All users of the site are free to explore most of the site without providing any personal information to The Water Garden Society of Greater KC. At other areas of the site you may be asked to provide the following information:

Users may want to place an order with The Water Garden Society of Greater KC. At that time, users will be asked to provide certain information, such as name, address, e-mail and, where appropriate, credit card information in order to make a purchase. We collect your e-mail address when you contact us by e-mail so that we may respond to your e-mail.As with most web sites, we monitor where users of the site travel throughout the site so that we can develop a better understanding of the areas of greatest interest.

How Does The Water Garden Society of Greater KC Use This Information?

Navigational
Our system automatically gathers information about the areas visited by both members and users. To do this, The Water Garden Society of Greater KC logs IP addresses (in other words, the location of your computer on the Internet) for system administration, troubleshooting and to examine overall traffic trends. (For example, IP addresses help us determine the number of people coming from various gateways, such as AOL.) We do not use any of this navigational data on an individual basis. Nor do we share any of this data with outside companies. We do use navigational information in the aggregate to understand how our users travel around the site as a group to use the services that we offer. We collect that information so that The Water Garden Society of Greater KC can constantly improve the site. We may also share this statistical information with our partners or other outside companies, but in doing so, we do not disclose individual names or personal navigational information.
 

Personal
When you become a customer/member of The Water Garden Society of Greater KC, we will ask you for some information, such as name, address and email. When you go to buy a product, additional information, such as your preferred method of payment and your shipping address, will be required.
We might, from time to time, use the information provided to send you alerts about upcoming events and promotions and to create general profiles. You can -- at any time -- "opt-out" of receiving such communication by replying to the email stating that you do not wish in the future to receive such information.