GOLDEN STEVIA<\/p>\n\n
Privacy Policy<\/p>\n\n
Our Commitment to Your Privacy<\/p>\n\n
Our Privacy Policy has been developed as part of our commitment to providing quality products<\/p>\n\n
and services and ensuring that our client relationships reflect the utmost integrity. The Policy is <\/p>\n\n
designed to assist you in the understanding of how we collect, use and protect the personal<\/p>\n\n
information that is provided to us.<\/p>\n\n
What Information do we collect?<\/p>\n\n
When you visit our site, we collect two types of information:<\/p>\n\n
1. “Active Information”, which is personal information you actively choose to disclose<\/p>\n\n
2. “Passive Information” which is information collected, in a way not visible to you, on an<\/p>\n\n
aggregate anonymous basis as you and other users browse our site.<\/p>\n\n
1. Active information<\/p>\n\n
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)<\/p>\n\n
This refers to information that lets us know specifically about you i.e. profile information.<\/p>\n\n
\u2022 A. Registration<\/p>\n\n
When you register to become an authorized reseller of our products or services<\/p>\n\n
(Independent Business Owner, or IBO) we will collect Personally Identifiable Information<\/p>\n\n
(PII) such as name, address, email address, and telephone number. This PII is securely <\/p>\n\n
stored. However, under certain conditions, it may be accessed on our website. You are <\/p>\n\n
assigned an identification number and then select your own password. Both are needed to <\/p>\n\n
enter the Site and to gain access to your Contact Information. Please be sure to safeguard <\/p>\n\n
your password in a secure location as we are not responsible for breaches into the system<\/p>\n\n
when access is willingly provided.<\/p>\n\n
\u2022 B. Ordering<\/p>\n\n
When you place an order for products or services, we collect PII (such as name, contact<\/p>\n\n
and billing information, as well as other transactional information). We use this information <\/p>\n\n
to deliver your order, process payment, and to communicate the status of your order.<\/p>\n\n
\u2022 C. Surveys and Promotions<\/p>\n\n
Occasionally, you may voluntarily provide PII to complete surveys and questionnaires or to<\/p>\n\n
participate in user polls. We use this information to improve our products and services and <\/p>\n\n
to ensure that we\u2019re providing accurate disclosures. We may also use your PII to provide <\/p>\n\n
you newsletters and other marketing information that coincide with your preferences. You <\/p>\n\n
may customize your marketing preferences, or let us know if you do not wish to receive any<\/p>\n\n
promotional materials, by adjusting your Subscriptions & Email options on the Site.<\/p>\n\n
2. Aggregate Information<\/p>\n\n
This refers to information that does not, by itself, identify you as a specific individual. Such <\/p>\n\n
information would include the Uniform Resource Locator (\u201cURL\u201d) of the website that referred you<\/p>\n\n
to our Site, your Internet Protocol (\u201cIP\u201d) address (a number automatically assigned to your<\/p>\n\n
computer whenever you surf the web), your operating system and browser type, and any search<\/p>\n\n
terms that you enter on our Site. Our web server aggregates this information in order to monitor <\/p>\n\n
the level of activity on our Site, evaluate its effectiveness, and improve the content or our Site in<\/p>\n\n
order to make your visit as easy and enjoyable an experience as possible.<\/p>\n\n
We may collect, compile, store, publish, promote, report, or otherwise disclose or use any<\/p>\n\n
Aggregate Information, provided that such information does not personally identify you. We do <\/p>\n\n
not correlate any Personally Identifiable Information with the Aggregate Information that we<\/p>\n\n
collect on our Site. If we do correlate any Aggregate Information to you, it will be protected like <\/p>\n\n
any other Personally Identifiable Information under this Privacy Statement.<\/p>\n\n
Active Information You Choose to Provide<\/p>\n\n
In order to gain use of the site (become a “user”), we require you to disclose the following<\/p>\n\n
information: Name, Address and Phone Number<\/p>\n\n
We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect the transmission of the information you<\/p>\n\n
submit to us when you use our secure online forms. The information you provide to us is stored <\/p>\n\n
securely.<\/p>\n\n
Passive Information Collected<\/p>\n\n
What Is a Cookie?<\/p>\n\n
Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the<\/p>\n\n
computer used to access a site. They are small pieces of data stored by a user\u2019s browser to <\/p>\n\n
simplify subsequent interactions with the site. This makes it easier for a user to move from site to <\/p>\n\n
site and to complete transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience <\/p>\n\n
easier and more personalized.<\/p>\n\n
Our site utilizes cookies to collect information about how our site is used. Passive Information <\/p>\n\n
gathered may include the date and time of visits, the site pages viewed, time spent at our site,<\/p>\n\n
the sites visited just before and just after visiting our site. If you do not wish to transmit \u201ccookie\u201d <\/p>\n\n
information about yourself, you may turn off the cookie function in your web browser.<\/p>\n\n
Our site\u2019s servers also automatically identify your computer by its Internet Protocol address,<\/p>\n\n
which is a unique string of numbers that are assigned to your computer by your Internet Service<\/p>\n\n
Provider. The IP address may be used to address problems with our server or to gather broad <\/p>\n\n
demographic information about our users. We passively collect your IP Address. <\/p>\n\n
How Do We Use the Information Collected?<\/p>\n\n
Broadly speaking, people we employ directly, or as contractors or agents at our direction, use<\/p>\n\n
Active Information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer<\/p>\n\n
support and making available other products or services we think might be of interest to our<\/p>\n\n
users. We may use the Active Information or Passive Information you provide to contact you <\/p>\n\n
about various changes to our site, new services, features or products we offer. If at any time you <\/p>\n\n
do not wish to receive such information, you may “opt-out” of doing so by adjusting your email<\/p>\n\n
settings in the back office of the website.<\/p>\n\n
We use Passive Information to gather information about our users and to enhance our site to<\/p>\n\n
make it easier, faster, and friendlier for users. Additionally, cookies help us better understand the <\/p>\n\n
usage pattern of the people that visit our site, which helps us improve our services. Passive <\/p>\n\n
Information may result in your viewing of particular advertising based on your user habits.<\/p>\n\n
How Do We Secure Active Information and Passive Information?<\/p>\n\n
We secure your personal information that you submit to our site by using reasonable efforts to<\/p>\n\n
prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or accidental loss of Active and Passive Information.<\/p>\n\n
Individual postings on this site and other communications to our office via email or standard mail<\/p>\n\n
may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures are in place prior to your<\/p>\n\n
submission of information. Therefore, if you choose to communicate with us through these <\/p>\n\n
means, you are assuming the risk of doing so and we respectfully request that you do not send<\/p>\n\n
or post sensitive information through these means.<\/p>\n\n
Protecting Your Information<\/p>\n\n
We acknowledge your trust and are committed to taking reasonable steps to protect the PII<\/p>\n\n
provided from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. We employ physical, electronic, and <\/p>\n\n
managerial processes to safeguard and secure your information.<\/p>\n\n
It is your responsibility to safeguard the password you use to access our Site and to promptly<\/p>\n\n
advise us if you ever suspect that your password has been compromised. We strongly <\/p>\n\n
encourage you to change your password regularly to prevent unauthorized access. Because <\/p>\n\n
your identification number and password are specific to you, you acknowledge sole responsibility<\/p>\n\n
for any and all use of our Site conducted with your identification number and password.<\/p>\n\n
Your Information (In Relation to Other Sites)<\/p>\n\n
You might be able to access other websites through our site via hyperlinks. When you do so, you <\/p>\n\n
are subjecting yourself to their privacy policies and data collection. Please read the privacy <\/p>\n\n
policies of those sites to ensure you agree with the terms before using such sites.<\/p>\n\n
Sharing Information with Advertisers or Other Third Parties<\/p>\n\n
We may disclose anonymous information about user habits to advertisers on our site. The <\/p>\n\n
parties who perform services for us (merchant bank, Internet Service Provider) may also have<\/p>\n\n
access to your information in performing such services. Should we buy or sell assets of our <\/p>\n\n
company, another company may need to review our company\u2019s assets, which might include your<\/p>\n\n
information, to make business decisions as to whether to acquire such assets.<\/p>\n\n
Sharing Information with the Government or As Otherwise Required by Law<\/p>\n\n
We may be required by subpoena, law or government agency to disclose both Active and<\/p>\n\n
Passive Information you have provided to us.<\/p>\n\n
Accessing and Correcting Your Information<\/p>\n\n
We take reasonable measures to ensure that any PII we collect on our Site is accurate, current,<\/p>\n\n
complete, and reliable for its intended use. If you wish to update or otherwise correct PII that has <\/p>\n\n
been provided to us, you may edit your information online.<\/p>\n\n
Links to Other Websites<\/p>\n\n
Links to third-party websites may be provided solely for your information and convenience or to<\/p>\n\n
provide additional shopping for various other goods and services through our Merchant and<\/p>\n\n
Services Partners. If you use these links, you will leave our Site. This Privacy Statement does <\/p>\n\n
not cover the information practices of those websites nor do we control their content or privacy<\/p>\n\n
policies. We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each site you visit. <\/p>\n\n
Children\u2019s Privacy Protection<\/p>\n\n
We take special care to protect the privacy needs of children and encourage parents to be an<\/p>\n\n
active participant in their child\u2019s online activities. Our Site does not target and is not intended for <\/p>\n\n
children under the age of 18, and we will not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information<\/p>\n\n
from them. If we discover personal data from a child through our site, we will eliminate that data. <\/p>\n\n
You may learn more about protecting children\u2019s privacy online by<\/p>\n\n