Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 2008.10.7

Information Collection and How it is Used

General Information:

• GMGG, LLC will not sell or disclose your name or email address to third parties without your explicit consent, except as specified in this privacy policy.
  
• GMGG, LLC collects personal information when you purchase products through the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store.
  
• If you are a Producer of products that qualify as Georgia made and / or Georgia grown, GMGG, LLC will ask for your business name, address and phone number; business contact name, address, phone number and email address; and information about how to make out checks to your business.
  
• If you purchase products on the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store, GMGG, LLC will ask for your name, billing and shipping address, phone number, email address, and credit card information.
  
• GMGG, LLC automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request.  This data is only used in the aggregate.
  
• GMGG, LLC uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provisioning, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.  IP addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page.  IP addresses may be used for various research purposes.

Service-related Announcements

As a customer, GMGG, LLC will send you an order confirmation email when you purchase from the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store.

As a Producer with products listed for sale on the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store, GMGG, LLC will send you email to coordinate the management of orders and product listings as well as regular reports on activity and inventory related to the products you have listed.

You may not opt-out of service-related communications, which are not promotional in nature.

GMGG, LLC will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.  Your information may be combined with information GMGG, LLC collects from other Producers and / or customers and used to improve and personalize services, content and advertising.

Newsletter Emails

GMGG, LLC offers subscriptions to GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store Producers and to customers.  To opt-in, GMGG, LLC will ask for your email address and the newsletter(s) you wish to receive.  You may change your subscription or unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions contained in the email.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.  You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.  If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to use certain features and services of the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store.  The GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to: access your information when you "sign in"; keep track of preferences you specify while you are using GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store services; display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store; estimate and report the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store's total audience size and traffic; conduct research to improve the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store's content and services.  GMGG, LLC cookies do not collect personal information, and GMGG, LLC does not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your username or email address is.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

When you post a message, your username or alias is visible to other users.  If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.  GMGG, LLC may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store Terms of Use.  GMGG, LLC may disclose personally identifiable information to parties in compliance with GMGG, LLC's policies on copyright and intellectual property, as GMGG, LLC in GMGG, LLC's sole discretion believes necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity.  In such events, GMGG, LLC may disclose your name, address, city, state, zip code, country, phone numbers(s), email address(es) and company name.  GMGG, LLC may share aggregated demographic information with business partners.

GMGG, LLC is affiliated with all the Producers who have in the past or currently list products for sale on the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store.  GMGG, LLC will share your name, address, zip code, country, phone number(s) and email address(es) with each Producer whose product you purchase.

GMGG, LLC employs other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and needs to share your information with them to provide products and services to you.  Examples include but are not limited to fulfilling orders, handling billing disputes and collections, shipping products, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance and providing customer service.

GMGG, LLC will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with non-affiliated parties except as specified in this Privacy Policy to provide products or services you have requested or when GMGG, LLC has your permission.  It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of GMGG, LLC's Terms of Use, as specified in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required by law.

As part of the buying and selling process, you may have access to an email address, shipping address, and/or other information from or about a Producer or customer.  Pursuant to GMGG, LLC's Terms of Use, you have a limited license to use this information.  This information should only be used for GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store related communications or for GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store facilitated transactions.  GMGG, LLC has not granted you a license to use the information for unsolicited commercial messages.  Without limiting the foregoing, without express consent from the user, you are not licensed to add any Producer or customer email address to your email or physical mail list.

Without limiting the above, GMGG, LLC will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order, legal process, or substantially similar legal procedure, except with GMGG, LLC believes in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to protect GMGG, LLC's rights, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or to report suspected illegal activity.

Third Parties

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information GMGG, LLC collects from you.  If you disclose your information to others, whether they are Producers or customers on the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store or throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them.  GMGG, LLC does not control the privacy policies of Producers or other third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable.  GMGG, LLC is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites on the internet, even those linked to or from the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com site.  GMGG, LLC encourages you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us.  As a customer, your GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security.  You need to work to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by signing off once you have finished using a shared computer.  When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) for purchases the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store encrypts that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).  GMGG, LLC follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com Online Store receives it.  No method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.  Therefore, while GMGG, LLC strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, GMGG, LLC cannot guarantee its absolute security.  If you have any questions about security on the GeorgiaMadeGeorgiaGrown.com website, you can email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If the privacy policy is changed, GMGG, LLC will post changes so that you are aware of those changes.  GMGG, LLC reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.  If GMGG, LLC makes material changes to this policy you will be notified here, by email, or other places GMGG, LLC deems appropriate.

Questions

If you have questions or suggestions you can contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at Georgia Made Georgia Grown, LLC - Privacy Policy - 2090 Shadow Lake Drive, Buckhead, GA 30625; (706-342-8225).