Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 22, 2025

Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming ("Glynwood," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website and how we use it.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

When you visit our website, you may choose to provide us with personal information, including:

  • Your name, email address, postal address, and phone number for correspondence, donations, or program participation

  • Payment information when making donations

  • Content of email messages you send to us

  • Information when you sign up for newsletters or participate in online surveys

Information Automatically Collected

Similar to other websites, we automatically collect certain information about how you use our website:

  • Date and time of your visits

  • Pages you view and time spent on our website

  • Your IP address, browser type, and operating system

  • The websites you visited before and after ours

  • General geographic location based on your IP address

This information is collected on an aggregate basis and is not associated with you personally.

Cookies

We use cookies (small data files stored on your computer) to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies help us:

  • Remember your preferences

  • Understand how visitors use our website

  • Improve our website's functionality

You can disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may limit some website features.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information you provide to:

  • Process donations and maintain donation records

  • Communicate with supporters about our programs and mission

  • Send newsletters and updates about regional food and farming (with your permission)

  • Respond to your questions and requests

  • Improve our website and services

  • Comply with legal and tax requirements

We use automatically collected information to understand website usage patterns and continuously improve our site to better serve visitors.

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in these limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: With trusted third parties who help us operate our website, process donations, or send communications (such as payment processors and email service providers)

  • Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights and safety

  • Aggregate Information: We may share non-identifying, aggregate information about our website visitors with partners or supporters

Any third-party service providers we work with are required to protect your information and use it only for the services they provide to us.

4. Information Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. When you provide sensitive information like credit card details, we use encryption to protect that information during transmission.

However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Email Communications

We may send you newsletters and updates about our work in regional food and farming. Email messages may contain tracking technology that tells us whether you opened the email and which links you clicked.

You can unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by:

  • Following the unsubscribe link in any promotional email

  • Contacting us directly at info@glynwood.org

Please note that it may take up to 10 days to process your opt-out request. You cannot opt out of important administrative emails related to donations or program participation.

6. Your Rights and Choices

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we have about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal requirements)

  • Opt out of marketing communications

  • Contact us with questions about our privacy practices

7. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy on our website with a new "Last Updated" date. For material changes, we may also notify you by email.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: