Illinois Agri-Food Alliance Privacy Policy
Last updated 3/14/2024
Thank you for visiting ilagrifood.org. Ensuring the privacy and security of your personal information is very important to us. We will never share, sell, or rent your personal information with anyone in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement, or unless ordered by a court of law. We maintain a variety of physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We have created this online privacy policy to explain our commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Restrictions on Use
ilagrifood.org is a web site of Illinois Agri-Food Alliance (ILAFA). The fiscal agent for the project is Global Philanthropy Partnership. This web site is owned and operated through ILAFA. The information on this site is intended to provide educational and inspirational information about agriculture, food, and natural resources careers.
Personal Data
Illinois Agri-Food Alliance (ILAFA) is committed to maintaining the privacy of those who visit our websites. In addition, we are committed to maintaining the privacy of children as set forth by the Federal Trade Commission, including in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”). ILAFA is the owner of the information collected on this site. This information will not be sold or rented to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
ILAFA may collect information from site visitors at several different points on this website. We comply with COPPA requirements regarding collection of information from children. This notice applies to all information collected by or submitted to our websites.
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Links to other Web sites
This web site may contain links to other web sites for additional products and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. We may place advertising on our web site that originates from third party advertisers and/or advertising agencies. Even though these advertisements are embedded in our Web site, cookies may be assigned by the advertisers and not by us. We do not control those cookies.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our service (“Service Providers”), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service. The privacy policy of each entity that collects this information is linked below, if you would like more information about them.
- Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
- You can opt-out of having made your activity on the service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
- For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page:https://policies.google.com/privacy
- IP addresses are kept in the server logs so the host can identify and stop bad bot attacks.
- If you view a YouTube embedded video on the site, the IP information is sent to YouTube to record that the video has been viewed, just as it would if you had watched it directly on YouTube.
Email Collection
MailChimp – We use MailChimp to send out emails about marketing tips, news, and upcoming events. Every email has an unsubscribe link so you can opt-out at any time. Please read MailChimp’s Privacy Policy for more information.
Contact Forms
Whenever you submit a contact form through our website, we may ask for your name, email address, and phone number. Your information is encrypted as it transmits from your browser to our web server so that your private information is not intercepted by third parties. In addition, we never share or sell your information to third parties. The information you submit is used solely to respond to website inquiries.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. You may contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us. Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email: info@ilagrifood.org