California AGRICULture education Privacy Policy
The California Association, FFA (the "Association") and the California FFA Foundation (the "Foundation"), collectively referred to as “FFA”, are committed to respecting the privacy of FFA members and stakeholders. Our privacy policy governs the collection and use of personal information, whether gathered by our staff, from program participants, from website visitors or through correspondence, and it reflects our approach to gathering and disseminating data. Our policy is to only use data collected for purposes that are integral to furthering the mission of FFA and agricultural education.
Information Collection and Use
Personal information is collected via a number of websites that are either operated by FFA or by authorized vendors. Personal information collected is utilized for the purpose of transacting business such as conference registration, affiliation, membership services, and conduct of programs offered by FFA such as awards and degrees. Personal information is not shared with third-party entities unaffiliated with the FFA without an individual’s express consent.
Mailing Lists and Electronic Newsletters
Recipients of e-mails and alerts have the option to unsubscribe from any mailing list. This may be done by clicking the “Unsubscribe” button at the bottom of emails or by emailing inbox@californiaffa.org. Those who choose to unsubscribe will not receive further mailings from the Organization or the Foundation.
Privacy of Children
FFA provides additional privacy protections when children visit the website. We do not knowingly collect, maintain or store personal information from or about children under the age of 13 without a parent's and/or legal guardian’s consent, except in limited circumstances authorized by law and described in this notice.
Information collected from children consists of membership roster data including name, home address, age, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, birthdate, gender, ethnicity, race, residence type, high school graduation year, grade level and t-shirt size. This information, which may be shared with national associations and local chapters, is used to help students complete applications for awards and recognition, create participation portfolios, deliver the FFA magazine to students’ home addresses and notify students and their parents and/or guardians of opportunities supportive of the educational mission and objectives of FFA. We do not require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the foregoing activities. We do not disclose information collected from children to unaffiliated third parties.
Parents and legal guardians may review personal information we have collected about their child, request deletion or refuse to allow further collection or use of the information. To do so, please email inbox@californiaffa.org or call 209-744-1600.
Cookies
We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Disclaimer
All information presented on FFA websites is presented in good faith and is believed to be correct. However, FFA makes no representations or warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this information.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.
