Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from bombotany.com (the “Site”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

– “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers and PayPal information), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns). We may use device information for advertising and re-targeting campaigns, unless consent is expressly withdrawn.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Woocommerce to power our online store–you can read more about how Woocommerce uses your Personal Information here. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site–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.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:

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

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

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

DATA RETENTION

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

MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@bombotany.com or by mail using the details provided below:

1453 Langhorne Newtown Road, Langhorne, PA, 19047, United States

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Bombotany is carbon negative

We hold ourselves accountable for our impact on the environment, so we’re investing in the green movement! We’ve partnered with climate change fighting institutions in order to help develop projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

We’ve tallied up the sum of our environmental impact from travel, energy usage, packaging material, freight, delivery, and growing plants – and we’ve offset the emissions from all of these things and then some.

Our December 2020 carbon footprint analysis shows that we’re combatting greenhouse gases to the tune of 143% of what we produce.

What exactly does that mean?

Emissions reduction projects in communities across the United States need funding – and we provide that funding with a portion of every sale made through our online storefronts. Your money, when you spend it with us, goes towards investing in renewable energy produced by wind power, and methane capture at dairy farms, landfills, and abandoned coal mines.

The operating term in Bombotany’s role with these environmental efforts is “carbon offset”. A carbon offset is a certifiable quantity of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions being reduced, measured in metric tons. We’ve partnered with Terrapass, an enterprise that provides carbon offsetting products to individuals and businesses. Through Terrapass, green project developers sell their metric tons of carbon offset to help finance their operations. All of these projects are independently audited and verified for accuracy, and take place in communities throughout the country.

Other measures we take include...

Re-using boxes, packaging material, and nursery pots.

We take in boxes and packing material from friends and family and reuse as much as possible. Yes – we might send you a less than beautiful box! Mother Earth is watching. If you’re in the neighborhood – reach out! Of course, we thoroughly examine re-used material to ensure cleanliness and structural integrity.

Choosing recyclables whenever possible

The boxes we purchase are recycled and recyclable. Nine times out of ten, we’ll wrap your plants in surplus or misprinted newspaper (the tenth time, we’re using 100% recycled paper). Our packing slips are printed on recycled paper. We use recycled or upcycled paper void fill in your boxes (occasionally we’ll reuse plastic void fill sent to us). Our shipping labels and stickers are made of paper (older stickers yet to be phased-out may be recyclable BOPP). Our packing tape is made from natural rubber. Absolutely everything we send you when you purchase a plant from us is either recycled, upcycled, or recyclable. However, in some municipalities, not everything may be recyclable at your curb – so check with your waste management department if you have any concerns.

Choosing organic

We use all natural fertilizer, insecticide, fungicide, bactericide, miticide, and viricide in the greenhouse. We choose organic soil and potting media options as often as possible.