PRIVACY POLICY

At FarmKind (“FarmKind,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) our mission is to help donors who want to bring an end to factory farming by identifying and promoting the most effective organisations working on this issue. When you visit www.farmkind.giving and/or any of our subdomains (the “Site” or “Website”) or reach out to us in a different way, you may share information with us that helps us continue our important work. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is meant to help you understand how FarmKind collects, uses, and shares information you give us when you visit our Site or contact us in a different way.

We wrote this Policy to help you understand:

  1. what types of information we collect and why we collect it;

  2. how we use the information we collect; and

  3. options available to you—including how to access, update, and remove your information.

We welcome your questions and comments on this Policy.

By using this Site or by contacting us, you consent to this Policy.

How we collect information

We collect two different types of information about you through our Website: (1) information that you may voluntarily choose to provide us while using the Website, and (2) information collected automatically as a result of your use of our Site. Details describing both types of information are provided below.

Voluntarily provided information

Information you choose to provide to us

Filling out a form: You may voluntarily choose to provide certain Personal Information to us. All information that can be used to identify you—including your name, email address, phone number, and postal address—are examples of Personal Information we may ask you to provide when you take certain actions on our website (such as leaving a comment on a post, subscribing to our mailing list, or making an online donation). We will never ask you to send highly sensitive Personal Information (such as your Social Security number or Driver’s License number) through our Site.

Communicating with FarmKind staff: When you send an email message through our Contact Us web from; any farmkind.giving email address active in our email service provider we may store the content of your email, your email address, and any information you provide to us in your associated email contact profile or signature, as well as any response we send back to you.

When you initiate personal communications with FarmKind via any phone number published on our Site or provided by a staff member (e.g. in their email signature) or take part in an in-person conversation with a FarmKind team member identified on our Site, we may store information regarding the nature of the conversation and Personal Information you provided to us in the conversation, along with any notes taken by staff members regarding the conversation. This helps us manage any follow-up questions you might have and facilitate further correspondence with you.

Non-donor information: FarmKind may receive or obtain information such as an email address, phone number, or postal address for a person who is not yet a registered donor (“non-donor”) with FarmKind in connection with certain FarmKind features, such as when a non-donor chooses to subscribe to our mailing list, when a donor makes a gift in honor or in memory of someone else and provides us with that person’s contact information in order to notify them of the gift, or when a non-donor contacts us to make an inquiry. Non-donor information is used only for the purposes disclosed when it was submitted to FarmKind or to facilitate action authorized by the non-donor or person who made an honorary/memorial gift. If a person contacts FarmKind to specifically inquire about making a donation, that person may be added to our internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database as a prospective donor. 

Publicly available information: Staff members of FarmKind may do an online search on a name or email address that has been provided to us, whether by the person themselves, through making a donation or inquiry with us, or from someone else who provided a name or email address. If public profiles, such as personal websites or social media accounts, are found, links to those sites may be stored in the person’s record in FarmKind’s CRM database. This information is not shared with any other charities or parties without the person’s consent.

Information you choose to provide to a third party with permission to share with us

Your information may also be given to us by third parties, such as online fundraising platforms and other charities or organizations that have referred you to us. For example, you may choose to donate to FarmKind or a FarmKind-recommended charity fund via a third-party, such as Facebook or Every.org. Please read the third party’s privacy policy and terms & conditions when you provide information to them to better understand how they will handle your Personal Information.

Automatically collected information

FarmKind, like the majority of other websites you visit and use regularly, may automatically collect information from your browser or device when you use the Site, such as the frequency and duration of your visits to the Site, and the type of device you are visiting from. Websites use cookies and other tracking tools for a variety of reasons, including to improve the user’s website experience. For example, cookies are used to remember your preference settings so that pop-up modals do not appear on every single page you visit—even after you’ve dismissed it.

Our cookie policy can be viewed here.

How we use collected information

In most cases, we use consent as the basis for processing all Personal Information for direct marketing purposes, including most fundraising and campaigning activities and promotion of our work.

You can consent to receive information about FarmKind, our recommended charities, new website content, upcoming events, open volunteer and career opportunities, and information on how you can support our work. You can choose to hear from us by email or by phone. If you would like to remove yourself from our marketing communications, you can click on the “Update preferences” or “Unsubscribe” link found at the bottom of an email sent to you by our mailing list.

Activities where we use consent or another legal basis for processing information are described in the sections that follow.

Administration and general work activities

When you contact us, it is in our interest to process your Personal Information in order for us to supply the information that you requested, to respond to complaints, to tailor personalized communications to you in the future, and to minimize the likelihood of us sending you duplicated or irrelevant information.

We also believe it is in our legitimate interest to thank supporters whenever possible. You may also receive email notifications about failed recurring payments or other donation transaction-related messages. To stop receiving any emails from us (except those required under the basis of contractual or legal obligation), please contact us and let us know that you wish to receive no emails from us.

We may disclose Personal Information to any staff member at FarmKind, but we make efforts to limit sharing of this information to instances where it is necessary to fulfil your request.

Processing donations

Donations to FarmKind recommended charities and FarmKind’s Bonus Fund are made via Every.org. Please refer to Every.org’s privacy policy and terms and conditions for details on how Every.org processes your personal information in order to facilitate your donation.

Volunteering and internships

If you apply for volunteer or internship opportunities with us, it is in our legitimate interest to contact you to confirm we have successfully received your application and to follow up with you regarding your interest.

We will only add you to our mailing list if you gave consent on your application form, or if you update your profile (if you are an existing subscriber). With this consent, we may send you information about additional volunteer and job opportunities, information about our work, information about the work of our recommended charities, information about upcoming event opportunities, requests for help (including assistance with fundraising activities), and gratitude for your support.

Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

To ensure that we can achieve our mission we monitor and evaluate the impact of our programs and activities. It is in our interest to process Personal Information for this purpose. This means that we may use the information that you give us to understand the effectiveness of our programs, events, and fundraising, or to improve engagement with our online content. This includes processing any information that you share with us via feedback forms or surveys. We only share information about you with our donors and subscribers if it is anonymized and/or aggregated, or if we have your explicit permission.

Sharing of your information with third parties:

Making a donation through FarmKind

When a person initiates a donation through the site we may disclose the amount donated to the intended charity. We will not share any information about how much they may have donated to any other charity. We will not share additional personal information, such as your name or email address.

We process and store information with third parties when necessary, such as our donation payment processor and FarmKind’s CRM database.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. 

Confidentiality and disclosures

We understand that some information collected may be sensitive or confidential in nature, and we will take reasonable measures to keep this information private. In the event that FarmKind or its agents are required by law or court order to disclose the information submitted by a user, we will provide the user with notice (unless such notice is prohibited) so that the user may object to or seek to limit the disclosure.

How we secure and retain collected information

Information security

FarmKind will take commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the loss or unauthorized disclosure of information. We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your Personal Information, username, password, transaction information, or data stored on the Site.

As is the case with all online activities and services, the security of data transmitted over the internet cannot be completely guaranteed, and FarmKind shall not be responsible for any harm that users or any third party may suffer as a result of a breach of security with respect to use of the Site or any information transmitted to the Site. In the event of a security breach, we will make every attempt to notify affected users within 24 hours of us being made aware of such an event occuring.

Data retention

We keep your information only so long as we need it to provide FarmKind’s services to you and fulfill the purposes described in this Policy. This is also the case for anyone with whom we share your information and who carries out services on our behalf. When we no longer need to use your information and there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we’ll either remove it from our systems or depersonalize it so that we cannot identify you.

Additional information

Data transfer

This Site is hosted and operated in the United States and is not subject to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country, or territory other than that of the United States. Your information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, and by using this Site you consent to the transfer of collected information to countries outside of your country of residence—including the United States—which may have different data protection rules than those of your country. By using this Site, you authorize us to transfer and store your information in the United States for the purposes described in this Policy.

Third-party links

You may find links to third parties on our website. These websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit Personal Information from you when you visit them. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their privacy and security policies whatsoever, as we have no control over them. It is your responsibility to learn about their privacy policies prior to providing them with Personal Information.

Your communication preferences

The Personal Information you voluntarily provide for our mailing lists allows us to keep you updated on effective advocacy interventions and our recommended charities. If you do not want to be on our mailing lists, you can opt out anytime by updating your preferences. You may update your preferences or request to unsubscribe from our mailing lists by using the “Update preferences” or “Unsubscribe” links at the bottom of any email that you receive from FarmKind that was sent by Mailchimp. You may also send an email to hello@farmkind.giving requesting to unsubscribe. Please note, however, that this will be a manual process and may be subject to delay. We will take all reasonable steps to unsubscribe you within the same working day as a request is made.

Information from underage users

The Site is intended for adults; FarmKind will not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children 13 years of age or younger. We do not target underage users with advertising for any programs or activities. If we discover or are notified that we have collected any Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will remove that information from our records as soon as is reasonably possible.

Options for EEA and UK users

Those in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK) have options in relation to the information that we have about you, described below. To exercise these options, please contact us by email. If you’re an EEA or UK user, you can:

  • Access the information we hold about you. We’ll share this with you within 30 days of you asking us for it.

  • Have your information corrected or deleted. We will remove or anonymize any information that we have stored that is personally identifiable to you, unless we are required by law to keep it.

  • Ask us to stop using your information, including when we use your information to send you promotional emails. You may unsubscribe from our group Mailchimp emails anytime, however you may continue to receive personal emails from FarmKind staff members if you have provided us with your email address in other ways, such as when making a donation. To completely remove your email address from our records, please contact us by email.

  • Have the information you provided to us sent to another organization, where we hold this information with your consent or for the performance of a contract with you, where it is technically feasible.

  • Complain to a relevant regulator.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

FarmKind has the discretion to update this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will make those changes clear on this page. We encourage you to check this page for any changes, in order to stay informed about how we are helping to protect your Personal Information. By using this Website and/or contacting us, you acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications to our collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information through our Website.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site or contacting us, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use our Site or contact us. Your continued use of this Site and/or correspondence with us following the posting of changes to this Policy will be deemed as your acceptance of those changes. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies or practices of any of our recommended charities, third-party websites, or third-party apps.

By using the Site or by contacting us, you acknowledge that FarmKind will process and store your information in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Please be aware that the privacy laws and standards in certain countries, including the rights of authorities to access your Personal Information, may differ from those that apply in the country in which you reside.

TERMS OF USE

This Website (“Website” or “Site”) is owned and operated by FarmKind (“FarmKind”, “we”, or “us”). By using this Site, you signify your consent to these Terms of Use (“Terms”) and you agree to ensure that any person in your company or firm to whom you grant access to this site will abide by these Terms. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms at any time and shall inform you of any such material changes by posting notice on the site. Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes to these Terms will mean you accept these changes.

Donating through FarmKind

Donations initiated on the Site are processed and fulfilled by Every.org. These donations are subject to Every.org’s terms and conditions which can be viewed on its website.

FarmKind will make reasonable efforts to ensure that donations that are initiated on the Site are received by the intended recipient. However, FarmKind does not provide any warranty or guarantee regarding the actions of Every.org or any other organization responsible for fulfilling the donation (for example banks, credit card companies or payment system providers).

Donations initiated on the Site may result in an additional donation made on the donor’s behalf from the FarmKind ‘bonus fund’. These additional funds are held by Every.org and distributed at the discretion of Every.org. FarmKind will make reasonable efforts to ensure that these funds are distributed to the intended recipients. However, nothing on the Site should be taken as a guarantee or warranty that the funds will be distributed, as this remains at the discretion of Every.org.

Privacy

FarmKind respects the privacy of our users. FarmKind’s Privacy Policy is expressly incorporated herein by reference and made a part of these Terms.

Links to third-party sites

The site may contain links to third-party websites (“Third-Party Sites”). You understand that FarmKind has no control over Third-Party Sites, does not endorse, has not reviewed and is not responsible for the content or availability of Third-Party Sites. You acknowledge that use of Third-Party Sites is at your own risk.

Intellectual property

The content on the Site, including without limitation, the text, graphics, photos, videos, interactive features and the like and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Content”), are owned by or licensed to FarmKind, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. As a user of the Site you are granted a nonexclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to access and use the Site and Content in accordance with these Terms. FarmKind may terminate this license at any time for any reason. Content on the Site is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever, except as permitted by these Terms, without the prior written consent of FarmKind. FarmKind reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Site and the Content. If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the site or the Content therein.

User conduct

You shall not attempt or engage in potentially harmful acts that are directed against the Site including, without limitation, the following: (a) using the Site in contravention of any other agreement to which you are a party, including without limitation any employment agreement to which you may be a party; (b) impersonating any other person or misrepresenting your identity or affiliation with any person or entity; (c) using manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots or other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any pages contained in the Site; (d) introducing viruses, worms, software, Trojan horses or other similar harmful code into the Site; (e) interfering or attempting to interfere with the use of the Site by any other user, host or network, including without limitation by means of submitting a virus, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” “pinging” or “crashing” the site; (f) causing, allowing or assisting machines, bots or automated services to access or use the Site or without the express written permission of FarmKind; (g) misusing, tricking, disrupting or otherwise interfering with the functioning of the Site; (h) harvesting or collecting email addresses or other contact information of other users or clients from the Site by electronic or other means; (i) reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, deciphering or otherwise attempting to derive the source code for any underlying intellectual property used to provide the Site, and (j) engaging in “framing,” “mirroring” or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Site.

Disclaimer of  Warranty

The site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or otherwise. Without limitation, FarmKind disclaims any and all warranties regarding the security, reliability, timeliness and performance of the site. FarmKind makes no warranty, express or implied, that your use of the site will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of certain warranties, so portions of the above disclaimer may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, FarmKind will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of or inability to use the site. You expressly agree that your use of the site is solely at your own risk. Under no circumstances shall FarmKind be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, income or business opportunities, regardless of the nature of the claim or the form of action, arising out of or connected with the site (including but not limited to its operation, its contents, or the content, information or materials contained therein, or the use or inability to use any other site linked to the site, or any content contained in any such site, or these terms, or the privacy policy applicable to the site) even if FarmKind, its suppliers or licensors have been notified of the possibility of any damages.

Termination

You acknowledge and agree that FarmKind, in its sole and absolute discretion, may, without notice to you, suspend or terminate your use of, or access to, the Site for any reason including when FarmKind believes that you have violated any of these Terms. You further agree that FarmKind shall not be liable to you or to any other person as a result of any such suspension or termination. If you are dissatisfied with the Site or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of FarmKind, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

Copyright notices

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;

  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;

  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail;

  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and

  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notification should be sent to: Copyright Agent at thom@farmkind.giving. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section 75(D), your DMCA notice may not be valid