Copyright
All of the content on Applegate’s websites are owned by Applegate. All of the materials, including text, graphics, designs, titles, phrases, images and the like on our site are copyrights and/or trademarks of Applegate.
Applegate reserves all legal rights to the intellectual property contained on its websites. You may not reverse engineer, disassemble, de-compile, reproduce, translate, transcribe, retransmit or sell any of the content on our website. Such activities may violate federal, state, and/or common law, and could subject you to legal action.
Anyone wishing to reproduce any portion of this site must request and receive our written permission. Please use the Contact Us section or mail your written request to: Applegate Mulch Attn: Webmaster, 1000 Highview Drive, Webberville, MI 48892
Disclaimer
Applegate has posted the information on its websites in good faith, and we believe it to be correct. However, Applegate makes no guarantee or commitment that the information on this website is current, nor do we promise or warrant that the information contained on this site is complete or accurate. The materials and information contained on or obtained from Applegate websites are distributed and transmitted “as is” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Information contained on these websites, including information obtained from external links thereon, is provided without any representation of any kind as to the accuracy and should be verified by the user.
Applegate is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or inability to use, the websites and/or the materials contained on the sites whether the materials contained on the websites are provided by Applegate, or a third party.
Applegate reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue its websites from time to time for any or no reason and without prior notice. Applegate shall not be liable to you or to third parties for doing so. We reserve to the right to modify the information on this site at any time.
Linking Policy
It is the policy of Applegate to provide links to federal, state, other local government, corporate and other private websites as a convenience for the users of the Applegate Websites. In addition, links to selected service partners, reference materials another community related websites may be provided. Applegate reserves the right to determine which links to provide on its Websites and to terminate existing links at any time, at its discretion. By providing a link to a website, Applegate in no way endorses the content of that site or its sponsor.
Inbound Links
Links may be made to Applegate’s websites, but we ask you to follow the following criteria:
Do not create frames around Applegate’s websites or use other techniques that alter the visual presentation of Applegate’s sites;
Do not imply that Applegate is endorsing you, your products or services;
Do not imply an affiliation between your company and Applegate without the prior written consent of Applegate;
Do not misrepresent your relationship with Applegate or present false or misleading impressions about Applegate services;
Do not contain materials that may be interpreted as distasteful or offensive and must be appropriate for all age groups; and
Use a text hyperlink or Licensed Mark only and shall not use any official logo, icon or other image without prior written consent
Outbound Links
Applegate does not endorse any content, viewpoint, products or services linked from its websites and shall not be held responsible or liable for any injury or losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Applegate does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of or endorse any products or service providers listed or linked to its sites. Applegate is providing these links only as a convenience to you.
Some of the links made available to you through Applegate’s websites will allow you to leave Applegate’s sites. Please be aware that the Internet sites available through these links, and the materials that you may find there are not under the control of Applegate. Therefore, Applegate cannot and does not make any representation to you about these sites or the materials available there.
To link to Applegate’s websites or request that a link be posted on Applegate’s websites, please utilize the Website Link Authorization form and fax or e-mail it to ask.us@dev.applegateblog.com.
Privacy Policy
Information Collection
Applegate is the sole owner of the information collected at several different points on its websites.
Personal Information
There are several opportunities on our web site for you to provide us with personal information about you and your interests, such as name, mailing address and e-mail address. If you choose to share any personal information with us, we may store it and use it for marketing research and other marketing purposes. This may include sharing it with other companies in the Applegate family, our business partners, and/or our business consultants. We will not sell your information to other companies.
Non-Personal Information
Sometimes, we may collect non-personal information about you that is anonymous data. The information we receive is for Applegate’s use only and is not disclosed to any other party except in aggregate form. Examples of this information include the length and time of your visit, the pages you looked at on our site, the type of Internet Browser you have and the site you visited just before coming to ours. We use this information to develop ideas for improving our site and to measure site activity. This may include sharing it with other companies in the Applegate family, our business partners, and/or business consultants.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Website.
Business Transitions
In the event Applegate experiences a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, a user’s personal information will, in most instances, be transferred with any business assets. We will notify users by email and/or by posting a 30-day notice on our website before any transfer of personal information. If, as a result of the business transition, a user’s personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from when the information was collected, the user will be given a choice about the information consistent with our Notification of Changes section.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.
Links
Applegate may establish relationships with reputable business partners that allow visitors to our site to link directly to sites operated by these partners. We choose our business partners carefully.
Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other third party websites.
These links are meant for the user’s convenience only and do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by Applegate of the content, policies or practices of such sites nor any products or services which may be offered through that site. Once you have left the Applegate site via such a link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party site.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. See our linking policy for more information.
Surveys
We request your input to evaluate potential features and services for Applegate. The decision to be involved is completely yours. Also, we might e-mail you a survey, but your involvement is completely voluntary. We do not employ special tools or try to find any e-mail addresses that are not provided to us by you.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us using our Contact Us page.
If you do not want your personal information collected or shared, please contact Applegate at ask.us@dev.applegateblog.com and we will use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our files. If you would like to participate in any of the offerings on our site and do not wish to submit information over the Internet, please call us at 800-627-7536, or send your U.S. mail to: Applegate Mulch, 1000 Highview Drive, Webberville, MI 48892.
