Privacy Policy & the Terms of Use
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully
This privacy policy applies specifically to this website under the agency “EcoStimule”.
The purpose of “EcoStimule” is to promote Green Economy development through
- Raising awareness about global and local environmental issues, as well as the “green” and “clean” solutions to them
- Access to information on both local and foreign green businesses – the GREEN DIRECTORY. “EcoStimule” Connects people seeking healthy options with companies offering green innovative products and services, along with the most current information in the field of sustainability.
- Promotion (advertising) of the “Clean Energy”, “eco” / organic production, as well as recycled production / recycling services
Therefore sharing information is integral to our service.
Specific Information Collection Activities
- “Join Our Green Directory” Function. To get listed in the “Green Directory” users must necessarily represent a green business. To do so, users are asked to provide certain personal and business information to be shared. This information includes the user’s name, business name, business description, product or service description, green business category (to be selected), email address, phone number, location and, depending on which directory method the user chooses, free or paid functions. If the user chooses the “free” function, it will be limited to add only a logo, a picture, a document and a video (up to 25 MB). If the user chooses the “paid” functions, it will be possible to add more pictures, documents, videos and / or the post will be featured on the top of the listings. The listing will be published only after the website administrator has checked, edited (if necessary) and verified.
- “Green Business Users“ Function. This button is for the green businesses who have already registered. They can login and correct the information at any time. The listing will be published only after the website administrator has checked, edited (if necessary) and verified.
- “Users” Function. This button is for the standard users to be able to rate the Green Businesses (Share to social Media, Report, Claim and Add to Favourite). To do so, the users must register first and then login.
- “Contact Us” Function. Some pages on our sites offer users the opportunity to email “EcoStimule” about specific issues. To do so, users are asked to provide certain personal information to facilitate these communications. This information often includes the user’s name, email address, and, depending on which contact method the user chooses, postal address. This information is used to create a template letter or message from the user to the organization or company and, if the user chooses to email the message using our automated function, it will include the user’s email address to as part of the email message. This provides the organization or company a way to respond to users regarding the content of the message.
- “Subscribe to EcoStimule Newsletter for free” Function. To subscribe to email newsletters offered by “EcoStimule”, users are asked to provide certain personal information. This information includes the user’s name and email address. This information is used exclusively to fulfill requests related to your email newsletter subscription and to keep updated on any activity of “EcoStimule”.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your payment within 14 days starting from the moment of the payment. You must give us a written notice of cancellation (contact details are on the website). In the event of cancellation within this period, we will refund the sum of money for the days for which we haven’t provided any service. After the confirmation of the Refund and Cancelation Policy, you will be refunded within 5 working days.
Links to Other Sites
“EcoStimule” provides links to other sources of information which we believe may be of interest to site visitors. We have no control over the content of the sites to which we link in “EcoStimule’s” site and these sites may have different privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. When you click through to other Web sites, you may get cookies directly from them. “EcoStimule” does not see or use these cookies, and we do not control how other sites use cookies.
Advertising / Marketing Services
“EcoStimule” does carry advertising on the site, but only relating to the Green Economy. That is, “EcoStimule” accepts orders for advertising from only green businesses representing eco / bio production and / or eco services.
Personal Information
- We collect only personal information you choose to give us (including your email address, address, gender, age, etc.)
- Your personal information will never be sold or made available to any third party without your consent.
- You have the right to view your personal or business information at any time.
Non-personal information
Our web servers log every visit to our web sites and record the following information provided by your web browser:
- Your IP address and domain name.
- The IP address and domain of the web site that referred you.
- The browser name and version number used to access our web sites.
- The operating system platform used to access our site.
- The search terms used if you are referred from a search engine.
- The date and time of your visit.
- Any pages and/or files accessed during your visit to our web sites.
- This information is used to maintain site security, pinpoint and correct website technical issues, browser compatibility issues, accessibility issues, and to understand page use trends and visitor patterns etc.
Cookies: Cookies identify each user as a unique visitor to web sites and do not tell us who you are. Most browsers are set to accept cookies; however, you can change your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. You can refuse a cookie from Green Pages, but refusing to do so may prevent some of our services from functioning properly.
How we use your information
- To understand usage trends, interest in various aspects of the services, and identify areas for improvement.
- To enhance, customize and personalize the experience for site visitors.
- To protect site security for everyone concerned – knowing the nature of users’ visits to our web sites allow us to keep the experience safe.
- To aggregate the information to attract the most appropriate advertisers.
- To comply with applicable laws.
- To contact you about services to which you have subscribed.
- To update you on important matters regarding your subscription and/or account.
The security of your personal information
We have implemented, and continue to monitor, security measures designed to prevent unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of, or access to data, and strictly limit access to our servers and databases through the use of industry standard processes and protocols.
Please remember that the internet is not 100% secure and some email sent to or from this site may not be secure.
You are able to access and update your personal information in your profile and you always have the option to unsubscribe at any time.
Disclosure Policy
We do not normally disclose personal information to anyone outside of “EcoStimule” unless we have previously informed users about the disclosures. However, some data may be used from time to time by outside contractors, including auditors or consultants, to assist us in carrying out necessary financial or operational activities. These uses will be consistent with this privacy policy and all contractors using this potential personal information must agree to safeguard it, to use it only for the authorized purpose, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.
“EcoStimule” might be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid legal process such as a subpoena, search warrant or court order.
Although unlikely, it is possible that we may have to make certain disclosures to ensure the security of our Web site, to protect its integrity, or to take precautions against potential liability. In any of these situations, we will take any reasonable steps to limit the scope of the data disclosed.
Privacy Policy changes
We may modify this Privacy Policy without notice, so check this regularly for updates and revisions; these will become effective immediately upon posting to our web sites.
If it is warranted, we reserve the right to email you of any changes.
Click here to contact us regarding privacy-related concerns.