Farmers Market Metrics Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

The Information We Collect:

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the farmersmarketmetrics.org website. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:

The Way We Use Information:

Information that you provide on this site is shared in the following manner:

  1. Vendor Level Data: This includes vendor registration information and annual survey responses. This information is viewable to the market managers, their Operating Organization, and any affiliated Networks.
  2. Market Level Data: This includes market registration and all data input in the “Metrics” section of the website. This information is viewable to the Operating Organization of that market and any affiliated Networks.
  3. Operating Organization Level Data: This includes Operating Organization registration data. This information is viewable to the Operating Organization and any affiliated Networks.
  4. The Farmers Market Coalition (FMC) has access to all data within farmersmarketmetrics.org. FMC will not share information that can be attributed to an individual farmers market or vendor without explicit permission from that user. Aggregate data on the town, county or state level may be shared, only if three or more records have been aggregated.

Our Commitment To Data Security:

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. All data transactions involving sensitive information are secured with Secure Sockets Layer technology.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information

You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain it by logging in to your account. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

Such steps may be to ask for underlying log-in and/or registration information, and at our discretion seek confirmation from the Network coordinator for further validation.

How To Contact Us

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 240-538-8056 or send us an email at metrics@farmersmarketcoalition.org