When you submit personal information on our website, we will protect your information both online and offline.
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure once we receive it. For example, we store your personal information (not including any Credit or Debit Cards Information) on computer systems located in limited access, secured facilities. thegreendrugstore.com employees are trained and kept up to date on our security procedures.
thegreendrugstore.com takes reasonable and appropriate steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized disclosure or access. However, no data transmitted over the internet or stored on a server can ever be 100% secured. Therefore, while we strive to protect your privacy and personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted or disclosed to us online. We are not responsible for the disclosure, destruction, or theft of your personal information.
If you opted to register with us, you established a password for your account, in which case your online account information will be protected by your password. We suggest that you do not share or disclose your password to anyone. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your account and password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account and password. We suggest creating challenging passwords such as those with alphanumeric combinations.
Secure Ordering
When you submit personal information on our website, your information is protected both online and offline. We can only access your credit card (but not your actual credit card information) to issue credits, never for actual charges. Only you can produce a charge by placing an order in your password-protected account.
While on a secure page, such as our order form which is hosted in a secure data facility, the lock icon of your web browser becomes locked. This indicates that the connection between your web browser and our web server is secured. While on a secure page, the ‘http’ on your browser changes to ‘https’.
When you submit sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the encryption software which meets or exceeds industry standards – (Secure Socket Layer). While on a secure page, such as our order form which is hosted in a secure data facility, the lock icon on the bottom of web browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
Natures Lab & Third Parties
Like most retailers, as you visit our websites, we are collecting information about that visit. We collect this information to improve our delivery of information and services to you. To collect this information, we utilize technology from third party companies like Google. For example, we utilize Google Analytics to aid in website measurement. This software is employed to evaluate – anonymously and in aggregate about how people use the thegreendrugstore.com website.
This software provides information about your device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone), the type of browser (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and operating system. We gather this information to make sure the websites are optimized based on the technologies most people are using to access our websites.
Part of this technology utilizes internet “cookies.” Cookies are stored on your hard drive in the form of a text file. Most cookies are “session cookies” meaning that are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Other cookies are called “persistent” because they do not expire. Typically, these cookies allow us to provide targeting information about products and pricing. However, you can easily remove them by following the directions in your browsers help file.
While this statistical data is collected, it is important to note that thegreendrugstore.com does not sell, rent, or lease any of your personal information. Nonetheless, if required by law, we will release your personal information due to a search warrant, subpoena, court order, etc.