Privacy Policy & Security Notice Our Commitment to Privacy Thank you for visiting the Web site for Chuck Hafner's Farmer's Market & Garden Center (hereafter "our Web site") and reviewing our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our Customers. This Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site and our services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our Customers' needs. What Information Do We Collect? We collect NO personal information like names or addresses when you visit our Web site. If you choose to provide that information to us it is only used to fulfill your request for information.  We do collect some technical information when you visit to make your visit seamless. The other sections of this Privacy Policy explain how we handle and collect technical information when you visit our Web site. Information Collected and Stored Automatically When you browse, read pages or download information from our Web site, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. The information we collect and store about your visit includes: a) The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our Web site; b) The type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) and operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site; c) The date and time you access our site; d) The pages you visit; and e) If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site. This information never identifies who you are. It is only used to help us make the site more useful for you. With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We never track or record information about individuals and their visits. What Are Cookies? When you visit some Web sites, their webservers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Some cookies collect personal information to recognize your computer in the future. This is not the case at our Web site, where we only use non-persistent cookies or "per-session cookies." These cookies do not collect personal information on users and they are erased as soon as you leave our Web site. Per-session cookies serve technical purposes like providing seamless navigation through our Web site. These cookies do not permanently record data and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. Our Web site's cookies are stored in memory and are only available during an active browser session. Once you close your browser, the cookie disappears. We will post a notice on this Privacy Policy/Site Security page if we ever change to stored cookies.  If You Send Us Personal Information If you choose to provide us with personal information -- like filling out a Contact Us form with personal information and submitting it to us through the Web site -- we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. We never create individual profiles or give it to any organizations. We never collect information for commercial marketing. Linking Policy Our Web site may contain links to Web sites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. We provide these links as a service to our users. When users link to an outside Web site, they are leaving our Web site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of those outside Web site(s). Prohibitions We will not link to any Web site that exhibits hate, bias or discrimination. Furthermore, we reserve the right to deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with our mission or policies. Disclaimer of Endorsement The information posted on our Web site may include hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. We provide these links and pointers solely for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside Web site, they are leaving our Web site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside Web site.  We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked Web site. We do not necessarily endorse the organizations sponsoring linked Web sites and we do not necessarily endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer. We cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. We are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked Web sites. We do not guarantee that outside Web sites we may link to comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act as amended by Congress in 1998. Site Security Notice For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, our computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.  Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes, except as noted on this page. Revised: January 1, 2003