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Privacy Policy

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. (“the Botanical Gardens”) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Botanical Gardens website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Botanical Gardens website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Use of Your Personal Information 

The Botanical Gardens collects and uses your personal information to operate the Botanical Gardens website and deliver the services you have requested. The Botanical Gardens also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Botanical Gardens and its affiliates. The Botanical Gardens may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Botanical Gardens does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Botanical Gardens may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, the Botanical Gardens may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the Botanical Gardens, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Botanical Gardens does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Botanical Gardens keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within the Botanical Gardens, in order to determine what services are the most popular. This date is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Botanical Gardens to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

The Botanical Gardens website will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Botanical Gardens or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Botanical Gardens; and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Botanical Gardens, or the public.

Revisions to the Privacy Policy

The privacy policy may be revised at any time. We may revise the policy in response to changes in the law or other factors.