Privacy Policy

Data we collect and its use

To ensure the effective operation of the McNear Community Gardens it is necessary for the organization to collect certain personal information of our members and aspiring members, including name, email, address, and phone numbers. We use this information to contact you about the activities of the organization, including requesting your annual subscription, notifying you of McNear Community Gardens events and activities and other information relating to the efficient operation of the community garden.

Whenever you visit our website, we track basic anonymous statistical information (e.g.: browser type, screen size, etc.); we do this so that we can better tailor our site to the needs of our users, and we only share the information collected with the companies that provide us with statistical analysis. All personal information collected through the website (with the exception of credit card data) remains in our database. We do not resell, lease or provide our user list to anyone.

Current paid up members of the McNear gardens may access your personal information, including plot assignments, phone numbers and email address. Members, including the board, may only use this information to communicate with you about McNear Gardens’ activities, such as upcoming meetings, pending subscriptions and community hours worked, and other pertinent information about the garden activities. We take this privilege very seriously and will address any member who abuses another members personal information in anyway, including revoking their access to the website or revoking their membership to the organization; You can flag your personal information as private in the “Personal Information” section of your account page in which case other members, excluding the officers of the board of directors, cannot access this information in any way. The board reserves the right to access your contact information to communicate with you about upcoming meetings, pending subscriptions and community hours worked, and other pertinent information about the garden activities at the boards discretion.

The McNear Community Garden board may send you occasional e-mails about McNear Garden Community Work Days, McNear Garden group meetings and information about your subscription and community hours logged. You can unsubscribe from these mailing in the “Personal Information” section of your account page. At all times, we may use the information we collect to improve the services that we provide you. This may require that we share the information you have provided us with a third-party research firm; we will only do so after requiring that the third-party research firm adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy and that the third-party research firm never share or resell the information with third parties for commercial purposes.

Use of Cookies

Like many sites, we use cookies for a variety of reasons, including maintain session state, and collecting anonymous statistical information. Your browser must support and accept cookies in order to use our site.

Changes in Your Account

Most of your account settings (including communication e-mail settings) can be changed directly from your account page. Please note that no McNear Garden member or board member will ever, under any circumstance, ask you for your password or other personal information via e-mail or telephone. Access to your account is protected by a password; please ensure that you keep your password confidential and change it often.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time by posting such changes prominently on our website no later than fifteen days before such changes take effect.

Even though this Privacy Policy states the standard terms under which we operate, in some circumstances beyond our control we may not be able to meet them, and you data may be disclosed, against our wishes, to third parties as a result. We therefore disclaim all warranties and representations, whether express or implied, of nondisclosure of your information. Should you require to contact us for information about this Privacy Policy, please do so through our website.