Welcome to Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. (" we", " us" or " our"). Our Privacy Policy explains how we and some of the companies we work with collect, use, share and protect information in relation to our web site (“Site”) and your choices about the collection and use of your information.

Our Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the Site ("Consumers").

1. Information We Collect.

We collect the following types of information.

a. Personal Information you provide us directly ("PII"):

Your username, password, and e-mail address when you register for a Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. account. Profile information that you provide for your user profile (e.g., first and last name, phone number and address). When ordering or registering on our Site you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help process your order and assist you with your experience. Communications between you and Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. For example, we may send you Site-related emails (e.g., account verification, changes/updates to features of the Site, technical and security notices). Note that you may not opt out of Site-related e-mails.

b. Analytics information:

We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Site. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Site, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the Site and services we provide. We collect and use this analytics information with analytics information from other Consumers so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify any particular individual Consumer.

c. Cookies and similar technologies:

When you visit the Site, we may use cookies and similar technologies like pixels, web beacons, and local storage to collect information about how you use Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. and provide features to you. We may ask affiliates and partners to serve ads or services to your devices, which may use cookies or similar technologies placed by us or the third party.

d. Log file information:

Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you make a request to access (i.e., visit) a web page or app. It can also be provided when the content of the webpage or app is downloaded to your browser or device. When you use our Site, certain log file information may automatically record, including your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Site, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. We may also collect similar information from emails sent to our Consumers which then help us track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Site.

 Device identifiers:

When you use a mobile device like a tablet or phone to access our Site, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device, and/or remotely store one or more "device identifiers". Device identifiers are small data files or similar data structures stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely identify your mobile device. A device identifier may be data stored in connection with the device hardware, data stored in connection with the device's operating system or other software, or data sent to the device by Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. A device identifier may deliver information to us or to a third-party partner about how you browse and use the Site and may help us or others provide reports or personalized content and ads. Some features of the Site may not function properly if use or availability of device identifiers is impaired or disabled.

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

Third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across sites when you visit or use the Service. We may employ and/or our third-party tracking utility company may employ software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us better manage content on our Site by informing us what content is effective. These gifs (or other tracking technology) may be included in or associated with e-mails or other communications that you receive from us (or our partners) in order to help us track your response and interests and to deliver you relevant products and services. We may tie information gathered by clear gifs or other tracking technology to PII.

It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking.

2. How We Use Your Information.

In addition to some of the specific uses of information we describe in this Privacy Policy, we may use information that we receive to:

• help you efficiently access your information after you sign in;

• remember information so you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you

  visit the Site;

• provide personalized content and information to you and others, which could include online ads or other forms of marketing;

• provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of our Site;

• develop and test new products and features;

• monitor metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns;

• diagnose or fix technology problems; and

• run contests, special offers or other events or activities ("Events") on the Site. If you do not want to participate in an Event, do not use the particular Metadata associated with that Event.

  3. Sharing of Your Information.

a. Parties with whom we may share your information:

We only have access to collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We collect your information in order to provide necessary services to fulfill your request. In order to do so, we may share your information we collect with a third-party as necessary to provide the Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. services to you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will not share your information that we collect with any third-party outside of our organization, other than what is necessary to fulfill your request or provide the services to you, e.g. to ship an order. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this policy.

We may also share information you share with us. Many of our services such as making a purchase and registering an account ask you to provide personal information such as your first and last name, billing and shipping address, email address, and telephone number. In order to process payment for orders and distribute profits, we may collect the following: Credit card information, bank name, your banking credentials, and your banking account and routing number, and other financial information. We may share the information you provide us with a third-party as necessary to provide the Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. services to you.

We may remove parts of data that can identify you and share anonymized data with other parties. We may also combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information.

b. What happens in the event of a change of control:

If we sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. or our assets to another organization (e.g., in the course of a transaction like a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), your information such as name, email address, and any other information collected through the Site may be among the items sold or transferred. The buyer or transferee will have to honor the commitments we have made in this Privacy Policy.

c. Responding to legal requests and preventing harm:

We may access, preserve and share your information in response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally recognized standards. We may also access, preserve and share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity; to protect ourselves, you and others, including as part of investigations; and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. Information we receive about you may be accessed, processed and retained for an extended period of time when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations concerning possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm.

4. How We Store Your Information.

a. Your information collected through the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. or its service providers maintain facilities.

b. Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. and our service providers may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.

c. By registering for and using the Site you consent to the transfer of information to the U.S. or to any other country in which Green Grotto Essentials, Inc., its Affiliates or Service Providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.

d. We use commercially reasonable safeguards to help keep the information collected through the Site secure and take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. However, Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. or guarantee that information on the Site may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.

e. Please do your part to help us. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to emails between you and Green Grotto Essentials, Inc., at all times. We are not responsible for the functionality, privacy, or security measures of any other organization.

f. Your PII is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

g. We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

h. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

5. Your Choices About Your Information.
a. Your account information and profile/privacy settings:
Update your account at any time by logging in and changing your account settings.

Unsubscribe from email communications from us by clicking on the "unsubscribe link" provided in such communications. As noted above, you may not opt out of Site-related communications (e.g., account verification, purchase and billing confirmations and reminders, changes/updates to features of the Site, technical and security notices).

You have the right to access, update and correct factual inaccuracies in personally identifiable information that is collected by this Site. To help protect your privacy and the security of your personally identifiable information, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access

Parents of children under the age of 13 may contact us to request that there be no further collection or use of their child’s personally identifiable information. We will take steps to verify the identity of anyone requesting personally identifiable information about a child to ensure that the person is in fact the child’s parent or legal guardian.

Residents of California, pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties. To make such a request, please contact us at Greengrottoessentials@gmail.com.

b. How long we keep your User Content:

Following termination or deactivation of your account, Green Grotto Essentials, Inc., its Affiliates, or its Service Providers may retain information (including your profile information) for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes.

c. Third-Party Links:

In addition to the non-personal information collected by Green Grotto Essentials, Inc., we may allow third parties to serve advertisements on our Site and/or collect non-personal information through cookies or web beacons (or other technologies). These third parties may use such information (i) to help tailor site content to users; (ii) to serve ads on our behalf; (iii) to measure advertising effectiveness (such as which web pages are visited or what products are purchased); and/or (iv) to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. Third-party cookies and web beacons are governed by each third party's own privacy policy, not Green Grotto Essentials, Inc.’s Privacy Policy.

Our Site may contain links to other websites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you click the links provided, the operators of such sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their own privacy policies, which may differ from ours. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites so that you understand if/how they collect and/or use information from you or your computer.

6. California Privacy Rights.

California law allows California residents to ask companies with whom they have an established business relationship to provide certain information about the companies’ sharing of PII with third parties for direct marketing purposes. California residents who wish to request further information about our compliance with this law or have questions or concerns about our privacy practices, may contact us at Greengrottoessentials@gmail.com. We will provide the requested information to you at your e-mail address provided in response. We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the e-mail address specified in this section.

The California Resident Privacy Notice supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy above and applies solely to California residents or those protected by California law.

7. Children's Privacy.

Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Site. The Site and its content are not directed at children under the

age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us
at Greengrottoessentials@gmail.com.

8. Other Web Sites and Services.

We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from our Site, including the information or content contained within them. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Site to another website or service, our Privacy Policy does not apply to those third- party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link on our website, are subject to that third party's own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and do not have control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service and you allow them to access your User Content you do so at your own risk.

9. How To Contact Us About A Deceased User.

In the event of the death of a Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. Consumer, please contact us
at Greengrottoessentials@gmail.com. We will usually conduct our communication via email; should we require any other information, we will contact you at the email address you have provided in your request.

10. How To Contact Us.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service, please contact Greengrottoessentials@gmail.com.

11. Changes To Our Privacy Policy.

Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate under the circumstances. Your continued use of Green Grotto Essentials, Inc. or the Site after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.

This Privacy Policy was last updated August 16th, 2021.