The Foodshed Network (“we”) and its affiliates are committed to protecting and preserving your privacy. This policy, together with our Terms of Use, and any other underlying agreements or terms, sets out the basis on which any data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. By using our website (“Site”), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy also describes the way we process, use and disclose information that you provide to us when you use our Site.

By using this Site, you consent to the use of the information that you provide to us per this Privacy Policy. We do update this Privacy Policy from time to time so please review this Privacy Policy regularly. If we materially alter our Privacy Policy, we will let you know of such changes by posting a notice on our Site. Your continued use of the Site will be considered your agreement that your information may be used per the new policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Site, and you should let us know that you do not want your information used per the changes.

Information We Collect

We collect information from you when you register on our Site, submit a question, place an order, make a donation, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, write a review, or otherwise communicating with The Foodshed Network for any reason. We collect the following types of information from you through our Site:

Details of your visits to our Site and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, including your IP address, the date and time you accessed or left the Site and which pages you viewed may be collected. Some parts of our Site may use cookies and other technologies to collect this information about your general internet usage. For more information see section below, “How We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.”
Information that you supply directly to us by filling in forms on our Site, such as your name, email address, home address, and/or telephone number.
When making a donation to The Foodshed Network or purchasing a product or service offered through the Site (as applicable), you may be asked to enter your name, email address, company name (as applicable), mailing address, telephone number, credit card, or account number. Your payment is processed securely through a third-party vendor. We do not store or process your payment information.
By submitting a telephone number to The Foodshed Network, you agree that a representative of The Foodshed Network can contact you at the number you provide, potentially using automated technology (including texts/SMS messaging) or a pre-recorded message. Your consent is not an obligation to receive any of our products and/or services.

How We Use Cookies and other Tracking Technologies

Our Site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site and estimate visits and click-throughs for specific campaigns. This helps us to provide you with an enjoyable experience when you browse our Site and allows us to improve our Site. By continuing to browse the Site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A “cookie” is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your device’s hard drive. Once you agree, this cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your device. They help us to improve our Site. They present the content from our Site in the most effective manner for you and your device. We also use cookies to aggregate user statistics and improve website functionality. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some features of our Site may not function properly.

Google Analytics

This Site uses Google Analytics to help analyze how visitors use this Site. Google Analytics use cookies to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. No personal information is collected about you. However, the information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of this Site includes your IP address, which is transmitted to Google. This information may be processed to compile statistical reports on Site activity.

Please review Google’s privacy policies and practices to learn more about how Google uses your data. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.

How we Use Your Information

The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to supply information to you in the best possible manner. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
To send periodic emails updating and educating subscribers about The Foodshed Network’s mission;
To provide you with information relating to Foodshed;
To fulfil or meet the reason you supplied the information;
To provide third parties with statistical information about the users of our Site;
To check and conduct an analysis of our Site traffic and usage patterns.
To process transactions;
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order or governmental regulations;
To analyze trends; and/or,
To enforce our Site policies, or protect ours or other’s rights, property, or safety.

Security

To secure your information, we have put in place commercially suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on our Site. Nonetheless, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically on our Site, and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk.

Disclosing Your Information

Where applicable, we may show your personal information to any affiliated business entities or third parties necessary to provide our services to you or provide you with any information you request from us. This includes, where applicable, any third parties involved in the administration and operation of our services. We may also share your personal information with other third parties, such as:

Where we are legally required to share your information, including, but not limited to, per a valid subpoena, order, search warrant or other law enforcement request.
When we are contractually bound to disclose it.
To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our Site users is among the assets transferred.

Where we disclose personal information for a purpose set forth herein, we enter a contract with the third party that describes the purpose and requires the third-party recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Third Party Websites

By accessing third party websites through our Site, you are consenting to the terms and privacy policies of those websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.

Users Only of Legal Age of Majority

Our Site is designed and intended for those who have reached the age of majority (18 years of age). By using our Site, you affirm that you are at least 18 years of age or older. We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user’s misrepresentation of age.
No one under age 13 may submit or post any information, including personally identifying information, on our Site. Under no circumstances may anyone under age 13 use our Site. Parents or legal guardians of children under 13 cannot agree to these terms on their behalf.

Accessibility Statement

We are committed to making sure that our Site is accessible to everyone. To access this Privacy Policy in an alternative form, please call us at 203 585 3431 or email us at ali@thefoodshednetwork.org. For more information, please see our Accessibility Statement HERE.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy effective date below. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change.

Contacting Us

We welcome any queries, comments, complaints or requests you may have about this Privacy Policy.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at:
The Foodshed Network
194 Putnam Park, Greenwich, CT 06830
203 585 3431
ali@thefoodshednetwork.org
Effective Date: 12/9/2024

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