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Welcome to Flowers and Gardening’s Privacy Policy.
This details our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our service. It also informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
By using our service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We use your personal data to provide and improve our services. .
Definitions
- Account: A unique account created for you to access our Service.
- Affiliate: An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party.
- Application: The software program provided by us, downloaded by you on any device, named Flowers and Gardening Studio.
- Company (We, Us, Our): The Flowers and Gardening Studio, located in Johannesburg, Gauteng.
- Country: South Africa.
- Device: Any device that can access the Service, like a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
- Personal Data: Information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service: Games, Website and Blogs.
- Service Provider: Any person who processes data on behalf of the Company.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically from the Service infrastructure.
- You: The individual accessing or using the Service.
Personal Data
When using our Service, we ask for minimal personal data. We adhere to privacy-by-design principles where the less data collected, the more likely we are able to protect our community.
Some information we may ask you to provide to sign up to our newsletter, submit stories or join our community events.
- Name/ pseudonym
- How you found out about us (We ask for this because we need to keep our community safe as well!)
Other Data Collected Automatically from Our Website Usage
- IP address
- Browser Type
- Device Identifiers
In case you do not want any of this information to be collected, we encourage you to use a VPN while visiting our website.
Usage Data
We collect usage data automatically when you use the website for our own analytics, which may include:
- Time and date of visit
- Time spent on pages
- Device identifiers
- Other diagnostic data
Information Collected While Using our Services
We may collect, with your prior permission, information regarding your location to provide features of our Application and improve our Service. You can enable or disable access to this information through your device settings.
Use of Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data to:
- Provide and maintain our service
- Contact you with updates and informative communications
- Provide you with news, special offers, and general information
- Manage your requests
- For other purposes such as data analysis and service improvement
- Contact you for feedback on the services
Use of your contact details to reach you only occurs when you specifically instruct us to do so by signing up to join our community or submit a story.
Sharing Your Personal Data
We may share your anonymised personal information with:
- Service providers to monitor and analyze our service use.
- Affiliates
- Other users, when interacting in public areas of the service
With your consent
Retention of Your Personal Data
We will retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Usage Data is retained for shorter periods unless used to improve service security or functionality.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers outside your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. By submitting your information, you agree to this transfer.
Business Transactions
If the Company undergoes a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will notify you before any data transfer.
Law Enforcement and Legal Requirements
We may disclose your personal data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Security of Your Personal Data
While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 without parental consent.
Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We advise you to review the Privacy Policy of any third-party sites you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date.