GFN Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting The Global Foodbanking Network’s ("GFN") Internet web site ("Site") located at the URL www.foodbanking.org. This Privacy Policy details certain policies implemented throughout GFN governing GFN's use of personally identifiable information about users of our Site.

Privacy Policy Updates

Due to the Internet's rapidly evolving nature, GFN may need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If so, GFN will post its updated Privacy Policy on our Site located at www.foodbanking.org so you are always aware of what personally identifiable information we may collect and how we may use this information. GFN encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of this Site and/or continued provision of personally identifiable information to us will be subject to the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

You can generally visit our Site without revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself. However, in certain sections of this Site, we may invite you to participate in surveys, questionnaires or contests, contact us with questions or comments or request information, provide us with feedback, or complete a profile or registration form. Due to the nature of some of these activities, we may collect personally identifiable information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, age or date of birth, gender, employment, income level and other contact information that you voluntarily transmit with your communication to us.

We may use your personally identifiable information to contact you to deliver certain goods, services or information you have requested, verify your authority to enter our Site, and improve the content and general administration of the Site and our services.

Children's Privacy

GFN recognizes the privacy interests of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests. This Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. GFN does not target its services or this Site to children under 13. GFN does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.

Cookies

We may use small text files called cookies to improve overall Site experience. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies generally do not permit us to personally identify you.

Aggregate Information

The Site may track the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, browser type, IP addresses, External Web Sites (defined below) linked to, and we may analyze this data for trends and statistics in the aggregate, but such information will be maintained, used and disclosed in aggregate form only and it will not contain personally identifiable information. We may use such aggregate information to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Disclosure

We will disclose your personally identifiable information if we reasonably believe we are required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority. We will not sell your personally identifiable information to any company or organization except we may transfer your personally identifiable information to a successor entity upon a merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization in which GFN participates or to a purchaser of all or substantially all of GFN's assets to which this Site relates.

Links to Third Party Sites

The Site may provide links to other Web sites or resources over which GFN does not have control ("External Web Sites"). Such links do not constitute an endorsement by GFN of those External Web Sites. You acknowledge that GFN is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that GFN is not responsible for the content of such External Web Sites. Your use of External Web Sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked to External Web Sites.

Reviewing, Correcting and Updating your Personally Identifiable Information

GFN provides you with the ability to review, correct and delete any of the personally identifiable information that you have provided to us. If you wish to review or correct any information you have provided to us, you may access your account online.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us via email at mweaver@foodbanking.org.

This Privacy Policy was last updated: March 5, 2007
This Privacy Policy is effective as of: March 5, 2007