Disclaimers, Privacy Policies and Terms of Use/Service


Who we are

Pacific Northwest Rootz (PNW Rootz) is a small business located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Our rural Oregon location allows us access to lots of healthy herbs and other plants. We do our best to source our product ingredients locally, whenever possible. We believe that natural is healthy, so our products have only the best ingredients which are free from pesticides and other toxic chemicals. Our website is https://pnwrootz.com.

Why do we have Disclaimers, Policies and Terms?

Because we have to! If you are reading this, no doubt you are an awesome and amazing human being. However, we all know we share space with people who are – well – not. For that reason, we provide these legal disclaimers, privacy policies, terms of use and terms of service for our own protection. So, out of necessity: You, as the reader of our content and purchaser of our products (a very valued customer here!) agree to the all policies and terms contained herein. You also agree, by using this website, that you have read and undersand the disclaimers, policies and terms in their entirety.

It is truly an honor to have you here! We greatly appreciate the value you add to the lives of other people and animals and/or pets which come into your care. Stay amazing!

Privacy Policies and such

Comments on this website are moderated (must be approved before they appear publicly). When visitors leave comments on the site we may collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Other data may be collected as set up or required by website administrators, hosts, theme developers or others invovled in buidling and maintaining this site.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Some uploaded images are embedded with location data (EXIF GPS). Our suggestion is that you avoid uploading images with EXIF GPS location data because website visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Data may be shared in a way outside of our control by theme, host or other developers of the products we use to build and maintain this website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

* Website Information Disclaimer / Terms of Use

By using this website or any products sold or distributed by PNW Rootz or its affililiates, you agree to do so at your own discretion and at your own risk. Users of this website and purchasers of products sold here must be 18 years of age or older. Though we do not share any content we consider to be inappropriate for children, we believe that a child’s parents or guardians are responsible for the information their children, or children in their care, consume.

By using this website you agree to all terms of use, terms of service, privacy policies, disclaimers which are relevant. You agree that it is your responsibility to determine what applies to you and your individual, business or other situation. You agree that you have read the disclaimers, terms of use or terms of service, privacy policies and all relevant information.

SHARING WEBSITE CONTENT: If you share or otherwise distribute any information which is published on this website, you agree to CLEARLY and VISIBLY give full credit to the website owners, authors and/or contributors. You aso agree that you are responsible for any copyright infringement that could occur as a result of you sharing content from this website and any associated liability. The information published here is copyrighted and intellectual property of website owners. All Rights Reserved. You further agree not to change or alter any writing, content or intellectual property published on this website or affiliate sites. Reprinting and/or revising our intellectual property is strictly prohibited.

The information published on this site, or linked to it, is not intended to address questions which should be answered by a cosmetology expert, doctor or any other certified expert. We are not doctors nor cosmotologists. If you have questions about your health, including skin tolerance, bathing products, skin products or any other such inquiry, please see your doctor or other expert. This site is not intended to give medical or health advice to anyone. Our research on these products and the ingredients is extensive, but you are responsible for your own health and medical needs and the products you purchase and consume.

Not all information on this website will agree with other published information on bath products, skin products or any other products. Since variances of opinions and published information exists, you are responsible for researching what products are safe and effective for you. We do everything in our power to produce high-quality, safe and natural products. . Any products or goods sold through this website or its affiliates are to be purchased and used at your own risk and your own discretion.

Money Back After Purchase

Because of the types of products we sell, we cannot offer any money back guarantees or product returns.

Fair Use Act/Fair Use Information

This website uses media from Pixabay and other amazing free-use photography sites. No copyrighted media is used on this website except for the owner’s own photography and videos. The fair use/uncopyrighted media from open source sites is released under the Creative Commons CC0 license.

Some or all of the content on this website may be intended for educational and informational purposes. Some or all of the content on this website may be intended for entertainmnt purposes. We believe that our use of this media falls under the fair use doctrine because it is used in our blog articles for commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. The media used for our product sales are also fair use.

The intellectual property of the written blogs (all content) are copyrighted by website owner and its affiliate(s) and/or contributing authors. The written content ownership does not include publicly-sourced media (video and pictures). However, some content here does include owner-owned media and is owned by this website. The owner-owned media content is copyrighted and also considered intellectual property of website owner.

If you are the copyright owner of any media used on this website and you believe that its use on this website des not fall under “fair use”, please contact us via email and we will remove the media that is in question immediately. We take our own copyright protections very seriously so we are committed to correcting any errors that we might possibly make with regard to media.

Affiliate Disclaimer

The blogs, articles, product descriptions or any other content on this website may contain affiliate links, that the owner, affiliate(s) or contributing author(s) may receive a commission or other benefits from the purchases made through these links, and that the owner, affiliate(s) or contributing author(s) might only recommend products or services that they trust and endorse. However, this website may also include affiliate links that we are not as familiar with or have not historically endorsed or supported.