Privacy Statement

Privacy

HydroTonics is committed to protecting consumer privacy online.  HydroTonics has created this privacy statement to demonstrate its firm commitment to secure and trustworthy Internet commerce and the individual’s privacy.  By using this Website, you consent to the terms of HydroTonics’ Privacy Policy and to HydroTonics’ processing of personal information for the purposes set forth below.

Registration

You may be required to register in order to be granted access to certain information, services and/or products at this Website.  At the time of registration, you may be prompted by one of our online forms to provide certain personal information to us, including your name, company name, email address and other information including non-financial information.

Use of Your Personal Information

The personal information that you provide to HydroTonics, may be stored, processed, and used by HydroTonics and its affiliates for the following purposes: to provide information about our company, products and/or services, including updates, notifications, and details of any offers or promotions; to assist us in improving our products, services or the content of this Website; to contact you to participate in a market research survey, so that we can gauge customer satisfaction and develop better products; or for our own internal marketing and research purposes; to promote user groups; to make this Website or service easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing this Website or service to your particular interests or preferences; to analyze information for trends and statistics.  We may also provide this information to an agent acting on HydroTonics’ behalf in connection with the activities described above.

HydroTonics will occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as packaging, sending, and delivering purchases and other mailings; answering customer questions about products or services; processing event registration; or performing statistical analysis of our services.  HydroTonics will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Except as described above, HydroTonics will not sell, rent, or in any way intentionally disclose personal information that you provide to us on this Website to any third party (other than an agent acting on our behalf as described above), unless: (a) HydroTonics is required to do so by law, regulation, warrant, subpoena or court order, (b) HydroTonics is required in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of HydroTonics employees, users of HydroTonics products or services, or members of the public, or to enforce Terms of Use; or (c) such disclosure is part of a sale of all (or substantially all) of the assets of one or more divisions or affiliates of HydroTonics.

Use of Cookies

HydroTonics uses cookies to help us provide better customer service and to enhance the user experience and deliver personalized content.  Many improvements and updates to this Website are based on the data collected through the cookies, such as total number of visitors and pages viewed.  A “cookie” is a small text file stored locally in the computer used to access your account, and contains information relating to your past use of this Website.  HydroTonics may disclose the non-personally identifiable information collected, in aggregate form only, to third parties including advertisers or potential advertisers.  You have the ability to accept or decline cookies.  However, if you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive feature of this Website or services you visit.

Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms

From time to time, portions of this Website may allow you to post information which other visitors to this Website will be able to access (such as on a “bulletin board” or during an interactive “chat” with other visitors).  In the event that you choose to post information in this context, it becomes generally available to the public, and we have no ability to control or limit its use by visitors to our site.  By posting the information on this Website you are providing HydroTonics and its affiliates the right to use the information in connection with the operation of HydroTonics’ business.  Therefore, we encourage you not to post any information you consider private or sensitive on this Website.

Children’s Privacy

HydroTonics’ Website does not target, and are not structured to attract, children under the age of 13. HydroTonics does not collect any registration information from users who indicate they are under the age of 13.  If HydroTonics discovers personal data from a child, HydroTonics will eliminate that data.

Security of Information

To protect the privacy of personal information provided by you, HydroTonics employs industry-standard controls including physical access controls, Internet firewalls, intrusion detection, and network monitoring.  Additionally, only authorized administrators and staff have access to systems containing such information. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.  Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Revisions

HydroTonics reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you, and HydroTonics will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on this Website as soon as they go into effect.  We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.