Privacy Policy

How we collect, use, and protect your information

Last updated:

The short version: We collect minimal data, we don’t sell it to anyone, and we use it only to make FarmersMarketsUSA work better for you. Read on for the full details.
Contents
  1. Information We Collect
  2. How We Use Your Information
  3. Cookies & Tracking
  4. Google Analytics
  5. Advertising (Google AdSense)
  6. Third-Party Services
  7. Location Data
  8. Email Communications
  9. Data Security
  10. Your Rights
  11. Children’s Privacy
  12. Changes to This Policy
  13. Contact Us

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly

When you submit a farmers market listing, event, or contact us, we collect the information you provide — such as your name, email address, and the details of the market or event you are submitting.

Information collected automatically

When you visit FarmersMarketsUSA, we automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our site, including:

This information is collected through cookies and Google Analytics (see sections below).

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

3. Cookies & Tracking

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies for the following purposes:

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some functionality of the site. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or delete them at any time.

4. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use FarmersMarketsUSA. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to ours. We use this information only to improve the site.

Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

5. Advertising (Google AdSense)

FarmersMarketsUSA displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings or by visiting aboutads.info.

We do not control the content of advertisements displayed by Google AdSense, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of advertisers. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. Please review Google’s Privacy Policy for more information.

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate the site:

Each of these services has its own privacy policy governing how they handle data. We encourage you to review their policies.

7. Location Data

FarmersMarketsUSA includes a “Find Markets Near Me” feature that uses your device’s GPS to show farmers markets close to your current location.

This feature only activates when you explicitly tap the location button and grant permission in your browser. We do not store your location data — it is used only in real time to center the map and is never transmitted to our servers or any third party.

You can revoke location permission at any time in your browser or device settings.

8. Email Communications

If you subscribe to our newsletter or email updates, we will use your email address to send you farmers market news, new listings in your area, and seasonal updates. We use AWeber to manage our email list.

You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email we send. We will never send you unsolicited commercial email, and we will never share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information we collect from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Our site is hosted on Netlify, which provides enterprise-grade security infrastructure including HTTPS encryption for all data in transit.

However, no internet transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. Please keep this in mind when submitting any information to us.

10. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in Section 13 below.

11. Children’s Privacy

FarmersMarketsUSA is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately and we will delete that information promptly.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of FarmersMarketsUSA after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

FarmersMarketsUSA

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Email: privacy@farmersmarketsusa.com

Website: www.farmersmarketsusa.com