Schendel Lawn and Landscape and Green Pest Solutions are separate divisions of Landscaping and Pest Control Solutions, Inc.   All notices below apply to both divisions separately and equally.  

This Privacy Policy is posted to reflect new features available on our website, including, without limitation: the information, data, software, software tools, and other intellectual property manifested on our website, – and with other features available in connection with this website.  Please review the updated Privacy Policy set forth herein which will become effective on November 1, 2020.  Your use of Schendel Lawn and Landscape or Green Pest Solutions’ website and digital assets, and the services provided in connection with the company and website after the Effective Date constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of these new terms.

At Schendel Lawn and Landscape/Green Pest Solutions, we respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy is designed to make you aware of what information we collect when you use either Schendel Lawn and Landscape’s or Green Pest Solutions’ website and services, how your information is used, and the steps that we take to protect your information.

This policy answers the following questions:

•   What information do we collect about you and how do we use it?

•   Will we share your personal information with third parties?

•   What choices do you have about the collection and use of your personal information?

•   What security measures do we take to safeguard your personal information.

This policy applies to the information Schendel Lawn and Landscape/Green Pest Solutions collects about you as a result of your use of any digital assets, website, services, and the websites operated by our partners.  It does not apply to information about you collected through any related website or any third-party website or offering linked to or otherwise accessible from the website or digital assets.  Please consult the privacy policies applicable to those sites and offerings.

I. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

In connection with the use of Schendel Lawn and Landscape’s/Green Pest Solutions' digital assets, website, and services, we collect certain personal and non-personal information about you. We use this information to fulfill your requests; improve and manage your experience with our website and digital assets; contact you; offer you products and services that may be of interest to you; if you so elect, to permit other registered users of the website to contact you as discussed in Article V below; to permit you to access third-party websites; and in connection with the various features of our website that may permit you to input, post or provide information. We collect personal and non-personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us (for example, in the course of registration) and when you visit our website. The information that we collect about you depends upon your use of any related digital assets, website, and services.

We may collect certain personal and non-personal information about you in the following ways:

Registration:  There are many aspects of our website that can be enjoyed as a visitor, but you need to register in order to utilize certain features and access certain content in these digital assets, and to take advantage of many of our services and offerings.  Registration is entirely optional. In the course of registration, you are required to provide us with certain personal information such as your email address and, if you elect to take advantage of the text message feature, your mobile telephone number.  The information required to be provided in connection with registration is not made available to other users of the website or apps, unless you elect to do so.

Other Information:  In addition, in the course of your interactions with the website and use of these digital assets, website, and services, we may collect other non-personal information such as browser type, IP address and pages visited or information about the services you use, the searches you perform, the results of those searches, and other information related to your use of these digital assets, website, and services. We also may use cookies, beacons, and other technologies to better manage our digital assets and offer you a more personalized experience with the website.

Special Note for Parents: This website is a general-audience website and not designed or intended to attract children younger than 13. We do not collect personal information from any person that we know to be younger than 13.

II. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES

We know how important it is to keep the personal information you’ve entrusted to us confidential. We will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with third parties except under certain circumstances as described herein. In all other cases, we will ask for your permission before we disclose your personal information.

Affiliates and Partners: We may share the information you provide with companies and websites affiliated with Schendel Lawn and  Landscape or Green Pest Solutions (i) in connection with either company, and (ii) to permit such companies, websites, and partners to authenticate you on their websites and to personalize your experience on such websites.

Disclosure for legal reasons: We may release personal information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena, or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others, a threat to homeland security, a threat to our system or network, or cases in which we believe it is reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent harm, fraud, abuse, or illegal conduct. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your personal information to a third party, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.

Agents and contractors: Contractors sometimes have access to your personal information in the course of assisting in operating our business and providing products or services to you. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of our site.

Aggregated, non-personal information: We may share aggregated information with third parties. This is information that is combined with the non-personal information of other users and does not allow you to be identified or contacted.  Depending on the circumstances, we may or may not charge third parties for this aggregated information. We also may not limit the third parties’ use of the aggregated information.

Changes in our corporate structure: If all or part of our company is sold, merged or otherwise transferred to another entity, the personal information you have provided at this site may be transferred as part of that transaction.

III. CHOICE AND CONTROL OVER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may always decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some features or services may not be accessible or function properly as a result.

IV. ADDITIONAL PRIVACY POLICY DISCLOSURES

Additional privacy policies may apply to specific services or functionality offered through the website or digital assets in connection with Schendel Lawn and  Landscape or Green Pest Solutions.  If you choose to register for, or access any such service or functionality, you will be presented with the privacy policies that are specific to such service or functionality at that time.  Your use of any such service or functionality constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of such policies.

You may choose to link your bank account with Schendel Lawn and Landscape/Green Pest Solutions. By using this service, you grant our employees and our banking associates the right, power, and authority to act on your behalf to access and transmit your personal and financial information from the relevant financial institution.

V. COMMUNICATIONS

Email communications: Email communication that you send to us via the email links on the website or digital assets may be shared with company representatives, partners, or employees. From time to time, we may send you service-related emails, such as a welcome email when you register with the website.

Invitations; Email Articles:  When you invite a friend to join the website, we will automatically send your friend an email invitation on your behalf.  We will not use your friend’s email address for any other purpose.  Similarly, when you email a message or article to a friend, the email addresses are used to facilitate the email communication.

Newsletters, promotions, alerts, and reminders: At various places on the website, you will be given the option to receive recurring informational newsletters and promotions and to set alerts and reminders. You have the ability to opt-out of the receipt of newsletters, promotions, alerts, and reminders.

Text messages: Upon registration with the website, you may be given the opportunity to register to receive periodic announcements, alerts, notices, and other text message communications. You are not required to agree to receive any text messages and, if you have previously indicated your desire to receive text messages, you have the ability to opt-out of the receipt of such text messages at any time.

VI. EFFORTS WE TAKE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the website and digital assets to protect against unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration, or destruction of the information you provided on this site.

VII. ACCESSING AND UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION

You can edit your Account Profile information, including your website preferences, at any time.

VIII. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

We may provide links to other websites, including, without limitation, those of our partners and affiliates, for your convenience and information, including, without limitation, country-specific company sites.  These sites operate independently and may have their own privacy policies, which we suggest you review if you visit any such linked site.  To the extent you visit any linked sites, including, without limitation, those of our partners and affiliates, we are not responsible or liable for their content or accuracy, or for your use of such sites.

IX. CONSENT TO TRANSFER, PROCESSING, AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION

Please be aware that information we collect about you may be transferred to the United States or other countries for processing and storage.  By using Schendel Lawn and Landscape/Green Pest Solutions’ digital assets, website, and services, you consent to this transfer, processing, and storage of your information.

X. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Privacy Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us by using the contact information throughout our website.