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%h1#title Privacy Policy
%p
  We hate legalese, so we've tried to make this policy readable. If you've got any questions, feel free to
  <a href="mailto:support@growstuff.org">ask us</a>, and we'll do our best to answer.
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  This privacy statement ("Privacy Policy") covers all websites (such as
  <a href="http://www.growstuff.org/">growstuff.org</a>) owned and operated by the Growstuff maintainers ("Growstuff",
  "we", "us", "our") and all associated services, collectively referred to as "the Service".
%p
  We use information you share with us for our internal business purposes. We do not sell your information. This notice
  tells you what information we collect, how we use it, and steps we take to protect and secure it.
%h2 1. Information we collect
%h3 1.1 Non-Personal Data
%p
  Like most website operators, we collect Non-Personal Data such as browser type, language preference, referring site,
  and the date and time of each visitor request.
%p
  We collect this to understand how our visitors and members use our service, and use it to make decisions about how to
  change and adapt the service.
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  From time to time, we may release Non-Personal Data in aggregate form (for instance, by publishing trends in site
  usage) to explain our reasoning in making decisions. We will not release individual information, only aggregate
  information.
%h3 1.2 Personal Data
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  Personal Data is anything which can be used to identify or contact you, such as your legal name, email address, IP
  address, or physical location.
%h4 1.2.1 Automatically collected Personal Data
%p
  We automatically collect some Personal Data, such as IP address, provided by your browser and your computer whenever
  you visit our website.
%p We collect this information for several purposes:
%ul
  %li To diagnose and repair network issues with your use of the site;
  %li To estimate the number of users accessing the service from specific geographic regions;
  %li To help prevent fraud and abuse.
%h4 1.2.2 Email address
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  In order to register for the service, you must give us your email address. We will use your email address to send
  confirmation of certain actions, such as when you change your password. We will contact you when it's necessary to
  complete a request that you've initiated, or if there's a critical or administrative issue affecting your use of
  the service.
%p
  Once you have created your account, you can choose to subscribe to certain events and have notifications of those
  events sent to you via email. You will be able to change your mind and opt out of receiving notifications via email at
  any time.
%p
  We will never sell or provide your email address to any third party for marketing purposes, or for any other reason
  except as set out below.
%h4 1.2.3 Optional Personal Data you provide to us
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  As you use the service, you have the option to provide more Personal Data, through your profile and other activity on
  the site. Providing this information is strictly optional.
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  You have the option to provide us with your location. You may provide this at whatever level of detail you wish. For
  instance, you may provide your street address, your country of residence, or nothing at all. We use this location to
  provide you with relevant content.
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  Many of your activities on the Service may allow you to post Personal Data or to directly or indirectly disclose
  Personal Data about yourself. For instance, you may disclose Personal Data in a post or comment on the site, by
  uploading a picture, by linking to another website you use, or by recording your gardening activity in detail. All of
  these activities are optional. You should use due caution when disclosing Personal Data through your activity on the
  Service.
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  We will show the information you provide, including any Personal Data it may contain, to others viewing the site, in
  accordance with the privacy options you've selected.
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  The information you provide is also made available to third parties via our API and feeds, in accordance with the
  privacy options you've selected and subject to the terms of our API and Data Use Policy which is available at
  <a href="http://www.growstuff.org/policy/api">http://www.growstuff.org/policy/api</a>.
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  Some of the information you provide is categorised as Structured Data, which is defined more fully in our
  <a href="/policy/tos">Terms of Service</a>. We make Structured Data freely available under a
  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) 3.0 Unported license for use by third parties, in accordance with
  the privacy options you've selected.
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  We may also use any Personal Data you provide, in aggregate, to make decisions about how to change and adapt the
  service. From time to time, we may release information in aggregate form (for instance, by publishing trends in site
  usage) to explain our reasoning in making decisions. We will not release individual information, only aggregate
  information.
%h2 2. Disclosure of Personal Data
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  We disclose Personal Data, including optional personal information you have provided but which is not normally
  available to other site users, only to those of our employees, contractors, and volunteers who (i) need to know that
  information in order to operate the service and (ii) have agreed not to disclose it to others. Circumstances in which
  this is necessary include, but are not limited to: troubleshooting and diagnosing technical problems, investigating
  possible Terms of Service violations, and legal compliance issues.
%p
  We contract with third-party vendors to provide some site features. We will only share personal information with
  third-party vendors to the extent that is necessary for them to provide these site features. We require our
  third-party vendors to provide the same level of privacy protection that we do, and they do not have the right to
  share or use personal information for any purpose other than providing those site features.
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  We may disclose Personal Data or potentially personally-identifying data when that release is required by law or by
  court order, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the safety or rights
  of us, third parties, or the public at large.
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  We reserve the right to transfer your Personal Data to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, liquidation,
  receivership or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of our company provided that the third party agrees
  to adhere to the terms of the Growstuff Privacy Policy and provided that the third party only uses your Personal Data
  for the purposes that you provided it to us. You will be notified in the event of any such transfer and you will be
  afforded an opportunity to opt out.
%h2 3. Cookies
%p
  A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser
  provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their
  usage of the website, and their website access preferences. We also use cookies to govern logging into your account.
%p
  Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before
  using the site, with the drawback that certain features of the site may not function properly without the aid of
  cookies.
%h2 4. Confidentiality and security
%p
  No data transmission over the Internet can ever be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You use this service at your own
  risk. However, we will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to
  protect your Personal Data.
%p
  Your account information is password-protected. We recommend that you choose a strong and secure password. We use
  industry-standard encryption to protect your password on our servers.
%p
  If we learn of a system security breach, we will notify you electronically so you can take appropriate steps to
  protect yourself.
%h2 5. Deleting your information
%p
  You can change or delete any optional information that you've provided us at any time. If you change or delete any
  optional information you've provided, the change will take place immediately on the Service. However, caching or
  references to the data, including in third-party applications based on the Service, may mean that formerly available
  data remains available for some time.
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  As part of the day-to-day operation of the Service, we will make regular copies of the data contained in the databases
  for backup purposes. These backups can potentially contain deleted data for several weeks or months. These backups
  will also be governed by the rules for Disclosure of Personal Data.
%h2 6. Changes
%p
  We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. A history of changes to this Policy is available via our public
  source code repository at <a href="https://github.com/Growstuff/policy">https://github.com/Growstuff/policy</a>. We
  will take reasonable steps to notify you of any substantial changes to this Policy; however, it is your responsibility
  to check this Policy periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy
  will constitute your acceptance of such change.
%h2 7. Contacting us
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  If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us at
  <a href="mailto:support@growstuff.org">support@growstuff.org</a>.
%h2 8. Creative Commons
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  This privacy policy is based on one developed by Automattic
  (<a href="http://automattic.com/privacy/">http://automattic.com/privacy/</a>) and amended by Dreamwidth
  (<a href="http://dreamwidth.org/legal/privacy">http://dreamwidth.org/legal/privacy</a>) and is licensed under a
  <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License</a>.