Illinois Ag Connection is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Illinois Ag Connection site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Illinois Ag Connection site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Illinois Ag Connection collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Illinois Ag Connection also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Illinois Ag Connection. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Illinois Ag Connection for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Illinois Ag Connection site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Illinois Ag Connection public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Illinois Ag Connection does not read any of your private online communications.

Illinois Ag Connection encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Illinois Ag Connection so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Illinois Ag Connection is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Illinois Ag Connection and Illinois Ag Connection family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Illinois Ag Connection collects and uses your personal information to operate the Illinois Ag Connection Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Illinois Ag Connection also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Illinois Ag Connection and its affiliates. Illinois Ag Connection may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Illinois Ag Connection does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Illinois Ag Connection may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Illinois Ag Connection may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Illinois Ag Connection, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Illinois Ag Connection does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Illinois Ag Connection keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Illinois Ag Connection, in order to determine what Illinois Ag Connection services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Illinois Ag Connection to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Illinois Ag Connection Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Illinois Ag Connection or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Illinois Ag Connection; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Illinois Ag Connection, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Illinois Ag Connection Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Illinois Ag Connection pages, or register with Illinois Ag Connection site or services, a cookie helps Illinois Ag Connection to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Illinois Ag Connection Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Illinois Ag Connection features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Illinois Ag Connection services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Illinois Ag Connection secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Illinois Ag Connection secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Illinois Ag Connection will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Illinois Ag Connection encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Illinois Ag Connection is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Illinois Ag Connection welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Illinois Ag Connection has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Illinois Ag Connection at ashleigh.benedict@farms.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.