About Your Privacy
The Organic Valley Web site adheres to a strict policy for ensuring the privacy of your—and your childrens'—personally identifiable information (such as name, address, e-mail, telephone number, and/or other identifiable information) and preserving the integrity of this online medium. See our CHILDREN'S PRIVACY POLICY below.
Gathering and Use of Information
We will not collect personally identifiable information from you, other than that which you provide us on a voluntary basis.
We will NEVER sell or exchange your personal information to any other party or organization, without your explicit permission.
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering for services, such as newsletter subscriptions and coupon delivery. We may send you occasional promotional messages about Organic Valley products and services. You may revoke your consent at any time to stop your information from being used for marketing and promotional purposes by sending an e-mail to customer service, or you can simply opt not to register for special services, surveys and contests.
Organic Valley will limit internal access to your information to employees responsible for conducting business with our consumers.
Web surfers should be aware that by voluntarily disclosing personal information on Organic Valley—or any other site's—bulletin boards, those details can easily be collected and employed by third parties. Children should get their parents' permission before sending out any personal information, or making any purchases over the Internet (see Children's Privacy Policy below)
This policy applies only to sites under the following domains: organicvalley.com, organicvalley.coop, moomom.com, oviesdigs.com, cowsunite.com. We do not control the privacy policies of Organic Valley's partner sites, or any other sites we may link to.
Tracking and Use of Cookies
Our goal is to provide you with the information you want and need. To do that, we may gather some general information about those who access our sites. We may place a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer, which will enable us to determine the your operating system, browser type and version, Internet Service Provider, top-level domain such as .com, .edu, etc. and other such general information.
You have the ability to configure your browser to refuse acceptance of cookies, which are pieces of information that sites transfer to a user's hard drive for record-keeping purposes during each visit. Cookies, which do not contain any personally identifying information, are a standard industry technology. Cookies help readers by saving such information as passwords and editorial preferences on user hard drives. A cookie cannot pass on a computer virus, or capture e-mail addresses.
Childrens' Privacy Policy
With safety and quality as hallmarks of the Organic Valley brand, our handling of our Web site is no exception. We care about the online privacy and safety of all visitors to this site. If you are under 18 years old, please read this privacy policy with your parents and ask questions about anything you don't understand before submitting any information. If you are under 13 years old, you need to have your parents submit their contact information.
To ensure that this site stays safe and fun, we make the following promises:
To join Farm Friends and receive Rootstock, our e-newsletter, we require you to provide us with your e-mail address and zip code, only.
To receive our information kits or additional e-newsletters and updates, such as James' Journal or Down Nature's Trail, we require you to join Farm Friends and provide us with your full name and mailing address, in addition to your e-mail address and zip code. This information will not be used for any purpose other than delivering the material you have requested.
If you submit stories, artwork, or any other information to be posted on our site, your submission will be identified only by first name, city, and state.
If you ask Organic Valley to send an electronic postcard or tell-a-friend e-mail message, we will ask for your name and e-mail address as well as the name and e-mail address of the person who will receive the card or message. We will only use the names and addresses to deliver the postcard or message, and the information will be deleted when the postcard or message is sent.
As you explore our Web site, it is possible that several cookies will be placed in your computer (see information about cookies above). No personal information is ever stored in an Organic Valley cookie, even if you have entered your name or e-mail address on other parts of our Web site.
Parents may review and modify their child's personal information by using the e-mail that was provided, requesting a password reminder, and selecting "update profile" in the Farm Friends section of the site. Our communications to the child's e-mail address can be terminated by selecting "unsubscribe" on the footer of our e-newsletters or by contacting our Web Master with the child's e-mail address and asking to have it removed from our mailing list (see contact information below).
Acceptance of Privacy Terms and Conditions
Your family's use of this site is conditioned on your having accepted these terms. You should check back to this policy frequently, since it is subject to change and your continued use of the site is conditioned on your acceptance of any modifications.
We want this site to serve as a source of education and activities for people all ages. If you have comments or questions, we want to hear them.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, send us an e-mail at webmaster@organicvalley.coop. You may also contact us at Web Master, Organic Valley Family of Farms, One Organic Way, Lafarge, WI 54639. All communication about the information collected should be directed to the webmaster at Organic Valley.
