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Privacy Policy The American Horticultural Society (AHS) strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party." How we gather information from users How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. We offer several online services that require you to provide your personally identifiable information. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for events, sign up for a membership, ask to receive informational materials, or when you make a purchase. Like most websites, the AHS site also collects anonymous information automatically through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit. A cookie is a small file stored on your hard drive and, among other things, it may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password. We may also be unable to customize the site's features according to your preferences. What we do with the information we collect Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive).
Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers
and business partners. Again, this information does not include any
Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to
identify you individually. Personally Identifiable Information collected by the American Horticultural Society (AHS) may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our web hosting service for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law. Personally Identifiable Information may occasionally be made available to other non-profit and for-profit organizations that we believe may be of interest or use to you. If you would not like to have your name shared with other companies, you may opt-out by contacting us via email at membership@ahs.org. If you elect to keep your record private, we will not share your Personally Identifiable Information with any other organization. Whether or not you choose to share your information will have no impact on your interaction with the AHS. In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases. Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements The American Horticultural Society (AHS) expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on an American Horticultural Society page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through the AHS’ site you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. The AHS is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party. While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. The AHS does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. Children The American Horticultural Society (AHS) does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe the AHS has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address listed below. Contacting Us For questions about the website, we can be reached by emailing webmaster@ahs.org. For questions about our member programs, we can be reached by emailing membership@ahs.org. Changes to this Policy
The American Horticultural Society (AHS) reserves the right to change
this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for
changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes
to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected
prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the
rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.
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