General

Home & Garden Depot respects the privacy of every individual who visits our websites. This Privacy Policy outlines the information Home & Garden Depot may collect and how we may use that information.

Personal Data

Home & Garden Depot will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or email address ("personal data") through our websites unless you have provided it to us voluntarily.

When you do provide us with personal data, we may use that information to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services. We do not now nor do we intend to sell, rent or market personal data about you to third parties.

(Please also see our Secure Shopping page.)

Minors

Home & Garden Depot has no intention of collecting any personal data from individuals under eighteen years of age, nor will this web site be promoted to minors.

Adults should be aware that Home & Garden Depot's Privacy Policy will govern our use of personal data, but that information which is voluntarily given by anyone in chat sessions, email exchanges, bulletin boards or the like may be used to generate unsolicited mail. Home & Garden Depot encourages all adults to instruct minors in their care in the safe and responsible use of their personal data while using the Internet.

Additional Information Collected Automatically

In some cases, we may automatically (i.e., not via registration) collect technical information when you connect to our site that is not personally-identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site.

Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer - "Cookies"

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.  For example, you will need to set your browser to accept cookies if you wish to add items to a shopping cart.  The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page.

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, or to give you the option of accepting or declining cookies. Most browsers will also allow you to erase cookies stored on your computer's hard drive.  Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. 

If you choose to decline all cookies, you will not be able to fully experience or utilize our Web site, and you will not be able to place orders online.