Privacy Policy

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Welcome to Garden Mirth (“we”, “our”, or “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy while you shop for quality garden products like barbecue covers, gazebos, and garden kneelers. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website gardenmirth.com.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services to all our gardening enthusiasts:

• Personal Information: When you make a purchase, we collect your name, email address, shipping address, payment information (processed securely through our payment providers), and contact details.
• Order Information: Details about the garden products you purchase, including accessories, aerators, or greenhouse items.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to enhance your gardening shopping experience:

• To process and fulfill your orders for garden products like fire pits, bench covers, or fruit crushers
• To communicate with you about your orders, account, or customer service requests
• To improve our website, product offerings, and customer service
• To prevent fraud and enhance the security of our website
• To provide you with information, products, or services you request
• For internal business purposes such as data analysis and audits

3. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We value your privacy and only share your information in these specific circumstances:

• Service Providers: We share information with third parties who help us operate our website, process payments, deliver products (like your barbecue covers or wellington boots), and provide other services.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
• Business Transfers: If we’re involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that deal.

We never sell your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your security is as important to us as the quality of our garden arches and gazebos:

• We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data.
• Payment transactions are encrypted using SSL technology and processed through secure payment gateways.
• We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
• While we strive to protect your information, no electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure.

5. Your Rights

As a valued Garden Mirth customer, you have rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You can request copies of your personal data.
• Correction: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
• Erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• Objection: You can object to our processing of your personal data.
• Data Portability: You can request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Like the accessories in our greenhouse collection, cookies help our website function better:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off.
• Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
• Functionality Cookies: Enable enhanced features like remembering your preferences.
• Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver relevant gardening ads to you on other websites.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, but this may affect certain features of our website.

7. International Transfers

As we serve gardening enthusiasts globally (excluding some Asian and remote regions), your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your country where data protection laws may differ.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.

Thank you for trusting Garden Mirth with your gardening needs. We’re committed to protecting your privacy as much as we’re committed to providing quality garden products.