Privacy Policy for North Carolina Specialty Foods Association
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email to webmaster@ncspecialtyfoods.org.
At the North Carolina Specialty Foods Association (NCSFA) we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded at https://ncspecialtyfoods.org and how we use it.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, https://ncspecialtyfoods.org makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies and Web Beacons
https://ncspecialtyfoods.org uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
→ Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on https://ncspecialtyfoods.org.
→ Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to https://ncspecialtyfoods.org and other sites on the Internet.
→ Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google, to collect information about how visitors use our website. This information includes:
- The pages you visit on our website
- The time you spend on each page
- The links you click on
- Your device type and operating system
- Your IP address
We use this information to track the performance of our website and to improve our content and services. We also use this information to create anonymous reports about website traffic trends.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device. Cookies help Google Analytics track your activity on our website.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your browsing activity on our website.
For more information about Google Analytics, please visit the Google Analytics website: https://analytics.google.com/
Third Party Privacy Policies
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. NCSFA’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Children’s Information
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. https://ncspecialtyfoods.org does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that https://ncspecialtyfoods.org has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.
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Update
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Saturday, December 30th, 2017.
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.