Effective Date: September 9, 2026
United Compost and Organics Corporation dba FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Company (“FoxFarm”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you, how we use it, how we disclose it, and the choices available to you.
Personal Information We Collect
The chart below describes the categories and sources of personal information we may have collected over the past twelve (12) months. Some personal information may fit into multiple categories:
| Category and Examples | Collected | Directly from you |
| Identifiers such as business name, address, email address, and Internet Protocol (IP) address | Yes | Directly from you |
| Personal information listed in the California Records statute such as telephone number, and driver’s license | Yes | Directly from you |
| Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law such as age, race, or national origin | Yes | Directly from you if you are applying for employment and part of our employment onboarding. We do not typically collect this information from consumers. |
| Commercial information such as your purchase history | Yes | Directly from you if you purchase products from us |
| Biometric information such as fingerprints or voice recordings | No | Not applicable |
| Geolocation Data such as physical location or movements | Yes | Directly from you when you visit our website |
| Internet or similar network activity such as browsing history, device information, operating system, website activity, cookie identifiers | Yes | Directly from you when you visit our website |
| Sensory data such as audio or visual information | No | Not applicable |
| Professional or employment- related information | Yes | Directly from you if you are applying for employment |
| Non-public education information such as academic transcripts | Yes | Directly from you if you are applying for employment |
| Inferences drawn from other personal information such as a profile of your preferences | Yes | Directly from you Analytic providers, such as Google Analytics |
| Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) such as social security number, driver’s license, account log-ins for dealers. | Yes | Directly from you as part of our employment onboarding. We do not typically collect SPI (such as financial information) from consumers. |
OUR BUSINESS PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect your personal information for the following business purposes:
- To provide you with the services you request from us.
- To manage accounts, process transactions, respond to inquiries, support customers, improve products and services.
- To perform analytics, detect security incidents, prevent fraud, comply with legal obligations, and communicate with customers.
We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
OUR SHARING AND SALE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell any personal information. We share your personal information with our service providers only when there is a business purpose and enter into a contract that describes the purpose and limits the service providers’ use of information to the business purpose. In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have shared your personal information with the following service providers:
Service Providers:
- Marketing vendors
- Website consultants
We may share your personal information with our future service providers, contractors, affiliates, analytics providers, business partners supporting our operations, parties involved in mergers or acquisitions, and governmental or law enforcement authorities where permitted or required by law.
Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our Services, remember preferences, measure website usage, improve functionality, and enhance user experience. We may use analytics providers including Google Analytics.
Global Privacy Control
Certain browsers and devices may transmit Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. Where required by applicable law, FoxFarm recognizes and processes GPC signals as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for the browser or device transmitting the signal.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining records, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, and enforcing agreements.
Marketing Communications
You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link or contacting [email protected].
Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under sixteen (16) years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under sixteen (16).
California Privacy Rights
California residents have the following rights:
Right to Know. You have the right to know:
· The categories, sources, and/or specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
· Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or sharing personal information.
· The third parties with whom we share personal information.
· If we have sold any of your personal information. We do not sell any of your personal information.
California Consumer Privacy Laws allow you to exercise your right to know at no cost, up to twice within a twelve (12) month period. We will provide our response in a readily usable format, which is usually electronic.
Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal
information from our records, unless an exception applies.
Right to Correct. You have the right to request the correction of any personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Opt-Out. You have the right to opt out of the sale and sharing of your personal information. Because we do not sell any personal information, the right to opt out of the sale of personal information does not apply. We share your personal information as reasonably necessary to provide you with the services you have requested. If you would like to opt out of the sharing of your information, please contact us.
Right to Limit Use or Disclosure of SPI. We typically do not collect SPI from consumers but may collect it for employment-related purposes and from dealers. If your SPI is collected, we use SPI only as reasonably necessary and proportionate for our business purpose. Since our use of SPI is reasonably necessary and proportionate for our business purposes, the right to limit the use or disclosure of SPI is not applicable.
Right to Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you if you choose to exercise any of your privacy rights. This means we will not treat you differently for exercising any of the rights described above.
Contact Us. To exercise your rights described above, please contact us email at [email protected].
Verification of Your Identity
To protect your privacy, we will ask you to verify your identity. We may ask you to provide your name, email address, phone number, or other information so that we can reasonably verify your identity. We will not disclose any information until we can reasonably verify your identity.
Authorized Agent
California residents may designate an authorized agent to submit requests on their behalf, subject to verification requirements.
Sensitive Personal Information
To the extent sensitive personal information is collected, FoxFarm uses and discloses such information only for purposes permitted by applicable law.
How to Excercise California Rights
Requests may be submitted to [email protected]. FoxFarm may verify identity before responding to requests.
Data Security
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted with an updated effective date.
Contact Information
Please contact us by email at [email protected].