by Google or its advertising partners.

These technologies may be used to:

Serve advertisements
Measure advertising performance
Detect invalid or fraudulent activity
Limit repeated advertisements
Deliver advertisements that may be more relevant to visitors
Support advertising measurement and reporting

Google has stated that it may use advertising cookies to serve advertising based on a user's previous visits to this or other websites. Depending on applicable settings, individuals may be shown personalized or non-personalized advertising. To control Google advertising preferences, you may use Google's available Ads Settings and privacy controls.

To learn more about how Google uses information when you use third-party websites and services, you can review Google's published privacy policies.

Third-Party Advertising Technologies

Due to Broad Gardening's use of third-party advertising services, third-parties may place and access cookies in your internet browser or otherwise use similar technologies (such as web beacons or IP addresses) when Broad Gardening displays advertising.

These third-parties may collect information in accordance with their privacy policies and applicable laws. Broad Gardening does not control the privacy practices of third-party advertising service providers.

Affiliate Links and Affiliate Marketing

Broad Gardening participates in certain affiliate marketing programs.

Some links on the website may be affiliate links, meaning that if you click the affiliate link and take a qualifying action (such as making a purchase or signing up to a service), the website will receive a commission at no cost to you.

Affiliate marketing may involve the use of cookies or other similar technologies to track referrals and qualified actions. The use of affiliate links does not change the price you pay for products or services unless the merchant makes clear that there is a difference. Broad Gardening makes every effort to disclose its relationship with its affiliate partners and to maintain editorial independence.

How Independent Third-Parties May Handle Information

As Broad Gardening relies on certain third-party services to provide and run the website, those third-party services may process technical or other information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.

Some third-party services Broad Gardening relies on include Google advertising services, internet hosting and infrastructure providers, email services used to correspond with Broad Gardening, and affiliate networks or merchants from the program that provides the individual an affiliate link.

Once information is handled by them, an independent third-party provider controls how it is processed under their policies.

Links to External Websites

Broad Gardening contains links to externally operated third-party websites.

The privacy policies, cookies, tracking technology, terms, and information handling of these third-party websites will be governed by their policies and practices. Broad Gardening shall not be responsible for the privacy policies or data security practices of third-party websites.

Visitors should review the privacy policy of any third-party website before submitting any personal information.

Information That Is Not Sold

Broad Gardening does not sell the personal information provided by its readers for money.

Third-party advertising and affiliate services may sell or otherwise process information without regard to this Privacy Policy through third-party cookies, advertising technologies, referral tracking, or other mechanisms as described above. Any such third-party processing is governed by the applicable privacy policies and practices of the third-party recipient.

Data Storage

Broad Gardening will retain information only for as long as the information is reasonably necessary for the purpose it was received, or otherwise for legitimate operational, security, legal, or administrative purposes (such as addressing disputes or maintaining appropriate business records).

For example, Broad Gardening will generally retain email correspondence and contact-form submissions for such period of time as reasonably necessary to address a particular query and in an orderly manner, address disputes, or maintain appropriate business and financial records. Technical and advertising information will be retained by Broad Gardening or third-party service providers in accordance with their respective systems and data retention policies.

Data Security

Broad Gardening takes reasonable steps to protect the integrity and security of its website and the information received and stored through it.

However, no website, Internet transmission, or electronic data storage or communication system can be guaranteed to be fully secure.

Visitors should not use Broad Gardening's forms or email to transmit highly sensitive information.

Children's Privacy

Broad Gardening is a gardening website for the general public. It does not intentionally solicit or receive sensitive personal information from children through the contact form or other pathways.

If anyone believes that a child has supplied information to Broad Gardening, please contact us at broadgardening@gmail.com for further consideration.

Privacy Rights

Subject to the jurisdiction in which the reader resides and whether applicable privacy laws are applicable to the reader and Broad Gardening's activities, the reader may have various rights concerning personal information. Such rights may include, where applicable:

The right to know what personal information is collected and how it is used
The right to request access to personal information
The right to request correction of inaccurate information
The right to request deletion of personal information, subject to applicable exceptions
The right to opt out of certain forms of personal information processing where required by applicable law
The right to receive equal treatment when exercising applicable privacy rights

Requests in relation to privacy rights may be made to broadgardening@gmail.com.

We will require sufficient information to be able to address the request before taking any action.

California Privacy Rights

California residents have specific privacy rights under applicable California privacy law, which broadly include the right to know, access, correct, delete, or opt out of certain uses or disclosures of personal information depending on the applicable law and the circumstances.

Broad Gardening will not sell personal reader data. Requests concerning applicable privacy rights can be submitted to: broadgardening@gmail.com.

We will assess privacy requests in accordance with applicable law.

European Privacy Rights

Readers are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction where the European Union or other applicable privacy laws afford certain rights, they may also have:

Access to personal information
Correction of inaccurate information
Deletion of personal information
Restriction of processing
Objection to certain processing
Data portability
Withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent

The applicability of certain rights depends on a wide range of factors, including the location of the reader and Broad Gardening, the nature of the processing, whether applicable national laws apply, and the duration of processing.

Visitors from Abroad

Broad Gardening is accessible worldwide and primarily provides information to Americans and other backyard growers.

Visitors to this website from other countries may have information processed by Broad Gardening or by third-party service providers in locations where those services are provided.

Third-party advertising, hosting, email, and affiliate providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and practices.

Individuals may be able to take certain steps to manage advertising and cookie preferences.

Depending on the browser, device, location, and services involved, individuals may be able to:

Block or delete cookies through your browser
Adjust browser privacy settings
Manage Google's advertising preferences
Opt out of personalized advertising where the relevant provider offers that option
Use privacy or consent controls made available by applicable advertising services

Disabling cookies may not fully disable advertising on our website. Ads that are not interest-based may still appear.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

Broad Gardening may occasionally revise this Privacy Policy.

Such revisions may occur upon:

Website functionality changes
New services are introduced
Advertising or affiliate arrangements change
Privacy practices change
Applicable legal requirements change

When an update to the Privacy Policy occurs, the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be revised. Visitors are advised to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any updates.

Contact Us

If you have a question, concern, or request regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your information, please contact:

Broad Gardening
Philemon John
Email:broadgardening@gmail.com

We will review privacy-related inquiries and respond as appropriate.

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