1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://growerslink.com. We provide a digital marketplace connecting local growers and consumers.

2. Information We Collect

• Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
• Media: If you upload images to the website (such as profile pictures or crop photos), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Other visitors to the website can potentially download and extract this data from images on the site.
• Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once a comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3. Cookies

• Convenience Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for one year.
• Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• Authentication: When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login info and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks.
• Publishing: If you edit or publish a listing, an additional cookie is saved to your browser indicating the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or listings on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that content.

5. Data Sharing & Retention

• Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
• Comment Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow for automatic approval of follow-up comments.
• User Profiles: For users that register on Growerslink, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
• Internal Use: As stated in our Terms, we do not sell or share your personal information with third parties. If this policy changes, users will be notified directly.

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. We will delete this data upon your written request to the email provided below. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

7. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments and listings may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

8. Contact Information

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or to request the deletion of your account and personal data, please contact us at: users@growerslink.com