Privacy Policy

Designer Plants USA Privacy Policy

1. Your privacy

Designer Plants USA. (WE / US / Designer Plants) is committed to protecting your personal information.

2. What we collect and how we collect it

The personal information we collect about you depends on the dealings you have with us.

Personal Information includes information about an individual who is reasonably identifiable. For example, if you:

• provide details to join special mailing lists or databases if you’d like to receive information about, for example, certain brands, products or designers, we may collect your name, contact details, date of birth and information about your shopping or product preferences
  provide information via social media pages such as providing your name or contact details via the Designer Plants Facebook pages, or our Twitter or Instagram accounts or other social media sites or Apps
• attend a Designer Plants function or event (or event which we attend), we will collect your name, contact details and any dietary or accessibility requirements
• enter a competition or complete a survey, in online or printed format, we may collect your name and contact details along with your merchandise or services preferences and feedback
• send us an enquiry or provide us with feedback through our online form or via our Customer Service Centre, we will collect your name, contact details, details of your enquiry or feedback and information about our response
• apply for a job at Designer Plants, we will collect the information you include in your job application, including your and your referee’s contact details.

3. Collection of personal information through websites and Apps

Information is automatically collected through your use of our websites, Affiliates’ websites and Apps, through cookies. Cookies are small text files that websites or apps may place on your computer or device. Most often, cookies are used to recognise repeat users of websites and remember user preferences. We may collect this information both anonymously and in relation to user accounts. Cookies are also used to allow the website to track usage behaviour and aggregate data to allow Designer Plants to customise a user’s experience on their websites. For example, when you visit the Designer Plants website, we may use cookies to record information including your server address, the date and time of your visit, the pages you viewed, any documents you downloaded and the type of browser and operating system you used.

4. Sensitive information

Designer Plants only collects sensitive information (eg health information) where it is reasonably necessary for our functions or activities and either you have consented, or we are required or authorised by law to do so.

5. Why we collect personal information

6. Main purposes

The main purposes for which we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information are:

• processing transactions, in-store and online, and delivering products and services
• to provide any associated loyalty program
  promoting Designer Plants and its products and services, including through direct marketing, events and competitions, public relations and social media
• performing research and statistical analysis, including for customer satisfaction and product and service improvement purposes. This may include matching information we collect against other information held by third parties. (We may also use and disclose de-identified data for these purposes)
  helping us tailor existing or develop new products, services or offers, and to help us selectively target promotional offers and opportunities
• developing or seeking to deliver new ranges of products or services
• protecting the security of our stores, staff, customers, suppliers and merchandise (including theft and fraud prevention)
• answering queries, resolving complaints and responding to social media
• recruiting staff and contractors
• general planning and administration
• Dealing with 3rd party advertising agencies, or software providers.

We may also collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for other purposes explained at the time of collection or which are required or authorised by or under law, and for which you have provided consent.

7. Direct marketing and opting out

By providing your address, email address and telephone numbers to Designer Plants, you consent to Designer Plants contacting you for the purposes set out above. We may send this information in a variety of ways, including by mail, email, social media, SMS, MMS, telephone or any other means.

You may request to be removed from our systems by:

• contacting our Privacy Officer by email at sales @designerplantsusa.com (no spaces)
• by speaking to our Customer Service Centre by phone on 1213-410-4489
• or by writing to the Privacy Officer, Designer Plants 30 N Gould Street STE N, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801 advising us if you receive a marketing call that you no longer wish to receive these calls; or
  using the unsubscribe facility that we include in our electronic messages (eg email, SMS or MMS) to opt out of receiving those messages.

8. Email and mobile communication

If you provide us with an email address or phone number, you consent to electronic communication such as notices or reminders being sent to you via that address or number. You may prefer to provide to us with your personal email address or phone number rather than, for example, an email address accessible by your work colleagues.

9. Who we may share your personal information with third parties

We may share your personal information with third parties where appropriate for the purposes set out above, including:

• financial institutions for payment processing
• referees whose details are provided to us by job applicants
• Designer Plants contracted service providers or partners, including: overseas and local agents, delivery and shipping providers, information technology service providers, venues and event organisers, marketing and communications agencies, research and statistical analysis providers, call centres, hard copy and electronic mail houses, manufacturers and suppliers and external business advisers (such as recruitment advisors, auditors and lawyers).
  regulatory, investigative or government bodies to comply with laws

We may ask one of these third parties to contact you directly for a specific purpose, and provide us with information collected from you in the course of providing the relevant products or services.

10. Data quality and security

11. General

We hold personal information in a number of ways, including in printed documents, electronic databases and email contact lists. Printed documents may be held at Designer Plants, or archived in boxes and stored in secure offsite facilities. We take reasonable steps to:
ensure that the personal information that we collect, use and disclose is accurate, up to date and complete and (in the case of use and disclosure) relevant;
protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure; and
destroy or permanently de-identify personal information that is no longer needed for purposes permitted by the APPs.
You can help us keep your information up to date, by letting us know about changes to your details.

You consent to your information being made publicly available, provided to any entity or party or platform where you have engaged in fraud, theft, posses goods not paid for or commenced a chargeback process or process that results in a reversal of payment.

12. Security

The steps we take to secure personal information include website protection measures, security restrictions on access to Designer Plants computer systems, controlled access to Designer Plants corporate premises, policies on document storage and security, personnel security and training and workplace policies. While we endeavour to protect the personal information of users of our website, we cannot guarantee the security of information you disclose online: you disclose that information at your own risk. If you are concerned about sending your information over the internet, you can contact Designer Plants as set out in section 8. You can also help protect your personal information by keeping your account details confidential. If you become aware of any security breach, please let us know as soon as possible.

13.Third party sites

Links to third party sites that are not operated or controlled by Designer Plants are provided for your convenience. Designer Plants is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of those sites, which are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Third party websites should have their own privacy and security policies, which we encourage you to read before supplying any personal information to them.
13b. Remarketing
From time to time Designer Plants may remarket our products and services to you using the information we have collected such as cookies or past user data. This may be used to support advertisements or campaigns to you via third party partners like Google. For opt-out information visit: http://optout.networkadvertising.org

14. Access and correction

15. General

Please contact our Privacy Officer if you would like to access or correct the personal information that we hold about you. We may ask you to verify your identity before processing any access or correction requests, to make sure that the personal information we hold is properly protected.

16. Access

We will generally provide you with access to your personal information within 30 days, subject to some exceptions permitted by law. We will also generally provide access in the manner that you have requested (eg by providing photocopies or allowing a file to be viewed), provided it is reasonable and practicable for us to do so. We may however charge a fee to cover our reasonable costs of locating the information and providing it to you.

17. Correction

If you ask us to correct personal information that we hold about you, or if we are satisfied that the personal information we hold is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, we will take reasonable steps to correct that information to ensure that, having regard to the purpose for which it is held, the information is accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant and not misleading. If we correct personal information about you, and we have previously disclosed that information to another agency or organisation that is subject to the relevant privacy laws of the relevant state, you may ask us to notify that other entity. If so, we will take reasonable steps to do so, unless this would be impracticable or unlawful.

18. Complaints or Questions

If you would like further information about how we manage your personal information, or if you have any queries relating to our Privacy Policy, or wish to lodge a complaint in relation to an alleged breach of the Privacy Act, please contact our Privacy Officer by:

Mail: Designer Plants 30 N Gould Street STE N, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801
Email: sales@designerplants.com (no spaces)
Online: Customer Enquiry & Feedback Form
Telephone: +1 786 723 3309

All complaints received by the Privacy Officer will be dealt with fairly and in a timely manner considering all the circumstances of the complaint. In most cases, we expect that complaints will be investigated and a response provided within 30 days of receipt of the complaint.

19. Changes to this Policy

Designer Plants USA. may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will be posted on our website.