Globalcad Consultants Ltd produces Plant.info. This Privacy Statement contains important information; please read it carefully. We also encourage you to review our Terms of Service.

Because the success of Plant.info is dependent on building and maintaining goodwill with our users, we are committed to implementing measures designed to respect and protect your privacy. Moreover, we see it as our responsibility to set an example, and to help establish standards for privacy on the Internet.

Plant.info respects the privacy of visitors to our web site. While we do collect information from our users, we do not release personally identifiable information without your permission, except as set forth within this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, and other published guidelines.

Plant.info reviews its privacy practices from time to time. We ask that you bookmark and periodically review this page for updates to our Privacy Policy. To contact Plant.info about privacy issues, or to raise any other issue, please e-mail us at privacy@plant.info.

Plant.info may collect two types of information about users:

1 - Non-personally Identifiable Information.

This form of information does not identify a specific individual. When a visitor arrives at our site, we may collect the IP address, operating system and browser software used. An IP address (which is not the same as an e-mail address) can tell us the user's Internet service provider and, based on that, can suggest the geographic location of the connection. We also collect information about which pages they visit, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks they 'click'.

Non-personally identifiable information also includes personally identifiable information of many people that has been aggregated to arrive at a general statistic; an example might be the number of female users who visit a particular part of the Plant.info site in a particular week.

2 - Personally Identifiable Information.

Personally Identifiable Information is information that relates to an identified individual. In certain areas of the Plant.info site - for example, when registering to become a member, or purchasing a product - we require you to supply personally identifiable information. The amount of information required depends on the area that you wish to use, but might include your name, street address, email address, telephone number, and when applicable, credit card information.

The Plant.info site is not targeted to children (minors under sixteen years of age), and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children without obtaining parental consent. Before registering with Plant.info, we ask that children have their parents read our Privacy Policy, and we encourage children to include a parent or guardian in the registration process.

Plant.info does not control the acts of its users. You should be aware that, if you disclose personally identifiable information on a bulletin board or in a chat room, guest-book, or other forum, others may collect that information and use it to send you unsolicited e-mail from outside Plant.info, or for other purposes. In the event that you encounter any Plant.info user who is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please contact privacy@plant.info.

1 - Non-personally identifiable information.

We use non-personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher-quality, more useful services by performing statistical analyses of users' activities, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the Plant.info web site.

We also use the aggregate data to inform these third parties as to the number of people who have seen and clicked on links to their web sites. We collect non-personally identifiable information and aggregate it, in order to analyse general trends and usage patterns. This information helps us determine how our site is being used, helps us identify popular areas, and helps determine the effectiveness of our promotional activities. All of this lets us build higher-quality, more useful services. We provide statistical information based on this data to advertisers, affiliates, and other current and potential business partners.

2 - Personally identifiable information.

At registration, Plant.info provides notice to potential Plant.info registrants that personally identifiable information will be collected during the registration process. This Privacy Policy itself is also notice that such information is collected.

We may use this information in a number of ways:

• To customise various aspects of the Plant.info site to your preferences.
• To pre-complete online forms. For example, if you have provided a shipping address, the Plant.info system may automatically fill in that information on an order form. This is simply a convenience - no information is released to anyone unless you authorise its release, such as by clicking a 'Submit' button.
• To determine which advertisements or sponsor messages will appear on your screen.
• To send you Plant.info product announcements and the like that we feel may be of interest to you. You may 'opt out' of receiving these materials should you wish (see below).
• As may be necessary to support the operation of the Plant.info site, such as for billing, account maintenance, and record-keeping purposes.

Opting Out:

Although you must provide registration information if you wish to use Plant.info features that require registration, you may choose to 'opt out' of receiving promotional materials from Plant.info and/or its affiliates, advertisers, or other business partners. 'Opting out' is an option at registration, and you will also often be given the opportunity to 'opt out' in certain individual transactions. You may also 'opt out' of receiving promotional information from Plant.info at any time by contacting us at privacy@plant.info. Please also feel free to email us at email address if you have any further questions regarding our Privacy Policy.

Last Updated: January 10 2007