Updated: December 30, 2005

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens site (the "Site"); it does not apply to other online or offline Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens sites, products or services. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized.

In support of these uses, Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests.

We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information about other Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens products and services, and/or share information with Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens partners so they may send you information about their products and services.

When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional e-mail, Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens may use customized links or similar technologies to track e-mail links that you click. We may associate that information with your personal information in order to provide you more focused e-mail communications or purchase information. Each e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens employees or agents, users of Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens products or services, or members of the public.

Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next section, you can access your personal information and make choices about how you wish to be contacted.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. In some services offered by Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens, contact with the customer is an intrinsic part of the service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service(s) you have chosen.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

We sometimes use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the site's features that you customized.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens Web site usage, such as how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens Web page, blog or a newsletter. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this or other Web sites you visit.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.

Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. Doing this allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views. Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal information.

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens by emailing us at Feedback@JonCarloftis.com.

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Feedback@JonCarloftis.com