UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics site and governs data collection and usage. By using the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics does not read any of your private online communications.

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics and UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics collects and uses your personal information to operate the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics Web site and deliver the services you have requested. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics and its affiliates. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics, in order to determine what UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics pages, or register with UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics site or services, a cookie helps UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics is protecting your information.

Contact Information

UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics has not adhered to this Statement, please contact UH Master Gardener Plant Diagnostics at kmjkong@hawaii.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.