The Internet is an amazing tool. With only a few mouse-clicks, you can follow the news, look up facts, buy goods and services, and communicate with others from around the world. It’s important to the Farmers Market Coalition to help our members and web site users retain their privacy when they take advantage of all the Internet has to offer.

We believe your business is no one else’s. Your privacy is important to you…and to us. So we’ll protect the information you share with us. To protect your privacy, the Farmers Market Coalition follows different principles in accordance with worldwide practices for user privacy and data protection.

  • We won’t sell or give away your name, mail address, phone number, email address, credit card number or any other information to anyone.
  • We’ll use state-of-the-art security measures to protect your information from unauthorized users.

Notice

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you create a Registration ID on the site or when you download free software, enter a contest, order email newsletters or join a limited-access premium site. We use your Personal Information for four primary purposes:

  • To make the site easier for you to use by not having to enter information more than once.
  • To help you quickly find software, services or information.
  • To help us create content most relevant to you.
  • To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from the Farmers Market Coalition.

CONSENT

If you choose not to become a member, you can still use the vast majority of features at farmersmarketcoalition.org . But you will not be able to access areas that require registration.

Access

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. Members may review and update this information at any time after logging in to their accounts. There, you can:

  • View and edit personal information you have already given us.
  • Renew your membership.
  • Make additional financial contributions.
  • Learn about new member benefits.

Security

The Farmers Market Coalition has taken strong measures to protect the security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored. We take strong precautions to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

We guarantee your transactions to be 100% safe and secure. When you place orders or access your personal account information, you’re utilizing a secure server software SSL, which encrypts your personal information before it’s sent over the Internet. SSL is one of the safest encryption technologies available.

In addition, your transactions are guaranteed under the Fair Credit Billing Act. This Act states that your bank cannot hold you liable for more than $50.00 in fraudulent credit card charges. If your bank does hold you liable for $50.00 or less, we’ll cover your liability provided the unauthorized, fraudulent use of your credit card resulted through no fault of your own and from purchases made from us over our secure server. In the event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.

The Farmers Market Coalition strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Your personal information is never shared outside the organization without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your user name and password, so do not share these with others.

Enforcement

If for some reason you believe the Farmers Market Coalition has not adhered to these principles, please notify us by email at info@farmersmarketcoalition.org, and we will do our best to determine and correct the problem promptly. Be certain the words Privacy Policy are in the Subject line.

The Farmers Market Coalition will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 Farmers Market Coalition or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Farmers Market Coalition, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of members of the Farmers Market Coalition, its Websites, or the public.