1.1. HaloGrow is committed to protecting our customer's privacy. Please take the time to review this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) which explains what information we collect about you, how we use it, and your rights. This Policy provides important information and you should not use any services on https://tryhalogrow.com/ (the “Website”) without priorly reading this Policy.
1.2. This Policy is prepared in accordance to Regulation EU 2016/679 known as General Data Protection Regulation and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018. Please be noted, that depending on the place of your residence some rules of this Policy might not apply to you, as you will find furtherly explained in this Policy.
Please refer to Section 2 above - you have to provide us with the information which we need to process your orders that you submit on the Website, as well as to handle your inquiries, requests, claims, etc. In case you do not provide us with this information, we will not be able to provide you services and handle your orders.
4.1. We use your information for the purposes specified in Section 2 above. These are the main group of actions that we do with your personal information:
4.2. If you agree to receive marketing SMS, we may also transfer your phone number details to our partners or companies that belong to our companies’ group. Neither we, neither our partners will not send you any marketing SMS if we don’t have your permission to do that. We may send you short marketing messages to your phone (SMS) if you will agree to that on the Website. You can cancel your permission to receive marketing SMS anytime by sending a word “STOP” as a reply to the SMS that you will receive from us. We will not send you marketing SMS’ more often than 3 times per week. Our marketing SMS’ are free of carrier costs and fees, thus you will not be charged for any SMS that you will receive from us.
5.1. We share your personal information with the following subjects:
5.2. If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then our payment processor stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
5.3. In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies for the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand how your personal information will be handled by these providers.
5.4. We may share your data with third-party marketing partners for advertising purposes. Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act. Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service. When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
6.1. To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
6.2. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL). Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
6.3. In most cases personal data are processed and transmitted in the territory of the European Union and the European Economic Area, however sometimes it is necessary for us to transfer your details to our service providers that are located outside European Union. We always make sure to have appropriate agreements covering data processing provisions and we perform regular audits to make sure that the third parties, located outside of the EU, are following GDPR rules. When this is permitted by law and is required for the reasons given in this policy, we may disclose information about you to third parties that are located in the United States and are compliant with EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. You may download a copy of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework at https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
7.1. If you are a resident of United States, we may "sell" (as sell is defined in CCPA) or purchase the following categories of personal information:
7.2. We only "sell" or “buy” your personal information to or from thoroughly selected trustful partners and/or digital advertising networks. We do not sell or buy any personal information of minors under the age of 16.
8.1. If you are a California resident, you have the rights set forth below in this section under the CCPA. Please see the sections below for a description of your rights under CCPA and instructions regarding how to exercise these rights. If there are any conflicts between this section and any other provision of this Privacy Policy and you are a California resident, the portion that is more protective of Personal Data shall control to the extent of such conflict. If you have any questions about this section or whether any of the following rights apply to you, please contact us at [email protected].
You have the right to request that we would not sell your personal data. Your request to opt-out from the sale oy our personal data will be effective for 12 months, after which we might ask you to opt-in to the sale of personal data. You can opt-out from selling your personal data by emailing us at [email protected]. We will comply with your opt-out request within 15 business days from receiving your request.We may refuse to stop selling your data if a sale is necessary for us to comply with legal obligations, exercise legal claims or rights, or defend legal claims, or if the personal information is related to certain medical information, the consumer credit reporting information, or other types of information exempt from the CCPA.
You have the right to request that we would disclose to you what personal information we have collected, used, shared, or sold about you, during the last 12 months of your inquiry. Specifically, you have the right to request disclosure of the following data related to you personally:
You may request that we would delete your personal information that we have collected from you and tell our service providers to do the same. However, many exceptions allow us to keep your personal information.You can provide your request to delete your information by emailing us at [email protected] will respond to your "Right to Know" request within 45 calendar days. If necessary, we have the right to extend our response deadline by another 45 days (90 days total) by notifying you about that.We may refuse to accept your "Right to Know" request and not disclose your personal information, if:
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. We will not deny you our goods or services, charge you different prices or rates, or provide you a lower quality of goods and services only because you are a California resident or if you exercise your rights under the CCPA.
Whenever we receive your request under the provisions of this Section 8 above, we will have to verify your identity to determine if the request is provided by the consumer about whom we have personal information and to determine that you are a Californian resident. Accordingly, we might ask you for additional information for verification purposes and we would use such information for this verification purpose only.
9.1. GDPR and other laws provide you with certain rights, procedures for implementation of and exceptions to these rights. When allowed by law, you can:
9.2. Whenever we receive your request to exercise any of the rights specified above we may need to verify your identity in order to determine if the request is provided by the person about whom we have personal information and in order to determine your identity. Accordingly, we might ask you for additional information for verification purposes and we would use such information for this verification purpose only.
9.3. If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. Our data processing is supervised by Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate, L. Sapiegos g. 17, Vilnius 10312, Lithuania, email [email protected], +370 5 279 1445, https://www.vdai.lrv.lt/.
10.1. By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
10.2. We do not process any personal data of minors that are 16 years old or younger. If you are a minor as specified herein, we request that you would stop using the Website immediately. We have a right to delete your personal data without separate notification if we have a reason to believe that you are younger than 16 years old.
11.1. Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your device (e.g. computer, mobile phone, tablet) when you browse websites. Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. They are widely used to make websites work or work in a better, more efficient way. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as cookies.
11.2. Our website uses cookies as described in the table below:
11.3. You can configure your browser to decline some or all cookies or to ask for your permission before accepting them. Please note that by deleting cookies or disabling future cookies you may be unable to access certain areas or features of our website. For information on how to adjust or change your browser settings, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. For information on, policy and control options for third-party cookies, please read cookie policies of such third parties.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
Please contact Customer Support if you have any questions concerning your purchase via email at [email protected]