Privacy policy

Compost Services, LLC dba CompostAVL (“CompostAVL”) operates CompostAVL.com and may operate other websites. Throughout this page, we call ourselves CompostAVL. It is CompostAVL policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, and phone number, Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site-related activities.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to CompostAVL’s websites choose to interact with CompostAVL in ways that require CompostAVL to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that CompostAVL gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at CompostAVL.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with CompostAVL are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, CompostAVL collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with CompostAVL. CompostAVL does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

How we use collected information

Compost Services, LLC may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:
To improve customer service
Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
‍To personalize user experience
We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
To improve our Site
We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
To process payments
We may use the information Users provide about themselves when placing an order only to provide service to that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service.
To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature
To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.

To send periodic emails and SMS messages

We may use phone numbers & email address to send User information and updates pertaining to their order, pick up schedules, and reminders of services. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. 

For SMS messages, you can reply STOP at any time to be removed. 

How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site. Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

CompostAVL discloses potentially personally identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on CompostAVL’s behalf or to provide services available at CompostAVL’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using CompostAVL’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. CompostAVL will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, CompostAVL discloses potentially personally identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental requests, or when CompostAVL believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of CompostAVL, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an CompostAVL website and have supplied your email address, CompostAVL may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with CompostAVL and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. CompostAVL takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Third-party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, CompostAVL collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. CompostAVL’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how CompostAVL visitors use its website. From time to time, CompostAVL may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

CompostAVL also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on CompostAVL.com blogs/sites. CompostAVL only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Aggregated Statistics

CompostAVL may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. CompostAVL may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, CompostAVL does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. CompostAVL uses cookies to help CompostAVL identify and track visitors, their usage of CompostAVL website, and their website access preferences. CompostAVL visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using CompostAVL’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of CompostAVL’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If CompostAVL, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that CompostAVL goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that are transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowTherapyge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of CompostAVL may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by CompostAVL and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Facebook permissions

The Site may by default access your Facebook basic account information, including your name, email, gender, birthday, current city, and profile picture URL, as well as other information that you choose to make public. We may also request access to other permissions related to your account, such as friends, checkins, and likes, and you may choose to grant or deny us access to each individual permission. For more information regarding Facebook permissions, refer to the Facebook Permissions Reference page.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, CompostAVL may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in CompostAVL’s sole discretion. CompostAVL encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a CompostAVL.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Compost Services, LLC dba CompostAVL (“CompostAVL”) operates CompostAVL.com and may operate other websites. Throughout this page, we call ourselves CompostAVL. It is CompostAVL policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.