Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://www.familyfarmalliance.org and Family Farm Alliance and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Family Farm Alliance include https://www.familyfarmalliance.org and The Alliance. The Alliance website is a non-profit organization site. By using the The Alliance website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. 

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with the information and services provided on or through our Site, The Alliance may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

 –          First and Last Name

 –          Mailing Address

 –          E-mail Address

 –          Phone Number

 –          Employer

 –          Job Title

 –          other information as needed to best serve the membership of The Alliance

If you purchase a membership in The Alliance or pay for services provided by the Alliance, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the transaction.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Alliance’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use the Site. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to information or services you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

The Alliance collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the information or services you have requested.

The Alliance may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other services available from The Alliance.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

The Alliance does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

The Alliance may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of one or more of its members or others that The Alliance has a professional relationship with about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. The Alliance may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Alliance, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Alliance may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Alliance or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Alliance; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Alliance, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

The Alliance may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within The Alliance, in order to determine what information and services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content within The Alliance to those whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Alliance. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the The Alliance website.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

The Alliance secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Alliance uses the following methods for this purpose:

 –          SSL Protocol

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Thirteen

The Alliance does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Disconnecting your The Alliance Account from Third Party Websites

You will be able to connect your The Alliance account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR THE ALLIANCE ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Please refer to the third-party website for instructions on how to disconnect your account from The Alliance website.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, The Alliance may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from The Alliance or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving communications via email from The Alliance, you may opt out of such communications by click on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Changes to this Statement

The Alliance reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

The Alliance welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Alliance has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Alliance at:

Family Farm Alliance
PO Box 216
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601

Email Address:
dan [at] familyfarmalliance.org

Telephone number:
541-892-6244

Effective as of January 01, 2021