The American Rose Society is committed to protecting the privacy of our members and guests. We want you to understand how your information is collected, stored and used.

​Information We Collect

Basic personal information including name, contact data including email, and date of birth is collected at the time of membership in the American Rose Society. This information is stored on a secure server that hosts the membership database and is used only for American Rose Society member services.

Visitors to www.rose.org may voluntarily provide personal contact information in order to be included in American Rose Society e-newsletter or other e-communications. This information is secure and never shared. Individuals may opt out of receiving any electronic communication from the American Rose Society at any time by notifying our membership department at the address below or by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of each email.

​Additionally, some information is registered from visitors to www.rose.org for website traffic tabulation. This information is secure, stored for a period up to 14 months and is not shared except as may be required by law.

​In order for the American Rose Society to provide prompt and accurate member services, members are encouraged to update their personal information through their account on our secure website, www.rose.org or by contacting our membership department at the address below.

​Information Sharing

The American Rose Society does not sell, rent or share member information to telemarketers, mailing list brokers, or any outside entity except as may be required by law.

​Online user data is collected using Google Analytics to determine what rose information is relevant to specific geographical areas. Individual data like email or IP addresses is not retained unless a user subscribes to receive direct email from the website. To request more information about receiving a copy of this data, Click Here.

​Third Party Sites

The American Rose Society expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. The ARS is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party.

​Children

The American Rose Society does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under the age of 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under the age of 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe the ARS has any information from or about anyone under the age of 13, please contact us at the address listed below.

​Changes to this Policy

The American Rose Society reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

All text, images, logos and information contained on this official American Rose Society (ARS) web site are the intellectual property of the American Rose Society unless otherwise registered and are protected under the U.S. Copyright Act 17 U.S.C. 101-810. Copyright gives the owner exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, or license a given work. Whether or not the web site includes a statement about copyright, the US Copyright Act provides protection for such works, and they may not be used or reproduced without permission.

​It is the responsibility of all parties submitting materials on the ARS domain address to ensure that such material does not violate other parties’ proprietary rights and does not otherwise violate law or applicable ARS policy. ARS reserves the right to delete or make inaccessible files that contain material that is determined to be in violation of law or of applicable ARS policy. ARS is not responsible for any errors in the material provided on the web site and shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of any material found on official ARS web sites.

The reproduction and quotation of the design, pictures, and logos used on this ARS web site are permitted to Editors of newsletters and bulletins of affiliated rose societies of the American Rose Society and their chapters provided appropriate credit is given to source, author and Editor. Otherwise they may not be copied and used or posted by any other person or entity. Links may be directed to these pages, but images, logos, maps, may not be copied and/or posted for any reason.