Privacy Policy

The Food Trust is committed to safeguarding your privacy and security online. We have developed the following policy to help you understand how your personal information will be treated as you use our website. We will not share this information with anyone outside of our organization.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

As you use the TheFoodTrust.org website:

We collect:

Only the IP addresses but not the e-mail address of visitors to our site
The e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail
Aggregate information on what pages website users access or visit
User-specific information on what pages website users access or visit, the time they visit and the duration of their stay.

We use this information to:

Improve the content and usability of our website

As you use your account on TheFood Trust.org website:

To provide you with the ability to order reports and resources or, as a teacher, to submit important forms, we collect:

Your name (first, last)
Your email address
A private password
Address information
Organizational or school information

We use this information for:

Billing you for purchases
Mailing you your purchases
Associating your activity logs and material orders with you individually
Registering you for our events

As you send inquiries to The Food Trust via the website:

We collect:

The name and e-mail address of contacts
Any other information provided by contacts about the nature of their inquiry
The IP address of the contact
The website referrer that indicates how they found our site

We use this information to:

Respond to inquiries or questions
Improve the content and usability of our website

As you send financial contributions to The Food Trust via the website, or purchase items online:

We collect the following via a secure form:

Your contact information
Credit card account number and expiration date

We use this information to:

Process your gift or purchase

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