Privacy Policy
SWEET APPLE FARMS, L.L.C., and its affiliated entities (“SAF”) is the owner of this website. This online Privacy Policy discloses SAF’s information practices for this website, including the type of personal identifiable information that is gathered, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared. Note that other SAF websites may be governed by privacy notices containing different information practices applicable to those sites.
Personal Information
SAF will not collect any personal contact information from you unless you decide to provide it to us. Unless prohibited by applicable law in your jurisdiction, we will use the contact information that you transmit to us to provide you with information about our community. Your act of submitting your contact information will not be deemed to be an offer to purchase any property featured in this website.
Information from Children
SAF does not collect or maintain information from users actually known to be under the age of 18, and no part of this website is structured to attract anyone under the age of 18.
Links to Other Websites
For convenience, SAF may provide links to websites operated by third parties. SAF and its affiliated entities shall not be responsible for the content or privacy practices of any sites linked from this website, and will have no liability arising out of or related to such websites or their content. These links shall not be construed to imply that SAF supports, verifies, proclaims or endorses any of the linked sites or the representations or content presented at such linked sites.
Uses Made of the Information
(i) General Uses. Personal information collected by SAF may be used by SAF for the following non-inclusive list of purposes: to reply to inquiries; handle complaints; provide operational notices and in program record-keeping; analyze statistical analysis of customer's behavior; product development; to customize the content and layout of this website; for internal company reviews.
(ii) Marketing Uses. Unless you elect to “opt-out” pursuant to Paragraph G herein, the information you provide to this website may also be collected, used, analyzed and/or processed by SAF, or selected third parties on SAF's behalf, for marketing and other business purposes including providing customers with information about this website, SAF products and services, and related information in which the user to this website has indicated an interest.
(iii) Stored Information Uses. SAF reserves the right to collect all information which is routinely available through a user’s access of the website such as the frequency of users visiting the site, which pages are viewed and for what length of time, the internet service provider of users and the location of the users. All of this information is valuable to SAF and will be retained and used for the purposes of improving its website and the product featured on this website, developing effective marketing strategies, project planning, as well as for other purposes in SAF’s sole discretion. SAF cannot guarantee that information transmitted through this website will remain confidential or secure.
Disclosure of the Information
(i) Within Corporate Organization. SAF may share personal information collected on this website within the SAF corporate organization, and may transfer this information to other states of the United States or countries in the world where SAF conducts business. Some countries may provide less legal protection for customer personal information. In such countries, SAF will still handle customer personal information in the manner describe herein.
(ii) Mergers and Acquisitions. Circumstances may arise where for business reasons, SAF decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize its businesses. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal identifying information to prospective or actual purchasers, and/or receiving such information from sellers.
(iii) Agents. SAF employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on behalf of SAF. These persons are provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions which include, but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer services.
(iv) Affiliated Businesses. SAF works closely with affiliated businesses operating websites, providing services or selling products on each other's websites. Information related to a transaction with an affiliated business is shared with that affiliated business.
(v) Sharing Information with Third Parties. SAF reserves the right to disclose to third parties personal information about its customers for marketing analysis; however, any information disclosed will be in the form of aggregate data that does not describe or identify an individual customer. SAF may share information with a third party in order to offer or support a product or service that SAF provides. If SAF or an affiliate obtains non-public information about you and intends to share such information in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, SAF will notify you and provide you with a chance to elect to exclude your information from being shared. SAF or its affiliates may, in some circumstances, be legally required to share your personal information pursuant to applicable law. SAF may share personal information with law enforcement agencies or other third parties as such sharing is prudent.
(vi) Disclosure to Governmental Authorities. SAF releases personal identifying information when SAF reasonably believes release is appropriate to comply with law, to inform and cooperate with law enforcement agencies or other governmental authorities, to enforce SAF agreements, or to protect the rights, property or safety of SAF customers. SAF may also release such information in an exchange of information with other companies and/or organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Information Security
SAF will exercise all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of customer personal information. However, transmissions protected by industry standard security technology and implemented by human beings cannot be made absolutely secure. Consequently, SAF shall not be liable for unauthorized disclosure of personal information due to no fault of SAF including, but not limited to, errors in transmission and unauthorized acts of SAF staff and/or third parties.
Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights
(i) Changes to Privacy Policy. This privacy policy was last updated on August 22, 2007; SAF reserves the right to update this privacy policy statement at any time.
(ii) Opt-Out Right. You have the right at any time to cease permitting personal information to be collected, used or disclosed by SAF and/or by any third parties with whom SAF has shared and/or transferred such personal information. Right of cancellation may be exercised by contacting SAF via e-mail at: privacypolicy@abshop.com or via telephone or certified postal mail at the address provided in Paragraph I herein. After processing the cancellation, SAF will delete such personal information from its data base. However, to the extent that you choose to continue using this website, SAF may use this personal information as may be reasonable necessary in connection with such use.
(iii) Removal from Contact Lists. If you wish to be removed from any contact list that is generated from your use of this website, then please contact SAF at privacypolicy@abshop.com. We will honor your request for removal pursuant to time periods established by applicable law.
Access Rights to Data
(i) Information Maintained by Us. Upon written request from a user to this website, SAF will provide a reasonable description of the personally identifiable information collected from that user that SAF maintains in its database. SAF can be contacted by e-mail or certified postal mail at the address provided in Paragraph I herein.
(ii) Corrections and Changes to Personal Information. User may modify, collect, change or update personally identifiable information that SAF has collected through this website, or may cause their personal record to be removed from SAF database by contacting SAF by e-mail or certified postal mail at the address provide in Paragraph I herein.
(iii) Right to Contact User. SAF reserves the right to contact users to this website regarding changes to the Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Policy, or any other policies or agreements relevant to users of this website.
Contact Information
(i) Questions, Problems and Complaints. If you have a question about this policy statement, or a complaint about SAF compliance with this privacy policy, you may contact SAF at:
Email: privacypolicy@abshop.com
Mailing address: 1701 Lee Branch Lane, Birmingham, Alabama 35242
(ii) Terms of Use. By using this website, you consent to SAF’s collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. Any dispute over privacy between you and SAF is subject to the provisions of this Privacy Policy and to SAF's Terms and Condition of Use which is hereby incorporated herein and which can be read at www.SweetAppleFarms.com.
II. Website Comments AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Sweet Apple Farms website provides potential purchasers with broad range of information about the real estate product and the overall development. We recommend that the following matters be addressed in the manner discussed below:
General Disclaimer recommendation . The home page of the website and the page where contact information may be submitted should include the following general disclaimer:
This is not an offer in any jurisdiction where prior registration is required, including New York. Void where prohibited by law. Prices, photos, artists renderings and planned amenities are based on current development plans that are subject to change without notice. No guarantee is made that the facilities depicted will be built, or, if built, will be of the same size, type or nature as depicted. Use of recreational amenities may be subject to additional requirements, availability, and fees. NEED NOT BE BUILT.
- Factual Representations and Updating the Website . This website provides details to prospective purchasers about many aspects of the [Lodges at Millstone] project. As facts presented in the website change, update the website promptly. This prevents reliance upon inaccurate facts by consumers when making a purchasing decision. While the terms and conditions and disclaimer language proposals set forth above are recommended as a way to reduce the risk of liability based upon the issues raised above, the most effective way to ensure the accurate presentation of information is to routinely update the website, as needed.
- Map. The website contains a map. The map appears to be an original design specifically for SAF, but if the map are borrowed from another source, permission should be secured from the map’s creator and the source of the map should be identified. Also, the map should be drawn to scale (as it appears to be) and include a scale of miles. If the map is not drawn to scale, a note that the map is not to scale should be included.
- Contact Information Disclaimer. We recommend that the privacy policy be linked on the page where a visitor’s contact information may be submitted and that the following disclaimer be included on this and any other pages that allow users to provide their contact information:
Your contact information will be used by us and our affiliated companies to provide you with more information regarding our products and services, except where prohibited by law. By submitting your contact information to us, you acknowledge that you have reviewed the Privacy Policy prior to the submission.