Mintergardens.com is owned and operated by Minter Gardens and Minter
Country Garden Store. Operation, and the employees of both companies
and the associated website strive to maintain the following standards.
For simplicity, references to Minter Gardens will encompass all
associated companies and the website.
What is Personal Information?
Personal Information is any information about an “identifiable
individual” including information such as birth date, credit
card number, or purchasing details. Information published publicly
such as listed telephone number, address and name is not considered
to be personal information. Minter Gardens recognizes the importance
of handling and managing the personal information of our customers
and our staff.
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Sharing
& Collecting Information
Minter Gardens will not share personal
information with any other company except as permitted by law. Information
collected is used to (a) initiate and maintain a service relationship
(b) for invoicing, accounting, and security administration; and (c)
to promote Minter Gardens’ products and services and those
of its affiliates and agents. We
will obtain the individual’s
express consent to the collection of personal information that we
require. Express consent may be given verbally or in writing, including
by electronic means. Consent may also be withdrawn by our customers
subject to any applicable legal limitations, by contacting us. Minter
Gardens will only collect personal information from you if you voluntarily
provide it, for instance, by placing an order to buy flowers, by
subscribing to our e-newsletter, or by joining the Minter Club.
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Disclosure
& Maintenance
Personal information
in Minter Garden’s custody shall not be used or disclosed for purposes
other than the purposes for which the information was collected or uses
reasonably consistent with such purposes, unless consent has been given
for such new uses. The exception to this commitment is where the use
is authorized by law or where disclosure is as required by law. If Minter
Gardens finds it necessary to transfer personal information in our possession
to a third party such as contracted agents involved in the delivery of
products to our customers or agents involved in the collection of customer
accounts for Minter Gardens, the transfer of such information is completed
according to a contractual relationship with the third party recipient
to ensure those in receipt of the information maintain the confidentiality
of such transferred information.
Information will be held only as
long as it is required to fulfill service obligations. Once information
is no longer required it is to be disposed of or made anonymous.
Minter Gardens uses commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that
personal information it collects is accurate, complete and up to
date. Information is safeguarded against loss, theft and unauthorized
access according to the sensitivity of information.
Individuals or customers may want
to review or verify personal information held by Minter Gardens.
In some instances personal information will not be disclosed such
as:
- If it contains references
to other persons
- Its subject to solicitor-client
or litigation privilege
- It contains Minter Gardens confidential
information.
- It has been destroyed due to legal
requirements or because Travel.bc.ca no longer needed to retain
the information for the purposes for which it was collected
- It is
too costly to retrieve
- It cannot be disclosed for legal
reasons.
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Links
to Other Websites
Minter
Gardens’ website
may contain links to other sites that are not governed by this Privacy
Policy. The links used in this site may be to those of our business
partners, vendors, and other agencies. Please note that Minter Gardens
is not responsible for the privacy policy and practices of the linked
sites.
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