At Hops 360, Inc. (“Hops 360”, “we” or “our”), one of our most important responsibilities is protecting our users’ privacy. To that end we will not trade, sell or disclose to any third party your personally identifiable information for marketing purposes or otherwise without your consent, including information derived from registration and use of any Services (as defined in our Terms of Use) available through our Site, except as stated below. Please note that this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies only to websites and apps owned and operated by Hops 360, Inc., including hops360.com (the “Site”).

Acceptance of these Terms. By registering or by using the Site, you the user (“you” or “your”) explicitly accept, without limitation or qualification, our collection, use, retention, disclosure and transfer of your personal information provided in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to the Site, app and any and all Services offered by us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it affects your rights and liabilities under law. If you disagree with the way we collect and process personal information from our Site or do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy, please exit the Site.

By accepting Hops 360, Inc.’s Terms of Use, that applies to all users of the Site and Services, you also agree to the terms and conditions set out in this Privacy Policy. We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing a revised version on the Site without notice to you. Please refer to our Privacy Policy before each submission of personal information to us.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information. You may visit our Site without registering, however, the specific tools and Services on our Site require registration. If you use our Site without registering, the only information we collect will be non-personal information that will be collected automatically through the use of cookies. The type of non-personal information we collect includes the areas of our Site that you visit, information about your computer hardware and software including your IP address, geolocation, browser and operating system type, domain names, access times, and referring web site addresses, browser name, computer type and technical information about your means of connection to the Site, including, without limitation, your internet service provider and other similar information. This information helps us analyze the use of resources and improve our Site and Services.

Registration Information. If you choose to register with our Site, we require you to submit certain personally identifiable information such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, information on hops contracts, inventory, usage by a brewery, projected usage and credit card number. Depending on the tools or Services you have selected to use within our Site, we may also collect additional financial or other personally identifiable information. We may collect information provided directly or indirectly by you, including, without limitation, computer sign-on-data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Site, your personal Site preferences, listing data, survey responses or completed forms. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all personally identifiable information you submit to our Site. Inaccurate information will affect the information you receive when using our Site and Services and our ability to contact you as described in this Privacy Policy. You have the right to access your personal information if you need to revise your information or need more information about our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions, please contact us at the email address provided at the end of this document. If you do not provide such personal information, it may affect our ability to provide Services to you and our other users.

We may monitor network traffic and utilize software programs for security purposes. We will endeavor not to link this information with the identity of users unless we detect an attempt to damage or abuse the Site or other security breaches or violations.

Registration Information is collected so that we can (i) process your registration and provide you with your requested services (ii) contact you for updates, new market alerts or if there is a problem in the future, (iii) conduct market research, (iv) collect our fees, (v) protect the Site from abuse, damage and exploitation, (vi) maintain the integrity of the Site, (vii) troubleshoot problems or resolve disputes and (viii) other reasonable circumstances consistent with the purpose of the Site. We may combine the information you submit during your registration with information we obtain from third parties.

Cookies and Web Beacons. “Cookies” are text files that may be placed on your hard disk by a web page server that will uniquely identify your browser. We may use cookies to store your preferences and track certain trends. Using cookies allows us to improve the quality of the Site by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. You can set your browser to refuse or disable cookies, however, by doing so you may not be able to take advantage of certain features which are available to other users of the Site.

We may utilize electronic images known as “web beacons” (sometimes called single-pixel gifs, clear gifs or action tags) that allow us to collect certain information about users’ visits to our Site, measure and improve the effectiveness of tools and services on our Site. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information; they are a technique used to compile aggregated statistics about web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of page view and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. This information may be shared with third party processors for processing on behalf of Hops 360, as well as with other third parties so that they can understand the kinds of visitors to our Site and how those visitors use those Site. Because web beacons are the same as any other content request included in the recipe page, you cannot opt out or refuse them. However, they can be rendered ineffective by either opting out of cookies or changing the cookie setup in your browser.

Disclosure of Information. We consider the personally identifiable information contained in our records to be confidential. Your personal inventory, usage and supplier contracts will also be considered confidential, however, anonymous or aggregated inventory and usage information may be available to other users in connection with our Services that utilize such information and data. As such we do not lease, sell or share your personally identifiable information with third parties except (i) to provide you with Services you have requested, (ii) with your permission or (iii) under the following circumstances:

1. We may use agents and contractors in order to help provide various services including, without limitation, customer support. If such agents and contractors have access to your personally identifiable information, they are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and they shall not use the information for any purpose other than to carry out the specific services they are performing for Hops 360;
2. We may disclose your personally identifiable information to law enforcement or other agencies which are investigating or taking action to prevent our Site and our Services from being used for illegal activities, including, without limitation, fraud, harassment or any other way which may violate our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy;
3. We may disclose your personally identifiable information in response to subpoenas, court orders or to otherwise exercise our legal rights; or
4. In the event that ownership of Hops 360 changes as a result of a merger, acquisition or transfer to another company or bankruptcy, your personally identifiable information may also be transferred. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your personally identifiable information, we will provide you with notice of such change and allow you to opt out of such transfer.

The disclosure of this information may entail use of the Site and may include:

1. contact details including username, first and last name, business name, mailing address, email address and telephone number(s);
2. hops details including, without limitation, quality, the year it was harvested, quantity and any other pertinent information;
3. payment terms, including, without limitation, price per unit and expected dates for payment of the hops or, conversely, receipt of payments for the hops;
4. location, namely a town or city, agricultural region in a specific state or province, and/or state or province; and/or
5. other items identified in the registration and other uses of the Site.

We may contact you to provide you with the option to receive updates and publications, or invite you to participate in offers related to our Services. Unless you communicate that you prefer not to receive such information, you agree to receive these communications. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, you can update your preferences accordingly.

We may use your personal information for other purposes to the extent authorized or required by law. We will not otherwise use your personal information for any other purposes without your explicit consent.

Open Discussions and other Public Forums. Our Site may feature several areas that allow for you to post questions, comments or other information in a open forum that can be accessed by other users of our Site. Any information you share in any online community area like a chat room, discussion blog, Ask Our Expert posting or any other online discussion is by design open to other users of our Site and is not private. What you post can be seen, disclosed to or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we cannot control.

Disclosure to Third Party Websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to our Site. If you access other sites, including those which may be linked to our Site, you do so at your own risk. Certain content and Services offered to you through our Site are provided through websites hosted and operated by companies other than Hops 360 ("Third Party Contractor Site"). Hops 360 does not disclose your personally identifiable information to these Third Party Contractor Site without your consent. Please be aware that any information you disclose once you access a Third Party Contractor Site is not subject to this Privacy Policy. Hops 360 does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Contractor Sites. We urge you to review and understand the privacy policy that governs each Third Party Contractor Site you decide to access.

In addition to the Third Party Contractor Site described above, for your convenience there are links to other third party websites that are operated by companies that are not affiliated with Hops 360 and that do not have contracts to provide content or Services through one of our Site. These links may be referenced within content or placed beside the names or logos of sponsors. We do not disclose your personal information to these third party websites without obtaining your consent. Please be aware that any information you disclose once you access these third party websites is not subject to this Privacy Policy. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third party websites. We urge you to review and understand the privacy policy that governs each of the third party websites that you decide to access.

Disclosure of Aggregate Information. We may provide aggregate information to third parties. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users that visit our Site and the activities they conduct while on our Site.

Information Security. All personally identifiable information that we gather is stored and maintained in secure facilities that restrict access to authorized personnel only. We regularly test our Site and servers for security breaches to ensure that all personally identifiable information collected is secure from unauthorized viewing. All personally identifiable information is protected in transit via HTTPS and SSL security. Despite our best efforts, no security system is impenetrable and therefore we cannot absolutely guarantee the security of your personal information.

We will take all reasonable measures to ensure that the personal information you provide is protected against misuse, loss, unauthorized access, modification or unwanted disclosure. We adopt and apply appropriate data collection, storage, management practices and security procedures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, addition, deletion, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, email address, telephone number, password, transaction information and any other data stored on the Site. Confidential and privileged data exchanged between the Site and its users occurs over a secured communication channel and is programmed, encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Children. We do not sell Services to children under the age of 18 and do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18.

Opt Out Policy. If we propose to use your personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy unless we have obtained your prior consent.

You can revise or withdraw your consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information at any time by providing us with reasonable notice, subject to any contractual or legal requirements. If you choose to revise or withdraw your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, the Company may not be able to provide you access to the Site or Services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy. Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will inform you by either posting a notice on our Site or e-mailing you directly, if a material change is made to the Privacy Policy, which means a change that expands the allowed uses or disclosures of your personally identifiable information. Your continued use of our Site will indicate acceptance of the changes. You may of course choose to opt-out of continuing to use our Site. Please exit this Site immediately if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised policy. We reserve the right to make non-material changes to the Privacy Policy that do not affect your personally identifiable information without notifying you.

We hold the right and the discretion to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Upon any update we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page and we may send users an email indicating the Privacy Policy changes. The Company encourages that its users check this page frequently for any changes.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement. We regularly review our compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Hops 360's treatment of personal information by contacting us through this Site or by writing to us at the following address:

info@hops360.com

These terms were last updated on June 13, 2017. © Hops 360, Inc. All Rights Reserved 2017.