Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 31, 2024

Thank you for using Acknowledge. We are committed to protecting your privacy and, for that reason, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to explain our data collection, use, and disclosure practices for the Acknowledge services (including its website, and mobile and web-based applications, and any other tools, products, or services provided by Acknowledge that link to or reference this Privacy Policy) (collectively, the “Services”).The Services are owned and operated by Acknowledge Farms, LLC a Maryland limited liability company (“we”, “us” or “our”).

This Privacy Policy applies to information Acknowledge collects through the Services, as well as other information provided to us online or offline by third parties, when we associate that information with customers or users of the Services; however, it does not apply to information collected from our employees, contractors, or vendors. It also does not apply to information that you ask us to share with third parties or is collected by Online Tool Providers (as further described below). You acknowledge and agree that Acknowledge is not responsible for the data collection or use practices of any other user of the Services or a third party utilized in providing the Services.

This Privacy Policy describes, among other things:  

• Personal and other information we collect about you;
• How we use your information;
• How we may share your information with third parties; and 
• Your choices regarding the personal information we collect about you.

Consent

By accessing or using the Services, you consent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Services. Information gathered through the Services may be transferred, used, and stored in the United States or in other countries where our service providers or we are located. If you use the Services, you agree to the transfer, use, and storage of your Personal Information (as defined below) in those countries. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. You agree that all transactions relating to the Services or Acknowledge Farms are deemed to occur in the United States, where our servers are located.
Collection of Your Personal and Other Information

 When you register for, or use our Services, we collect Personal Information. By “Personal Information” we mean information that can identify or reasonably be linked to an individual, such as:

• Names; 
• Personal or business addresses; 
• Email addresses;
• Phone numbers; 
• Credit card information (which you submit for payment purposes and which is collected by our third party payment gateway service provider); and
• Information contained in any image, photograph or profile you submit to us.

When you place an order through the Services, we will maintain your order and shipping information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

Our Services may integrate with social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and  Instagram.  When you connect a social media account to our Services, then we may collect information about that social media account and share information with that social media account as described in the connection process. This collected information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, demographic information from your profile, friend lists, postings or other content, and your profile picture.  You acknowledge and agree that Acknowledge Farms is not responsible for the data collection or use practices of any such connected social media platform.  You should read each social media platform’s privacy policy before connecting that social media account.

Certain aspects of the Services may also access certain features of your mobile device, including its camera, location services (GPS), microphone, contacts, and collect information from those features, such as photographs, videos, your precise location, audio recordings, and contact information.  You consent to this access.

You may choose not to provide Personal Information or prevent the Services from accessing certain features of your mobile device, (subject to the controls offered by your mobile device’s operating system), but this may prevent you from receiving certain features of the Services.

We also collect non-Personal Information relating to the Services, that is, information that does not personally identify an individual (“Non-Personal Information”).  The Non-Personal Information we collect includes how you interact with the Services, information generally collected or “logged” by Internet websites or Internet services when accessed or used by users, and information about your web browser or device accessing or using the Services.

Examples of the Non-Personal Information we collect are: 

• The pages of our website that you viewed during a visit;
• What information, content or advertisements you view or interact with using the Services; 
• Language preferences;
• The city and state in which you are located (but not your precise geographic location); and 
• Unique identifiers that are not connected and cannot reasonably be connected to your identity.

We will not use Non-Personal Information to try to identify you, and if we associate any Non-Personal Information with information that personally identifies you, then we will treat it as Personal Information. As discussed in more detail below, we sometimes use cookies and other automatic information gathering technologies to gather Non-Personal Information.

Information collected by the Services may be collected by us or one of our Service Providers or Online Tool Providers.
Use of Your Information

We may use the information we collect to: 

• Assist us in providing, maintaining, and protecting the Services;
• Set up, maintain, and protect accounts to use the Services;
• Improve our online operations;
• Process payments, transactions and your payment information;
• Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud;
• Arrange for shipping and for providing you with invoices and other order confirmations;
• Provide products, customer service or other services to you to fulfil our contract;
• Communicate with you, such as provide you with account-or transaction-related communications regarding your purchases or returns, or other newsletters, RSS feeds, and/or other communications relating to the Services;
• Send or display offers and other content that is customized to your interests or preferences;
• Keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers;
• Perform research and analysis aimed at improving our products and services and developing new products or services; and 
• Manage and maintain the systems that provide the Services.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose Personal Information to provide the Services, or when you authorize or instruct us to do so, for example when you use the Services to submit content or profile information. We may also disclose Personal Information and Non-Personal Information to Service Providers to help us provide the Services.  By “Service Providers” we mean companies, agents, contractors, service providers, or others engaged to perform functions on our behalf (such as processing of payments, provision of data storage, hosting of our website, marketing of our products and services, and conducting audits). When we use a Service Provider, we require that the Service Provider use and disclose the Personal Information and Non-Personal Information received from us only to provide their services to us or as required by applicable law. We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. 

We may also disclose Personal Information and Non-Personal Information to Online Tool Providers. By “Online Tool Provider,” we mean a licensor of software that we include in, or use with, the Services, including an API or SDK, that provides a specialized function or service to us and that requires the transmission of Personal Information and/or Non-Personal Information to the Online Tool Provider. Online Tool Providers may have the right to use Personal Information and Non-Personal Information about you for their own business purposes. Use and disclosure of Personal Information and Non-Personal Information by an Online Tool Provider is described in its privacy policy. See Section 10 below for some of the key Online Tool Providers we use.

When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, we may partner with advertisers to provide you with special offers, or to advertise products or services to you. If you redeem or respond to an offer, we may provide your Personal Information to the advertising partner, including your name, email address, gender, and year of birth. If you answer questions or fill out surveys from an advertiser, we may share information with that advertiser. The advertising partner’s privacy policy will govern their use of your information, which may include marketing of other products or services to you. You should read each advertiser’s privacy policy before providing information to that advertiser.

We may also disclose your Personal Information to third parties when we believe, in good faith and in our sole discretion, that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) enforce or apply the terms and conditions of the Services, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (b) comply with legal or regulatory requirements or an enforceable governmental request, (c) protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users or other third parties, (d) prevent a crime or protect national security, or (e) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues. 

We reserve the right to transfer information (including your Personal Information) to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of our company relating to the Services, or in the unlikely event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or receivership of our business. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you of such transfer, for example via email or by posting notice on our website. We also reserve the right to share information (including your Personal Information) with our affiliates in the course of our business operations. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work. 

Lastly, we may also disclose Non-Personal Information, aggregated with information about our other users, to our clients, business partners, merchants, advertisers, investors, potential buyers and other third parties if we deem such disclosure, in our sole discretion, to have sound business reasons or justifications.  
Minors

You must be 21 years of age or over to use this site.

The Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 21. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. We do not authorize users under 21 years of age to use the Services. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at info@acknowledgefarms.com and provide us with the name and email address that was used and we will promptly delete such information. 

You must be of legal age required by the state or province you are in to purchase our products. It is your responsibility to know whether you are legally able to purchase our products.
Information Security

We utilize reasonable information security measures to safeguard your Personal Information against unauthorized access, modification, or destruction. For example, we utilize Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Transport Layer Security (TLS), or similar encryption technology when sensitive data is transmitted over the Internet, and use firewalls to help prevent external access into our network. However, no data transmission over the Internet and no method of data storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its security.

We restrict access to Personal Information in our possession to our employees, Service Providers, and Online Tool Providers who need to know that information in order to operate, develop, improve or support our Services. If we share Personal Information with Service Providers or Online Tool Providers, we require that they also use reasonable information security measures to safeguard your Personal Information, comply with any applicable laws or regulations with respect to information security. Third Party Websites

Please note that the Services may link or integrate with third-party sites, services or apps.   We are not responsible for the privacy or security policies or practices or the content of such third parties.  Accordingly, we encourage you to review the privacy and security policies and terms of service of those third parties so that you understand how those websites collect, use, share and protect your information.Retention 

When you place an order through the Services, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. 

1.  Residents of California, Nevada, or Canada

Residents of California

You may have heard of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (together, the “California Privacy Laws”), which provides certain rights to California (CCPA) residents in connection with their Personal Information.  Our Services are not currently subject to the CCPA.  However, we do provide notice and transparency about our collection and use of Personal Information as described in Privacy Policy.

Residents of Canada

If you have an objection to the use of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy, you may file a complaint by sending an email to info@acknowledgefarms.com. We will attempt to accommodate your objection or complaint, but you understand that, to the extent you object to our processing of Personal Information that is necessary for us to provide the Services to you, certain features and functionalities of the Services may no longer be available to you. Nothing in this Privacy Policy prejudices your rights to file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and/or with any other applicable data protection authorities.

Residents of Nevada

We do not sell your Personal Information.  However, you may contact us at info@acknowledgefarms.com with questions.

1. Cookies and Automatic Information Gathering Technologies 

Every time you use the Services (e.g., access a Service webpage), we collect Personal Information and Non-Personal Information (discussed above in Section 2) regarding that use. For example, to improve our Services, we collect how, when, and which parts of the Services or its features you use. Also, we may use your device’s unique identifier (UDID) or other unique identifiers to assist us in collecting and analyzing this data. To assist us in collecting and storing this Non-Personal Information, we may employ a variety of technologies, including “Cookies,” local browser storage, and “web beacons,” “pixels,” or “tags.” A Cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit the Services. We use a number of different Cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor. A web beacon, pixel or tag is a small, usually-transparent image or script placed on a web page that allows the operator of that image or script, which may be the operator of the website you visit or a third party, to read or write a Cookie.

We use the following Cookies to optimize your experience on our Services and to provide the Services to you.

Store front end:

COOKIE NAME	DURATION	PURPOSE
woocommerce_cart_hash	session	Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
woocommerce_items_in_cart	session	Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
wp_woocommerce_session_	2 days	Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer.
woocommerce_recently_viewed	session	Powers the Recent Viewed Products widget.
store_notice[notice id]	session	Allows customers to dismiss the Store Notice.

No personal information is stored within these cookies.

Store dashboard (/wp-admin):

COOKIE NAME	DURATION	PURPOSE
woocommerce_snooze_suggestions__[suggestion]	2 days	Allows dashboard users to dismiss Marketplace suggestions, if enabled.
woocommerce_dismissed_suggestions__[context]	1 month	Count of suggestion dismissals, if enabled.
tk_ai	session	Stores a randomly-generated anonymous ID. This is only used within the dashboard (/wp-admin) area and is used for usage tracking, if enabled.

The length of time that a Cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session Cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the Cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage Cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible. Your operating system and web browser may allow you to erase information stored in Cookies and local browser storage. But if you do so, you may be forced to login to the Services again and you may lose some preferences or settings. You may also be able to set your browser to refuse all website storage or to indicate when it is permitted, but some features of our Services may not function properly without it. We may use Cookies to keep you logged in, save your preferences for the Services, and to collect information about how you use our Services. 

Most browsers automatically accept Cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept Cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter Cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org. 

An Online Tool Provider may collect information automatically, in which case Personal Information and Non-Personal Information it receives are subject to the Online Tool Provider’s privacy policy.  Some Online Tool Providers may allow you to opt out of certain collection and/or uses of your information.  You can read more here:

• We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Services. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

1. Transparency and Choice; Do Not Track Signals

You may request access to your Personal Information by sending an email to info@acknowledgefarms.com. We will try to locate and provide you with your Personal Information and give you the opportunity to correct this data, if it is inaccurate, or to delete it, at your request. But, in either case, we may need to retain it for legal reasons or for legitimate business purposes. You may also remove any content that you post to the Services using the deletion or removal options within the Service. However, we (and you) are not able to control information that you have already shared with other users or made available to third parties through the Services.  

If you need further assistance with removing any content you posted through the Services, you can email us at info@acknowledgefarms.com. Removal of your posted content may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal from our computer systems. 

We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected, or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backups), or relate to information that is not associated with your Personal Information. In any case, where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Please be aware that if you ask us to delete your Personal Information, you may not be able to continue to use the Services. Also, even if you request that we delete your Personal Information, we may need to retain certain information for a limited period of time to satisfy our legal, audit and/or dispute resolution requirements.

We may use third-party service providers that collect information for interest-based advertising purposes (advertisements that are tailored to your likely interests, based on categories in which you have shown an interest).  To learn more about these third parties and the choices they offer users, please visit the NAI’s choices page or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s choices page.  If you are reading this Privacy Policy from a mobile device, you can learn more about the DAA’s mobile choices program here. You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

BING – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser. We support the development and implementation of a standard “Do Not Track” browser feature that provides customers with control over the collection and use of information about their web-browsing activities. Once a standardized “Do Not Track” feature is released, we intend to adhere to the browser settings accordingly. 

You can opt out of receiving marketing e-mails from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the e-mails. Please note that it may take up to ten (10) business days for your opt-out request to be processed. Also, even if you opt out of marketing e-mails, we may continue to send you certain account-related e-mails, such as notices about your account and confirmations of transactions you have requested.

1. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time with or without prior notice by posting the updated policy on this page in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. You can always check the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document to see when the Privacy Policy was last changed.  If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by reasonable means, which may be by e-mail or posting a notice of the changes on our website prior to the changes becoming effective.  We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy from time to time.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST STOP USING THE SERVICES AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CHANGES (WHICH IS THE “LAST UPDATED” DATE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY).

1. Questions

To ask questions about our Privacy Policy or to lodge a complaint, please contact us at info@acknowledgefarms.com or by mail using the details provided below:

Acknowledge 

1301 W 7th St. 

Suite 1923 

Frederick, MD 2170