Privacy Statement
Chain of Life Network®
firmly believes that the greater our level of candor
with Members, the greater the value of our relationship.
Therefore, we place extreme emphasis on respecting your
privacy and anonymity. We sincerely hope that this becomes
apparent as you read our uniquely stringent Privacy
Statement. Namely, you can interact with and/or respond
to our Internet site with complete confidence because
no responses can be linked to any Members. This will
become even more apparent if we conduct postharvest
and marketing research polls.
We encourage you to carefully read our entire Privacy
Statement below. But, if you want just a quick summary,
here it is:
"Chain of Life Network®
does not, and will not, sell, rent, lease, lend, barter,
divulge, or give away any of the information which Members
individually provide via this site. The only exception
is that we may reference tabulated aggregate results
of possible research polls."
The following information will help you understand
how Chain of Life Network®
collects, uses and safeguards the personal information
you provide to us on our Web site.
Links:
Please note that the information contained herein applies
only to the Chain of Life Network®,
and not to other organizations' web sites to which we
link. Namely, when you use a link to go from Chain
of Life Network®
to another web site, the Chain of Life Network®'s
Privacy Statement is no longer in effect. Your browsing
and interaction on any other web site, including web
sites that have a link on Chain of Life Network®,
are subject to those web site's own rules and policies.
We therefore recommend that you review the rules and
policies of the other sites. Chain of Life Network®
cannot and does not make any representations about the
practices and policies of these other organizations.
Information that is Collected:
When you visit Chain of Life Network®
you may provide us with two types of information: (1)
personal information you knowingly choose to disclose
that is collected on an individual basis (voluntary
registration) and (2) web site use information collected
on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our web
site. In this regard, our detailed cookies statement
is described below. Chain of Life Network®
is the sole owner of the information collected on this
site.
Voluntary Registration:
Visitors to Chain of Life Network®
are given the opportunity to register for Membership.
This process obviously requires us to obtain certain
information in order to provide this service. Such information
will be clearly delineated on our contact pages.
Access to Poll Results:
Members can view the tabulations of our poll responses,
and are encouraged to add their own responses to our
database.
No Liability for Acts by Third Parties:
Although Chain of Life Network®
will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality
of Member registration data, transmissions made via
the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. Chain
of Life Network®
will have no liability for unintentional disclosure
of Member registration data due to errors in transmission
and/or unauthorized acts by third parties.
User Access to Information Collected:
Members may access their respective registration data
during normal business hours by contacting Chain
of Life Network®.
Log Files:
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the
site, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not
linked to personally identifiable information.
Tell-A-Colleague:
We encourage you to inform your colleagues about Chain
of Life Network®
by using our easy referral service. Just enter your
colleague's name, e-mail address and any comments, and
your colleague will automatically receive a URL link
back to the specific page to which you referred them.
Chain of Life Network®
does not capture any information from these transactions
that you initiate.
Security:
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we do not knowingly
request personally identifiable information from anyone
under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
If you have any questions about the security at our
website, you can send an email to subscriptions@chainoflifenetwork.org.
Notification of Changes:
We reserve the right to change or update this policy
from time to time. If we change this Privacy Statement
we will immediately post such changes on our web site
on the Policies page. Changes will be effective upon
posting to the Policies page on the web site.
Cookies:
To enable us to provide you the best possible experience
when you visit Chain of Life Network®,
and to offer continually updated information, we assign
you a unique identification number stored in a file
on your computer. Called a "cookie," it is
a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive and
contains information about the user. Usage of a cookie
is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information
about you while you are at our site. Cookies by themselves
cannot be used to find out the identity of any user.
This unique identification number automatically identifies
your browser - but not you - to our computers whenever
you interact with Chain of Life Network®.
The cookies automatically gather certain usage information
(e.g. the numbers and frequency of visitors to Chain
of Life Network®
and the specific areas most frequently visited on the
site). We only use such data in the aggregate. This
collective data enables us to determine how much our
Members use the several different parts of the site.
We're committed to constantly improving our site to
ensure that it is as appealing as we can make it for
as many visitors and Members as possible. We will delete
less popular sections and expand the content of our
most popular areas. Without cookies, we would not be
able to do this.
Use of Information:
The information Members provide to Chain of Life
Network®
is used to better understand the content needs of our
membership. Our goal in collecting personal information
and monitoring visitor traffic patterns is to provide
you with the best available web experience for online
postharvest and marketing information of floral crops.
As stated above, Chain of Life Network®
DOES NOT SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL USERS WITH
ANY THIRD PARTY.
Consent:
By using our web site you consent to the collection
and use of information by Chain of Life Network®
per the terms and conditions outlined in this Privacy
Statement and License Agreement. If you ever have any
questions regarding our Privacy Statement and/or License
Agreement, please contact us at subscriptions@chainoflifenetwork.org.
We sincerely hope that our site is a valuable resource
for you, and that you'll join our growing community
of daily Members and visitors.
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