Privacy Policy

GOLDEN STEVIA

Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Our Privacy Policy has been developed as part of our commitment to providing quality products

and services and ensuring that our client relationships reflect the utmost integrity. The Policy is

designed to assist you in the understanding of how we collect, use and protect the personal

information that is provided to us.

What Information do we collect?

When you visit our site, we collect two types of information:

1. “Active Information”, which is personal information you actively choose to disclose

2. “Passive Information” which is information collected, in a way not visible to you, on an

aggregate anonymous basis as you and other users browse our site.

1. Active information

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

This refers to information that lets us know specifically about you i.e. profile information.

• A. Registration

When you register to become an authorized reseller of our products or services

(Independent Business Owner, or IBO) we will collect Personally Identifiable Information

(PII) such as name, address, email address, and telephone number. This PII is securely

stored. However, under certain conditions, it may be accessed on our website. You are

assigned an identification number and then select your own password. Both are needed to

enter the Site and to gain access to your Contact Information. Please be sure to safeguard

your password in a secure location as we are not responsible for breaches into the system

when access is willingly provided.

• B. Ordering

When you place an order for products or services, we collect PII (such as name, contact

and billing information, as well as other transactional information). We use this information

to deliver your order, process payment, and to communicate the status of your order.

• C. Surveys and Promotions

Occasionally, you may voluntarily provide PII to complete surveys and questionnaires or to

participate in user polls. We use this information to improve our products and services and

to ensure that we’re providing accurate disclosures. We may also use your PII to provide

you newsletters and other marketing information that coincide with your preferences. You

may customize your marketing preferences, or let us know if you do not wish to receive any

promotional materials, by adjusting your Subscriptions & Email options on the Site.

2. Aggregate Information

This refers to information that does not, by itself, identify you as a specific individual. Such

information would include the Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) of the website that referred you

to our Site, your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address (a number automatically assigned to your

computer whenever you surf the web), your operating system and browser type, and any search

terms that you enter on our Site. Our web server aggregates this information in order to monitor

the level of activity on our Site, evaluate its effectiveness, and improve the content or our Site in

order to make your visit as easy and enjoyable an experience as possible.

We may collect, compile, store, publish, promote, report, or otherwise disclose or use any

Aggregate Information, provided that such information does not personally identify you. We do

not correlate any Personally Identifiable Information with the Aggregate Information that we

collect on our Site. If we do correlate any Aggregate Information to you, it will be protected like

any other Personally Identifiable Information under this Privacy Statement.

Active Information You Choose to Provide

In order to gain use of the site (become a “user”), we require you to disclose the following

information: Name, Address and Phone Number

We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect the transmission of the information you

submit to us when you use our secure online forms. The information you provide to us is stored

securely.

Passive Information Collected

What Is a Cookie?

Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the

computer used to access a site. They are small pieces of data stored by a user’s browser to

simplify subsequent interactions with the site. This makes it easier for a user to move from site to

site and to complete transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience

easier and more personalized.

Our site utilizes cookies to collect information about how our site is used. Passive Information

gathered may include the date and time of visits, the site pages viewed, time spent at our site,

the sites visited just before and just after visiting our site. If you do not wish to transmit “cookie”

information about yourself, you may turn off the cookie function in your web browser.

Our site’s servers also automatically identify your computer by its Internet Protocol address,

which is a unique string of numbers that are assigned to your computer by your Internet Service

Provider. The IP address may be used to address problems with our server or to gather broad

demographic information about our users. We passively collect your IP Address.

How Do We Use the Information Collected?

Broadly speaking, people we employ directly, or as contractors or agents at our direction, use

Active Information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer

support and making available other products or services we think might be of interest to our

users. We may use the Active Information or Passive Information you provide to contact you

about various changes to our site, new services, features or products we offer. If at any time you

do not wish to receive such information, you may “opt-out” of doing so by adjusting your email

settings in the back office of the website.

We use Passive Information to gather information about our users and to enhance our site to

make it easier, faster, and friendlier for users. Additionally, cookies help us better understand the

usage pattern of the people that visit our site, which helps us improve our services. Passive

Information may result in your viewing of particular advertising based on your user habits.

How Do We Secure Active Information and Passive Information?

We secure your personal information that you submit to our site by using reasonable efforts to

prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or accidental loss of Active and Passive Information.

Individual postings on this site and other communications to our office via email or standard mail

may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures are in place prior to your

submission of information. Therefore, if you choose to communicate with us through these

means, you are assuming the risk of doing so and we respectfully request that you do not send

or post sensitive information through these means.

Protecting Your Information

We acknowledge your trust and are committed to taking reasonable steps to protect the PII

provided from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. We employ physical, electronic, and

managerial processes to safeguard and secure your information.

It is your responsibility to safeguard the password you use to access our Site and to promptly

advise us if you ever suspect that your password has been compromised. We strongly

encourage you to change your password regularly to prevent unauthorized access. Because

your identification number and password are specific to you, you acknowledge sole responsibility

for any and all use of our Site conducted with your identification number and password.

Your Information (In Relation to Other Sites)

You might be able to access other websites through our site via hyperlinks. When you do so, you

are subjecting yourself to their privacy policies and data collection. Please read the privacy

policies of those sites to ensure you agree with the terms before using such sites.

Sharing Information with Advertisers or Other Third Parties

We may disclose anonymous information about user habits to advertisers on our site. The

parties who perform services for us (merchant bank, Internet Service Provider) may also have

access to your information in performing such services. Should we buy or sell assets of our

company, another company may need to review our company’s assets, which might include your

information, to make business decisions as to whether to acquire such assets.

Sharing Information with the Government or As Otherwise Required by Law

We may be required by subpoena, law or government agency to disclose both Active and

Passive Information you have provided to us.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

We take reasonable measures to ensure that any PII we collect on our Site is accurate, current,

complete, and reliable for its intended use. If you wish to update or otherwise correct PII that has

been provided to us, you may edit your information online.

Links to Other Websites

Links to third-party websites may be provided solely for your information and convenience or to

provide additional shopping for various other goods and services through our Merchant and

Services Partners. If you use these links, you will leave our Site. This Privacy Statement does

not cover the information practices of those websites nor do we control their content or privacy

policies. We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Children’s Privacy Protection

We take special care to protect the privacy needs of children and encourage parents to be an

active participant in their child’s online activities. Our Site does not target and is not intended for

children under the age of 18, and we will not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information

from them. If we discover personal data from a child through our site, we will eliminate that data.

You may learn more about protecting children’s privacy online by

visiting: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/tech/tec08.shtm.

Changes to This Policy

Any updates or changes to the terms of this Privacy Statement will be posted on our Site and the

date of the newest version posted below. Please check back frequently, especially before you

submit any PII at our Site, to see if this Privacy Statement has changed. By using our Site, you

acknowledge acceptance of this Privacy Statement in effect at the time of use.

YOUR USE OF OUR SITE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE PRACTICES SET FORTH IN

THIS POLICY. YOUR CONTINUED USE INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE

CHANGES.