the privacy of our visitors and members is extremely important to us. this privacy policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share and help you make informed decisions when using blushgarden.com.
you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy by using or accessing blushgarden.
if you need any more information or have questions about this policy, please feel free to email us at .
we ask for and store information about you when you create an account at blushgarden. depending on the nature of your visit, we may collect your contact information (including, for example, your name and email address) and, to the extent applicable, if you are making a purchase from us and/or a payment through the site, we will require you to provide us with billing and financial information (like your address, phone number and credit account or credit card number). we may use third parties to verify and authorize credit card transactions made through this site. the billing address and phone number you provide will generally only be used for verification purposes, and your email address will be used for verification as well as login and serve as our way to contact you. we do not add your email to our newsletter list when you join, we let you choose to join this if you wish.
when you visit blushgarden, we automatically store information related to your use of the site, such as the pages you visit on the site, your browser type, ip address, your internet service provider, requested url, browser language, referring url, and the date and time of your visits. we use electronic information of this nature to administer the site and provide better service to you. this information is also used in the aggregate to perform statistical analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site or to manage or improve the site.
you can contribute to blushgarden in a number of ways, for example writing reviews, uploading photos, participating in the forums, favoriting products, and filling out your public profile. we store these contributions (your "public content"), display them to other users, and may use them for promotional purposes. note that if you include personally identifiable information in your public content, it can be used and viewed by others. we are not responsible for the information you choose to include in your public content. all sharing of information is done at your own risk.
we use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, customize web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. cookies are small pieces of information(text files) that are stored by your browser(via sites) on your computer's hard drive. the file identifies a user’s computer and can record a user’s preferences and certain other information. we use session id cookies for several purposes, including to confirm that users are logged in. generally, cookies make it easier for you to interact with a site. if you want to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites. *note* this can affect how you are able to interact with our site and other websites as well.
please feel free to give us feedback, register a complaint, or ask questions about the site. we may store your communications, including any personal information you include in them, so that we can effectively respond to you.
access and control over most personal information on blushgarden is readily available through the profile editing tools. from the settings page on your account profile, you can opt in or out of email notifications for various features on the site. we reserves the right to send you account notices even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.
members may modify or delete any of their profile information. information will be updated immediately. members who wish to cancel their account may do so by following the instructions on their profile page. removed information may persist indefinitely but will not be generally available to the public or to other members.
where you make use of the communication features of blushgarden to share information with other individuals, however, (e.g., sending a message to another member) you generally cannot remove such communications.
we will not sell or rent your personal information with third parties, and only share it in limited circumstances outlined below.
we may be required to disclose personal information pursuant to applicable law. we will make such disclosure when we believe that such disclosure or other action is necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process served on us or in connection with any investigation. we also reserve the right to disclose personal information to protect our rights and property, including, without limitation, in connection with any investigation of fraud we believe to be necessary and to otherwise protect the users of this site and others.
we may provide information to reputable third party service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. specifically, we may use third parties to help facilitate our business, such as to host the service at a co-location facility for servers, to send out blushgarden email updates, to remove repetitive information from our user lists, to process payments for products or services, or to provide search results or links. in connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities. where we transfer personal information to these third parties, we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections limiting the use of that information to the blushgarden-specified purposes.
we use third party advertisements to support the site.
third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on blushgarden and are sent directly to your browsers. they automatically receive your ip address(log file) when this occurs. other technologies (such as cookies, javascript, or web beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
our advertising partners include ...
google's use of the dart cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to blushgarden and other sites on the internet. you may opt out of the use of the dart cookie by visiting the advertising opt-out page .
blushgarden has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
third party advertisers have no access to your contact or profile information stored on blushgarden unless you choose to share it with them.
we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. however, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
the site is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. if you are under 13, please do not attempt to register at blushgarden. if you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at . when we are made aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a child under age 13, we will take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account.
blushgarden contains links to other websites. we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. it's a good practice to read the privacy statements of each and every web site you visit that collects personally identifiable information.
we reserve the right to change our privacy policy and our terms of use at any time. non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. if changes are made, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. if we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.