Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 27, 2025 7:34 PM

We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the apld.org website (the “Website”) operated by Association Of Professional Landscape Designers, a(n) Sole Proprietorship formed in Pennsylvania, United States (“us, we, our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.

Your access to or use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including but not limited to visitors, users and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy, you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

What information we collect and store

We collect and store any and all information that you enter on this Website. We collect and store the following information about you:

Identifying information - Name

Specific piece of information

Name

Where we get this information

Legal basis for processing this information

How we use this information

Enforcing our Terms of Service
Marketing and advertising
Participation in surveys and contests
Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions
Processing payments
Providing customer service

What happens if we don't have the information

Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible;
Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible.

Identifying information - Postal / Shipping address

Specific piece of information

Postal / Shipping address

Where we get this information

Legal basis for processing this information

How we use this information

Enforcing our Terms of Service
Marketing and advertising
Participation in surveys and contests
Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions
Processing payments
Providing customer service

What happens if we don't have the information

Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible;
Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible.

Identifying information - Billing address

Specific piece of information

Billing address

Where we get this information

Legal basis for processing this information

How we use this information

Enforcing our Terms of Service
Marketing and advertising
Participation in surveys and contests
Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions
Processing payments
Providing customer service

What happens if we don't have the information

Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible;
Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible.

Identifying information - Phone number

Specific piece of information

Phone number

Where we get this information

Legal basis for processing this information

How we use this information

Enforcing our Terms of Service
Marketing and advertising
Participation in surveys and contests
Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions
Processing payments
Providing customer service

What happens if we don't have the information

Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible;
Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible.

Identifying information - IP address

Specific piece of information

IP address

Where we get this information

Legal basis for processing this information

How we use this information

Enforcing our Terms of Service
Marketing and advertising
Participation in surveys and contests
Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions
Processing payments
Providing customer service

What happens if we don't have the information

Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible;
Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible.

Identifying information - Email address

Specific piece of information

Email address

Where we get this information

Legal basis for processing this information

How we use this information

Enforcing our Terms of Service
Marketing and advertising
Participation in surveys and contests
Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions
Processing payments
Providing customer service

What happens if we don't have the information

Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible;
Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible;
Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible.

With whom we share your personal information

We share the personal information below with the following categories of third parties for the following reasons:

Identifying information - Name

Specific piece of personal information shared

Name

Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared

Reason(s) for sharing

Identifying information - Postal / Shipping address

Specific piece of personal information shared

Postal / Shipping address

Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared

Reason(s) for sharing

Identifying information - Billing address

Specific piece of personal information shared

Billing address

Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared

Reason(s) for sharing

Identifying information - Phone number

Specific piece of personal information shared

Phone number

Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared

Reason(s) for sharing

Identifying information - IP address

Specific piece of personal information shared

IP address

Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared

Reason(s) for sharing

Identifying information - Email address

Specific piece of personal information shared

Email address

Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared

Reason(s) for sharing

How we protect your personal information

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:

Using SSL encryption or other secure technologies when receiving or sending personal information beyond internal networks
Destroying and/or deleting personal information once we no longer need it
Having comprehensive written security policies and procedures
Training our employees on best security practices
Maintaining up-to-date software and safeguards

Sale of your information

We do not sell your personal information. Please see the “Your Rights” section below for more information about exercising your privacy rights regarding sales of your personal information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your device by your browser. This Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:

Analyzing our Website traffic;
Analyzing your interactions with advertisements;
Identifying whether you are signed in to the Website;
Testing content on the Website;
Storing information about your preferences;
Recognizing when you return to the Website.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies, if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

Children's privacy

This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform them that they cannot use this Website.

Analytics programs

This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

Information retention

We retain all of the information that we collect until you ask us to delete your information.

Direct marketing

We use the information that we collect about you for direct marketing purposes. Direct marketing is the act of selling products or services directly to consumers rather than through retailers. Please see the “Your rights” section below for more information regarding exercising your privacy rights related to direct marketing.

Your rights

Depending upon where you reside‚ you may have the following rights with regard to your personal information:

The right to access the personal information that we hold about you.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada and Quebec

The right to receive the personal information that we hold about you in a portable and, to the extent feasible, a readily usable format that allows you to transmit this information to another entity.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The right to ask us to transmit your personal information that we have collected on you to another provider, where technically feasible.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada and Quebec

The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada and Quebec

The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The right to request that we delete some or all of the personal information that we have collected about you.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing, and processing of your personal information with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada and Quebec

The right to opt out of the use of your personal information for purposes of direct marketing.

Applies To

Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The right to opt out of sales of your personal information.

Applies To

Residents of Nevada

The right to opt out of tracking of your location.

Applies To

Residents of Quebec

The right to opt out of the use of your personal information for the purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that could produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

Applies To

Residents of Quebec, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The right to opt out of the use of your personal information for automated decision making purposes.

Applies To

Residents of Quebec, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

Exercising your rights

You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to:

Communications
Director
communications@apld.org
717-238-9780
2207 Forest Hills Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17112 US
https://www.apld.org/contact

We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:

Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.

We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 days of receipt. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial.

Accountability

The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:

Communications
Director
717-238-9780
communications@apld.org
2207 Forest Hills Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17112
US

You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above.Residents of Canada may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by visiting this File a Privacy Complaint (Canada) page or calling 1-800-282-1376.Residents of Quebec may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Quebec by filling out this Quebec Privacy Commission page or calling 1-888-528-7741.

Location of data processing

All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in Pennsylvania.

Third-party websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support DNT. You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated Privacy Policy to this website.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at communications@apld.org.