Privacy policy
Plow & Hearth Privacy Policy
- INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
- HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
- CONSENT TO TRANSFER
- LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
- INFORMATION AND PASSWORDS
- HOW WE WILL CONTACT YOU
- YOUR CHOICES
- CORRECTIONS
- NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
- CONTACT US
Plow & Hearth® (hereinafter referred to as "Plow & Hearth," "us," "we," "our" or "Company"), recognizes and respects the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers, registered members ("Members") and users, and has established this Privacy Policy as a result. This Privacy Policy applies to all Members and users of this website, mobile applications, and all digital assets contained or offered therein (collectively, our "Services"). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use, which govern your use of our Services. By using the Services and providing us with personal Information (as defined below), you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and to any updates to these policies posted here from time to time. If you are a California resident, please click here for your California privacy rights, which supplements this Privacy Policy as to California Residents only.
Note: You must be 18 years or older to use, subscribe or register as a Member of Plow & Hearth®. The website is a general audience site and we do not knowingly collect, maintain, or disclose personal Information from or about children.
I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
We may collect the following types of information about you which are described in more detail below: (A) information you provide to us, (B) information we may automatically collect, and (C) information we may receive from third parties. All of the information listed in (A)-(C) above, are detailed below, and hereinafter referred to as "Information."
A. Information You Provide to Us
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect some or all of the following types of Information you provide us with:
Note that Information you provide to us may be collected by us even if an order, registration, or other process is started but not completed or otherwise cancelled.
B. Information We May Automatically Collect About You
Our Services may automatically collect certain Information about you. This Information may include:
1. Cookies & Technologies Used to Collect Information About You
C. Information We May Receive from Third Parties
We may collect additional Information about you from third-party websites, social media platforms, such as, but not limited, to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram ("Social Media Platforms"), and/or sources providing publicly-available information (e.g., from the U.S. postal service) to help us provide services to you, help prevent fraud, and for marketing and advertising purposes.
Information we may access about you, with your consent, may include, but is not limited to, your basic Social Media Platform information, your location data, your list of contacts, friends or followers and certain information about your activities on the Social Media Platform. Please keep in mind that when you provide Information to us on a third-party website or platform (for example, via our applications), the Information you provide may be separately collected by the third-party website or the Social Media Platform.
The Information we collect is covered by this Privacy Policy, and the Information the third-party website or Social Media Platform collects is subject to the third-party website or platform’s privacy practices. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our sites or applications and to read the privacy policies of other sites that may collect your Information.
II. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
A. Use and Purpose of Processing Your Information
We may use and process your Information for things that may include, but are not limited to:
We may also combine Information we receive from you via our Services with information from our affiliates and third parties. We use the combined information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience with us and to communicate with you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
B. Sharing Your Information
We may share your Information as set forth in the Privacy Policy and in the following circumstances:
III. CONSENT TO TRANSFER
Plow & Hearth® is operated in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that any Information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the Services or otherwise providing us with Information, you hereby consent to this transfer. Although personal Information collected by us through the Services is used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, laws generally applicable to the protection of personal data in the U.S. may not be as stringent as those in other countries.
IV. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
Plow & Hearth® wants you to be aware that when you click on links and/or advertisement banners that take you to affiliated or third-party websites, you will be subject to the privacy policies and terms of use of those websites, not ours. This privacy policy only applies to Information collected by our Services. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user terms whenever using, and prior to providing any personal Information to, any other website. Links to any other websites or content do not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by us of the linked website and/or content.
V. INFORMATION AND PASSWORDS
We use commercially reasonable measures to provide our Services. However, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we make reasonable efforts to safeguard personal Information once we receive it, we cannot warrant the security of Information we receive. You agree that we will not have any liability for misuse, access, acquisition, deletion, or disclosure of your Information.
VI. HOW WE WILL CONTACT YOU
You agree that we, our affiliates, and/or third-party service providers with whom we collaborate and contract may communicate with you regarding our Services via electronic messages, including email, text message, or mobile push notification to, for example, send you information relating to our products and Services that we think may be of interest to you, communicate with you about contests, sweepstakes, offers, promotions, rewards, upcoming events, and other news about products and services provided by or through us through permissible targeted advertisements offered by us, our parent companies, our subsidiaries, our affiliates, and other business partners. See Your Choices, below, for how you can update the way we contact you.
VII. YOUR CHOICES
A. Email. By using our Services, you agree that we may contact you by email as set forth herein. If you do not want to receive marketing and promotional emails from us, you may click on the "unsubscribe" link in the email to unsubscribe and opt-out of marketing email communications or Contact Us.
B. Location Choices. You can change the privacy settings of your device at any time to turn off the sharing of location information with our Services. If you choose to turn off location services, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. If you have specific questions about the privacy settings of your device, we suggest you contact the manufacturer of your device or your mobile service provider for help.
C. Opting Out of Direct Marketing. To exercise choices regarding the marketing information you receive, you may also review the following links:
i. You may opt-out of tracking and receiving tailored advertisements on your mobile device by some mobile advertising companies and other similar entities by downloading the App Choices app at https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices.
ii. You may opt-out of receiving permissible targeted advertisements by using the NAI Opt-out tool available at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 or by visiting About Ads at http://optout.aboutads.info.
iii. You can opt-out of having your activity on our Services made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on for your web browser by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for your web browser.
D. Text Messages. On our website, you may sign up to receive SMS or MMS text messages from Plow & Hearth®. By signing up for text messaging services or otherwise opting in to receive text messages (opting in via short code or entering your phone number into an on-site collection form), you agree that you have provided Plow & Hearth®, with prior express written consent to be contacted by text message, including recurring automated promotional and personalized text messages before we contact you. Your consent is not a condition of any our Services and your consent to be contacted as described is voluntary. The number of text messages you receive may vary based upon the text messaging service(s) you sign up for. Message and data rates may apply. If you no longer want to receive text messages from us, reply STOP (or as otherwise instructed) in the text message or by contacting us. Additional information about our SMS and MMS marketing program can be found in our Text Messaging Terms. Plow & Hearth will not sell or share the mobile number you provide for text messaging services with third parties for any commercial purpose. Mobile numbers will not be shared outside of the SMS program that users have opted into.
Please note that your instructions (above) do not govern the use of Information you have provided to our affiliates or to third parties (including any merchants referenced or accessible via our website). The use of Information you have provided to our affiliates or to third parties is governed by their privacy policies and terms.
E. Third Party Sharing. You may opt-out of your personal information being shared with third parties by emailing info@plowandhearth.com.
VIII. CORRECTIONS
If you would like to update, delete or correct Information previously provided to us, please send an email with your new Information, including your complete name, postal address, and email address to info@plowandhearth.com.
Members can modify and update their membership information (including name, mailing address, birth date, telephone number and email address) by accessing the password-protected "Update Membership" page.
IX. NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
To the extent any California data privacy law applies, we will provide California residents with certain information upon request ("Data Subject Request"). This supplemental section of our Privacy Policy outlines how California residents can receive the information and applies solely to California residents.
A. Notice of Collection
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT | CATEGORIES OF SOURCES | EXAMPLES OF USES | CATEGORIES OF THIRD PARTIES WITH WHICH WE MAY SHARE THAT INFORMATION |
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Identifiers: name, billing and shipping addresses, email address, billing information, any provided phone numbers, such as home, mobile or fax, security password. |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Your use of our services/automatically collected from you. Affiliates. Third parties (such as service providers and other users who, for example, may refer you to use the Services). Consumer data resellers. Public records databases. | Processing orders. Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Facilitating payment. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Affiliates. Service providers. Other individuals or companies at your request. Third parties, such as third-party advertisers, and advertising and list brokering networks and analytics providers. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Commercial Information: Records of your purchases and transaction data |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Your use of our Services/automatically collected from you. Affiliates. Third parties (such as service providers). Third Parties (such as Data Brokers). | Providing the Services, including registration, processing orders or catalog requests and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Facilitating payment. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Affiliates. Service providers. Other individuals or companies at your request. Third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks and analytics providers. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Financial Data: Credit or debit card number, verification number, and expiration date, to process payments and information about your transactions and purchases with us. |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Third parties (such as service providers and third parties confirming payments made on your behalf). Affiliates. | Providing the Services. Processing orders. Facilitating payment. Fixing and improving the Services. Analyzing use of the Service. Security, fraud, and legal compliance. | Affiliates. Service providers. Other individuals or companies at your request. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law. Third parties for sales or transfers of our business or assets. |
Device Information and Identifiers: IP address; browser type and language; operating system; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; and unique device, advertising, and app identifiers. |
You (through your device). Advertising providers. Analytics providers. Cookies and tracking technologies. | Providing the Services, including registration, processing orders or catalog requests and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Facilitating payment. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Service providers. Affiliates. Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Internet Network and Electronic Activity Device Information: Information about files you download, domain names, landing pages, browsing activity, content or ads viewed and clicked, dates and times of access, pages viewed, forms you complete or partially complete, search terms, uploads or downloads, the URL that referred you to our Services, the websites you visit after this website; if you share our content to social media platforms; and other web usage activity and data logged by our web servers, whether you open an email and your interaction with email content, access times, error logs, and other similar information. |
You (through your device). Advertising providers. Analytics providers. Cookies and tracking technologies. Marketers. Our affiliates. | Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Service providers. Affiliates. Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Social media information (which may include personal identifiers, photos, location, user generated content, demographic information): If you link your account or access the Services through a third-party connection or log-in, we may have access to any information you provide to that social network depending on your privacy settings such as your name, email address, friend list, photo, gender, location, and current city; and information you provide to us directly through our pages on social networking and blogging platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter). |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Social media networks, in accordance with your privacy preferences on such services. | Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Service providers. Affiliates. Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Location Information: General location, and, if you provide permission, precise GPS location. |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Your use of our services/automatically collected from you. Third parties (such as service providers). | Providing the Services, including registration, processing orders or catalog requests and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Service providers. Affiliates. Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Sensory Information: Audio recordings if you call our customer service or volunteer this information as part of using our Services. |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Your use of our Services/automatically collected from you. Third parties (such as service providers). | Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Facilitating payment. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Service providers. Affiliates. Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Survey, testimonials or sweepstakes information (including personal identifiers and user generated content): Collected if you participate in a survey or sweepstakes or submit a product review or testimonial; includes information needed for you to participate (such as contact information), and to fulfill your prize. |
You, if you choose to provide to us. Survey or sweepstakes partners. | Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Affiliates. Service providers. Other individuals or companies at your request. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
Personalization data about you | You, if you choose to provide to us. Your use of our Services/automatically collected from you. Affiliates. Third parties (such as Data Brokers). | Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Analyzing and improving the Services. Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Affiliates. Third parties (such as service providers). |
Other Information: Any other information you choose to directly provide to us in connection with your use of the Services. |
You, if you choose to provide to us. | Providing the Services, including registration and customer service. Fixing and improving the Services. Facilitating payment. Personalizing content and your experience. Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising purposes. Bug detection and error reporting. Analyzing and improving the Services Security, fraud and legal compliance. | Service providers. Affiliates. Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks. Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary. Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets. |
B. Rights of California Residents
1. Data Subject Requests
California residents have the right to request, twice a year and free of charge, that we disclose certain information about our collection and use of their personal information for the preceding twelve months. Upon our confirmation of a verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you the following information, as applicable, for the twelve-month period prior to the request:
If you are a California resident, you may also request deletion of your personal Information collected or maintained by Plow & Hearth®.
2. How to Make a Request
To make a request, please submit your Data Subject Request, Deletion Request, or Opt-Out ("Do Not Sell My Personal Information") Request via this Webform. You also may contact us via our customer service line at 1-800-494-7544 or email us at info@plowandhearth.com. Once the webform is submitted you may receive an email to the email address you have mentioned and a Plow & Hearth® representative may contact you to request your name, mailing address, and email address from you in order to complete the verification process. We may also request some additional information, such as: last four digits of your credit card, last item ordered, date of last order, total dollar charge of last order, last item you returned, name of person you have shipped to in the past, or a monogram you have placed on a recent order. We will only use the Information we receive for verification. We will not be able to disclose Information if we cannot verify that the person making the Data Subject Request is the person about whom we collected Information, or someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf. Once confirmed Plow & Hearth® will take action on your data subject request or request to delete within 45 days. If more time is needed to respond, Plow & Hearth® will notify you.
Please note that we may not delete your personal Information if it is necessary to:
3. Do Not Sell my Personal Information
The California Consumer Protection Act gives California residents the right to stop the "sale" of their personal Information through a mechanism called "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" button or hyperlink.
While there are many positive impacts of this requirement, California's definition of "sale" also captures the transfer of data between corporate affiliates (that is, companies that share common ownership) and other transfers that ordinarily may not be thought of as a "sale” in the traditional sense of the word. Because the CCPA has defined some of these transfers as "sales," we may be unable to offer all of our services to our users that ask us not to "sell" their Personal Data.
California residents may utilize the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" hyperlink located on our Services to facilitate their opt-out of the sale of certain personal Information. However, if you opt to request that we do not "sell" your personal Information you may not be able to use any service we offer that requires our continued use of your email address. Accordingly, users who direct us to stop "selling" their personal Information may be asked to delete their account with us and their associated personal Information. Users who make this request will still be able to access all of the Services we offer on our website and through our Services that are available to non-account holders and may always use a new email address to register a new account with our Services.
4. Requests from Authorized Agents
Only you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. In order to designate an authorized agent, please provide us with written permission granting the authorized agent permission to act on your behalf. Unless you provide power of attorney pursuant to CA Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465, a Plow & Hearth® representative may contact you within 10 business days to confirm your identity.
5. Non-Discrimination
We may not, and will not, treat you differently because you of your Data Subject Request activity. As a result of your Data Subject Request activity, we may not and will not deny goods or services to you, charge different rates for goods or services, provide a different level quality of goods or services, or suggest any of the preceding will occur. However, we can and may charge you a different rate, or provide a different level of quality, if the difference is reasonably related to the value provided by your personal Information.
6. Notice of Financial Incentives
As part of our Services offerings, there may be opportunities to voluntarily provide us with your personal Information. As an incentive for providing using with your Information, you may receive a financial benefit in the form of an email coupon or discount that will be sent to you. This coupon may constitute a financial incentive under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("Financial Incentive"). The categories of personal Information required for us to provide the Financial Incentives include personal identifiers such as contact information, full name, email address, mailing address and telephone number as well as personal and demographic information you choose to provide.
You have the right to withdraw from the Financial Incentive at any time by submitting a request to info@plowandhearth.com. Each Financial Incentive is reasonably related to the value of the personal Information we receive. Please note that if you request deletion of part or all your personal Information, that could affect your ability to qualify for our coupons.
7. Verifying Requests
To help protect your privacy and maintain security, if you request access to or deletion of your personal Information, we will take steps and may require you to provide certain Information to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal Information or complying with your request. In addition, if you ask us to provide you with specific pieces of personal Information, we will require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose personal Information is the subject of the request. If you designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, we may require you to provide the authorized agent written permission to do so and to verify your own identity directly with us (as described above).
8. Shine the Light Requests
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to opt out of the disclosure of your personal Information by XYZ to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. To make an opt-out request of such disclosures, please send an email to info@plowandhearth.com, call us at 1-800-494-7544 or write us at:
Plow & Hearth
P.O. Box 1049
Madison, VA 22727
9. Additional Information
If you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, you have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by us. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request. This Statement is available in alternative formats upon request by sending an email to info@plowandhearth.com, call us at 1-800-494-7544.
X. YOUR CONSENT AND CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Subject to the above provisions, by using our Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time as new features or services are added, suggestions from our customers are incorporated or other changes are made. We reserve the right to change, modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our products and service offerings, accommodate new technologies, regulatory requirements, or other purposes. If we modify our Privacy Policy, we will update the "Effective Date" and such changes will be effective upon posting. It is your obligation to check our current Privacy Policy for any changes.
The date on which the current Privacy Policy and overall Terms of Use took effect is listed at the top of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (see "Last Updated" at the top of each).
By using Plow & Hearth®, after such changes take effect, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by the revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part.
XI. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Information we have collected about you, please send your questions to info@plowandhearth.com, call us 1-800-494-7544, or write us at:
Plow & Hearth
P.O. Box 1049
Madison, VA 22727
Last Update: June 2, 2022