Modern Way Gardens Privacy Policy

Modern Way Gardens (“Modern Way Gardens,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit our website, submit a commercial inquiry, request products or services, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with Modern Way Gardens.

This policy applies to website visitors, prospective and existing customers, commercial buyers, cultivation operators, partner farms, vendors, suppliers, contractors, and other business contacts.

Modern Way Gardens operates as a commercial agricultural and cultivation company:

• Business Name: Modern Way Gardens
• Business Address: 84 Walcott Street, Stow, Massachusetts 01775, USA
• Email: info@modernwaygardens.com
• Phone: +1 978-571-6139

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Submit a contact or commercial inquiry form
• Request rooted hemp clone availability
• Request hemp biomass information
• Request cultivation consulting
• Request hydroponic-system services
• Contact us by phone or email
• Submit a partner-farm inquiry
• Submit a vendor or supplier inquiry
• Request product or commercial documentation
• Participate in an agreed business transaction
• Upload documents or project information

Depending on the interaction, information may include:

• First and last name
• Business email address
• Phone number
• Preferred contact method

• Company name
• Buyer or operator type
• Business address
• State or other business location
• Business-registration information where voluntarily provided

• Service requested
• Product specifications
• Requested quantities
• Cultivar preferences
• Delivery destination
• Project scope
• Budget information
• Project timeline
• Intended commercial use
• Other information included in an inquiry

Where relevant to an inquiry or transaction, we may collect:

• Hemp-license information or license number
• Applicable business or operating credentials
• Qualification information
• Regulatory documentation
• Product or transaction records

For commercial clone or biomass inquiries, information may include:

• Cultivar or genetic preferences
• Quantity and product format
• Harvest-year requirements and moisture specifications
• Testing, packaging, and delivery requirements
• Product documentation requests, lot or order information

This information is used to evaluate availability, specifications, qualification, fulfillment, documentation, and other applicable commercial requirements.

For cultivation consulting engagements, we may receive operational information such as:

• Facility location and facility stage
• Cultivation method, existing systems, and equipment
• Environmental and irrigation parameters
• Cultivation challenges and operational procedures
• Training requirements and project objectives
• Requested consulting deliverables

For hydroponic-system inquiries and projects, information may include:

• Facility location, size, growing area, and new-build or retrofit status
• Existing water and power infrastructure
• Current cultivation system and equipment information
• Environmental-control requirements
• Project scope, budget range, and timeline
• Technical requirements, facility plans, layouts, diagrams, or related documents

Users should only provide documents and information necessary for evaluating the requested project.

Depending on the nature of the inquiry, Modern Way Gardens may request information needed to determine whether a prospective buyer, operator, partner, or vendor can proceed. This may include:

• Applicable hemp-license information
• Business-registration information and company details
• Commercial-use information and destination information
• Other documentation reasonably required for qualification

The specific information requested depends on the product, service, transaction, destination, and applicable requirements.

If the website or a later commercial process allows document submission, uploaded materials may include license documentation, business records, certificates, Certificates of Analysis (COAs), product specifications, facility plans, equipment information, cultivation records, and project documents.

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website or its service providers, depending on the technologies actually deployed:

• IP address and approximate location derived from IP address
• Browser, device, and operating system information
• Pages viewed, access date and time, and referring website
• General interaction, security, and diagnostic information

The information may be used for website operation, security, performance, analytics, troubleshooting, and other legitimate business purposes.

The website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, or similar technologies based on the website's current technical implementation. These technologies may support:

• Essential website functions and security
• Preferences and user settings
• Analytics and performance measurement
• Advertising measurement and marketing, where applicable

Where legally required, applicable non-essential technologies should be activated only after the appropriate consent or preference is obtained. Browser settings also allow you to manage or disable certain cookies.

Modern Way Gardens identifies only the analytics, advertising, and measurement technologies actually installed and active on the website. The current privacy policy does not list platforms merely because they are possible technologies.

We may use personal and commercial information to:

• Respond to inquiries and evaluate product availability
• Review buyer or client qualification and evaluate commercial requirements
• Communicate about products, services, and cultivation requirements
• Prepare proposals, commercial terms, and coordinate project services
• Process orders, transactions, and provide compliance documentation
• Coordinate shipping, logistics, and work with qualified business partners
• Maintain business and transaction records
• Improve website functionality, maintain security, and detect fraud or unauthorized activity
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements
• Send marketing communications where permitted and appropriately consented

Modern Way Gardens does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We may share information when reasonably necessary to operate our business, provide a requested product or service, complete a transaction, or comply with law.

Depending on the engagement, categories of third parties may include:

• Independent testing laboratories and qualified partner farms
• Equipment providers, installers, licensed trades, and technical engineers
• Shipping, freight, and logistics providers
• Compliance, regulatory consultants, and professional legal/financial advisors
• Website hosting, cloud storage, CRM, and email service providers
• Payment or transaction providers, where applicable
• Government or regulatory authorities where legally required

Third parties receive only information reasonably necessary for the applicable business purpose.

Where Modern Way Gardens works with partner farms, vendors, suppliers, installers, or other business partners, information may be shared when necessary to evaluate availability, coordinate supply, fulfill an engagement, or support a transaction. The information shared depends on the specific relationship and business purpose.

Commercial transactions may involve purchase records, product specifications, COAs, lot information, license details, shipping records, weight certificates, and facility documentation.

Such information may be retained as reasonably necessary for transaction management, regulatory compliance, recordkeeping, dispute resolution, or other legitimate business purposes.

Personal and business information may be stored using internal systems and secure third-party service providers. We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for responding to inquiries, managing commercial relationships, completing transactions, maintaining business records, meeting regulatory obligations, resolving disputes, and maintaining audit records.

When information is no longer required, it is securely deleted, destroyed, or anonymized where appropriate.

Modern Way Gardens uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Security measures include access controls, authentication protocols, system monitoring, and secure transmission.

*Please note that no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Commercial users may provide information that is confidential or proprietary from a business perspective. Modern Way Gardens uses such information strictly for the applicable business purpose and applies reasonable safeguards consistent with its obligations.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including:

• Accessing or requesting a copy of your personal information
• Correcting inaccurate or incomplete information
• Requesting deletion of your information where legally available
• Objecting to or restricting certain data processing
• Withdrawing consent where processing is based on consent
• Exercising applicable opt-out rights

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information in the Privacy Contact section.

If applicable California privacy law applies to you, you may have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including rights to know, access, delete, correct, opt out of certain sale or sharing activities, limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, and receive equal treatment for exercising applicable rights.

Modern Way Gardens maintains a California-specific response process based on its actual business thresholds, data practices, and applicable statutory requirements.

Modern Way Gardens is based in Massachusetts and takes reasonable measures to safeguard personal information in accordance with Massachusetts data protection regulations (201 CMR 17.00), including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for personal data.

If you access the website from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where Modern Way Gardens or its service providers operate. Privacy protections may differ between jurisdictions.

The Modern Way Gardens website is intended exclusively for commercial and business audiences and is not directed toward children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through our commercial inquiry forms.

The website may contain links to third-party websites operated by suppliers, partners, service providers, investment or financing organizations, or external businesses. Modern Way Gardens does not control third-party privacy practices and is not responsible for their content, security, or privacy policies.

Some browsers provide “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals. Because technical and legal standards differ across browsers and jurisdictions, Modern Way Gardens' response to such signals depends on current technological capabilities and applicable statutory requirements.

Where permitted, Modern Way Gardens may send business communications about company updates, products, commercial availability, educational material, and industry insights.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us directly.

To submit a privacy request, please contact us with sufficient detail to identify your request and verify your identity:

Modern Way Gardens may update this Privacy Policy when business practices, technology, legal obligations, services, or data-processing activities change. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised Effective Date.

This Privacy Policy reflects Modern Way Gardens' commercial operations and data practices: