The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and its affiliated companies and subsidiaries gather certain types of information from visitors. We are providing this privacy policy to help you understand the types of information we gather, how it is used and shared, and how you can update or modify user profile or registration information you have provided to us online. This policy applies only to information collected online at scotts.com or other sites where this policy has been linked (the "Scotts Miracle-Gro Website").
We use the information collected at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website for the following purposes:
We collect and maintain the personal information of our consumers for the use of Scotts Miracle-Gro and its affiliated companies, such as Scotts Lawn Service and Smith & Hawken. We do not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties, and do not share or trade your personally identifiable information with third parties other than as described below.
You may always discontinue your receipt of future email newsletters and/or other email communications you previously requested from Scotts Miracle-Gro by logging on to your registered account and changing the preferences for the applicable newsletter and/or email communication.
To change what email communications you receive from Scotts Miracle-Gro:To ensure compliance with federal law, Scotts Miracle-Gro does not knowingly collect or maintain information provided by children under the age of 13.
Scotts Miracle-Gro may use a browser feature known as a "cookie." Cookies are small files placed on your hard drive that assist in providing you with a customized browsing experience. Scotts Miracle-Gro uses cookies to provide you with the convenience of not having to reenter information, such as user IDs and passwords, multiple times during your visits to the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website. Cookies can also be utilized to help provide you with information targeted to your interests, based upon your prior browsing on Scotts Miracle-Gro Website. The "help" section of the toolbar on most browsers will inform you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you upon the receipt of a new cookie, or how to disable the use of cookies completely. As the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website has been designed to take advantage of the use of cookies, should you configure your browser to decline their use, certain features of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website may not function correctly and you may be required to reenter any user IDs and passwords more frequently. We, or our service providers may also use a technology stored in e-mails to help us confirm your receipt of, and response to, our e-mails and to provide you a more personalized experience.
If you are visiting the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website from a location outside of the United States, your connection will be through and to servers located in the United States. Any information you provide during your visit will be processed and maintained on our Web server and/or other internal systems located within the United States.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Website contains links to other sites that are not a part of the Scotts Miracle-Gro family, including the link to PlantersPlace.com. Scotts Miracle-Gro is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. To help ensure the protection of your privacy, Scotts Miracle-Gro recommends that you review the privacy policy of any site you visit via a link from the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website.
To access registration information that you create on the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website, you will need to use a password that you create. To protect the integrity of the information contained in this record, you should not disclose or otherwise reveal your password to third parties. If you forget your password, click on "forgot password" in the login screen and we'll send you an e-mail with a link to a unique URL, where you may change your password.
Scotts Miracle-Gro may make blogs, chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users at various times on the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website. Please remember that, unless otherwise stated, any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas (including uploading photos into these areas). Scotts Miracle-Gro has specific terms of use for these features and you must agree to comply with these terms of use prior to your initial use of these public forums.
Your can update or modify your registration information if you elect to register with a Scotts Miracle-Gro website by logging into your registration information and following the instructions provided to update or modify such information.
This privacy policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website. Should there be a material change to our information collection or use practices, the change will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis and the "Effective Date" of the policy will be updated.
This privacy policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the Scotts Miracle-Gro Website. Should there be a material change to our information collection or use practices, the change will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis and the "Effective Date" of the policy will be updated.
Scotts Miracle-Gro limits the number of employees that have access to the databases that contain personal information of our customers, and our employees are advised of the importance of confidentiality. While we implement these security measures, you should be aware that 100% security is not always possible.
If you have questions concerning this privacy policy, you may contact us at:
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
14111 Scottslawn Road
Marysville, Ohio 43041
Effective Date: March 20, 2008
