Privacy Policy

Shalom Farms Inc. (“Shalom Farms”, “we” or “us”) respects your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.shalomfarms.org (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect on the Site, how we use the information, with whom we share the information and the choices available to you regarding our use of the information. We also describe measures we take to protect the security of the personal information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.

The types of information we collect about you may include:

• your name and contact information, such as your email address and mailing address;
• payment information relating to ticket sales or donations;
• other information you choose to submit through the Site.

The Site also passively collects some anonymous “non-personally identifiable” information about visitors automatically when pages on our website are requested through a browser. This information is used for statistical purposes and to help us monitor how guests navigate our site, allowing us to tailor our services for the majority of visitors. Non-personally identifiable information may refer to information about our visitors’ browsers, operating systems, Internet Service Providers or other similar information.

The Site collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses as a component of the non-personally identifiable information. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by a web server when you’re on the Internet. This information is used to collect data such as determining how many users visited a specific area of our site, but personally identifiable information is not included. Such information could, if necessary, be used to identify a user in order to comply with safety and/or security issues or with legal requirements.

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 on the Site. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of 13 on the Site, we will delete the information from our records.

When you use the Site, we may collect certain information by automated means using technology such as cookies, web beacons and web server logs. The information we collect in this manner may include your unique device identifier, web browser characteristics, device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, internet service providers, referring URLs, clickstream data, and dates and times of website visits.

Google Analytics
Shalom Farms uses Google Analytics to collect information about how you use our website. Google Analytics’ privacy policy explains how this information is collected and used by Google. We use Google Analytics to improve our website user experience and for reporting to sponsors about the volume of web traffic.  You can prevent Google from collecting this information by disabling cookies in your browser settings.  You may also wish to review Google Analytics’ Terms of Service.  You can prevent Google from collecting this information by disabling cookies in your browser settings.

Cookies
Cookies are files that websites send to your computer to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in the browser. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of the website.

We may use the information we obtain about you to:

• communicate with you and respond to your inquiries, including sending you information about the
• organization and our services, programs and events;
• provide services that you request;
• customize your experience with the Site;
• understand how we can help you or provide access to our services, programs and events;
• increase and maintain the safety and security and prevent misuse of the Site;
• operate, maintain, evaluate and improve the Site and our products, services, programs and events (including analyzing and improving the Site and our programs, managing our communications;
• performing data analytics; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions);

Sharing Information
We may share your information we collected on the Site at your request. We also may share your information with service providers who perform services on our behalf based on our instructions. We do not permit these service providers to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. In addition, we may disclose information about you (1) if we are required to do so by law or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena); (2) in response to requests by government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities; (3) to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, including to enforce compliance with our internal policies or the Terms of Use; (4) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical or other harm or financial loss; (5) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (6) otherwise with your consent.

Information Protection
Any personal information provided to us is maintained and accessible only by us unless we expressly state otherwise. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or use.

Third Party Privacy Practices
This Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites or online services that are accessible through the Site. The Site may provide links to other websites and online services for your convenience and information, and may include third-party features such as apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins. These third-party sites and services may operate independently from us. The privacy practices of the relevant third parties, including details on the information they may collect about you, is subject to the privacy policies of these parties, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent any linked online websites, services or third-party features are not owned or operated by Shalom Farms, we are not responsible for these third parties’ information practices.

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our personal information practices. Changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. For significant changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on the Site indicating at the top of the Privacy Policy when it was most recently updated.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@shalomfarms.org.

You may also write to us at:
Shalom Farms
1010 W. Laburnum Avenue,
Richmond, VA 23227