CFS Privacy Policy

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is committed to maintaining the confidence and trust of those who visit www.centerforfoodsafety.org and www.foodsafetynow.org. CFS is the sole owner of the information collected on this website, and will not sell or rent this information to third parties.

Links
CFS provides links to other websites, and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites. Visitors to these third party websites are encouraged to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by www.centerforfoodsafety.org and www.foodsafetynow.org.

Action Center
CFS collects personal information from visitors when they register to take action on an issue using our "Take Action" service, including first and last name, e-mail address, state, and zip code. The contact information provided will be used to alert visitors about issues, updates and opportunities. This information is not shared with, or sold to, other organizations for commercial purposes. However, your statement to decision makers, along with personal information you voluntarily provide, will be forwarded by e-mail to those addresses listed.

Please note: Comments submitted to government agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are considered to be public information. Personal contact information you provide will be placed in a public docket and may also be placed on the agency's website and made available through the Internet in accordance with the provisions of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act. All of the information supplied in the correspondence, including addresses, phone numbers, signatures, and other identifiers, will be placed in the docket.

Submissions to a docket are part of the administrative record that government agencies use to make a decision. All submissions are public and may be viewed in the Dockets Management Branch public reading room. If you have any questions about the FDA's handling of public comments, please direct them to the Docket's Management Branch by calling 301-827-6860. The EPA's Docket Center can be contacted at 202-566-1744.

Cookies
CFS does not employ "cookies" in order to gain information about people visiting our website.

Financial Transactions
To process a charitable contribution or product purchase, it is necessary for CFS to gather the visitor's name, email address, mailing address, and credit card information. This data is used to verify identity and execute the financial transaction. Additionally, email address information may be used to contact visitors if there is a problem with the transaction.

CFS uses Groundspring.org (www.groundspring.org) as a service provider for the purpose of conducting financial transactions. Groundspring.org uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt all data submitted to and from our site over the web. SSL renders donors' personal information, including credit card number, virtually unreadable to anyone who intercepts it. SSL is supported by all major browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. (To find out if your browser is connected to a secure transaction server, look for a solid gold key in the lower right-hand corner of a Netscape browser. For a Microsoft browser, look for a locked padlock.)

Changes to this policy
CFS reserves the right to modify or correct any error or omissions in any portion of these websites. If our privacy policy changes at some time in the future we will post the policy changes on our website to notify you of these changes. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check our website periodically.

Contact
To request that your information be removed from our database and that you not receive future communications, or to change and/or modify information previously provided, email office@centerforfoodsafety.org or write:

Center for Food Safety
660 Pennsylvania Ave, SE
Suite 302
Washington DC, 20003

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of these websites, or your dealings with these websites, you can contact CFS using our toll free number: 1-800-600-6664.

Thank you for taking action on these important food safety, animal welfare, and environmental issues. Your efforts make a difference!