No Nonsense Privacy Policy

We are as fussy about your privacy as we are about our own. The following statement is a formal declaration of the privacy practices at the Holistic Orchard Network website: GrowOrganicApples.com. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to our support staff -- email the webster.

We promise that all personal information provided by you will be held in strictest confidence.

When you visit our website, or anyone else's, some information is collected. When you fill out a web form, obviously, more information is collected.

We will never share or sell Personal Information that you provide to anyone else. When we ask you for information and opinion, we will tell you what we mean to use it for.

People signing up for our Community Orchardist newsletter will receive occasional emailings about issues important to orchardists and backyard fruit growers.

If you share a useful opinion or idea, we may publish it and attribute it to you, using your name and hometown. If you prefer that we not use your name, or not quote you, please so inform us in the comment space provided on all our forms.

If you place an order with us using our Bookshelf, your name will be added to our customer database. We will not ask for your credit card number online or by email -- or even by phone! We do not process credit cards from our office (we are a small business), but have made arrangements with PayPal for payment for products purchased online. (You may also arrange to pay by check or money order.) We try to keep the shopping experience as friendly as we can (given the limitations of the internet) and we always appreciate your feedback!

Choice

You may choose whether or not to provide Personal Information to GrowOrganicApples.com. If you choose not to provide the Personal Information when requested, you can still visit all pages of GrowOrganicApples.com. To subscribe to our network mailings, we provide an easy registration process. We encourage folks to use real names, and should you choose to share your location, geographical information may be used to share news about regional events. To unsubscribe at any time is as easy as entering the subscribed email address in a simple form.

Discussion Forum

We invite you to apply to create a grower profile to participate in our discussion forum and more. The Holistic Orchard Network Online Community is meant to be a resource for the holistic orchard community. We reserve the right to delete any postings or users at any time that we feel are not in keeping with the mission of the Holistic Orchard Network or who are not using this resource in a positive and respectful manner. You must register using your real name and put some effort into sharing useful information about your orchard. You do not need to disclose other personal information in your registration profile (address, phone, email, website etc.) unless you want community members to contact you in that manner. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Security

Whenever we hold your Personal Information at Holistic Orchard Network, we promise to take all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect it from unauthorized access or disclosure.

Cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file stored by your browser on your computer. "Cookie Technology" is carefully designed so that it cannot be destructive or invasive. Typically, cookies are used to collect information about website activity, your preferences, and other bits of information that make it easier to use the web.

If you have any concerns -- or ideas! -- we encourage you to email our webster.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we at Holistic Orchard Network are obviously not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. Vigilance being the concomitant of privacy as well as freedom, we encourage our visitors always to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

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Your Consent

By using this website, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy and to Holistic Orchard Network's processing of Personal Information for the purposes given above as well as those explained where Holistic Orchard Network collects Personal Information using the internet.

If you have any comments or questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please email the webster. While we cannot guarantee privacy perfection, we will address any issue to the best of our abilities as soon as possible.