Welcome to the California Raw Milk Association (“CREMA”) website. We are an at-large chapter of the Weston A. Price foundation, dedicated to providing up-to-date and relevant information about raw (unpasteurized) milk and dairy products, their health benefits and the issues we face as proponents.
BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT GOVERN ITS USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE EXIT THIS WEBSITE.
The information published on our website at www.californiarawmilk.org and/or via our newsletters (collectively the “Site”) is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the advice provided by your doctor or other health care professionals. You should not rely upon or follow the programs or techniques or use any of the products and services made available by or through the use of this website for decision making without obtaining the advice of a physician or other health care professional. The nutritional and other information on this website are not intended to be and do not constitute health care or medical advice.
CREMA is committed to maintaining your privacy and your trust. This privacy statement (“Privacy Policy”) applies to all users of the Site and covers our website provided at: www.californiarawmilk.org. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the CREMA Terms of Use. Each time that you use the Site, you signify that you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, we ask you to please discontinue your use of the Site.
References to “we”, “us”, and “our” herein refer to the California Raw Milk Association (“CREMA”).
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, to people whom we do not employ or manage, or to third party websites.
I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
In general, when you visit the Site and access information any personally identifiable information about yourself remains anonymous. We do not require you to register or provide personal information to us in order to view the Site. There are occasions when we may ask for some limited personal information. We do this only to provide services that you have requested. For example, personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, will be collected in order for you to receive our online newsletters or when you make a donation.
All personally identifiable information that we collect may become part of your user file and may be used by us as provided in this Privacy Policy, as disclosed at the time you provide the information, or as otherwise agreed by you.
Web Logs
Like most websites, we may collect information from all visitors to the Site. This information may include, but is not limited to, the browser you are using, the internet address from which you linked to the Site, the operating system of your computer, the unique IP address of the computer you used to access the Site, your internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and usage and browsing habits such as number of clicks. We may use this information to help diagnose and troubleshoot server malfunctions, to administer the Site, to analyze trends, track user movement in the aggregate, gather broad demographic information, provide a better user experience, or for other analytical purposes.
II. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We will not sell or distribute your personally identifiable information to third party companies or marketing organizations without your consent.
You agree that, as described in this Privacy Policy, however, we may share your personal information under certain circumstances, including:
III. COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
The CREMA Site may use "cookies" for various reasons. We may use cookies to store some history about the parts of our Site that you have visited to help you navigate our site more easily. These cookies are small data files stored on your computer which identify you as a previous visitor to the Site. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. You can instruct your browser not to accept cookies. However, if you disable this function, you may not be able to use some of the features on the Site.
Our Site and our online newsletters may contain "web beacons." Web beacons allow us to count users that have visited a web page or opened an email that contains a web beacon and collect other types of aggregate information. Using this information, we are able to evaluate how visitors use our Site. This allows us to learn what pages are most attractive to our visitors and which parts of the Site are the most interesting.
IV. SECURITY
We utilize software and hardware security in effort to ensure that any personal identifiable information you provide to us remains secure. In the event there is unauthorized access to any personally identifiable information you have provided to us, you acknowledge that CREMA is not liable for any harm or damage that may result from this unauthorized access, and your use of the Site confirms that you assume this risk.
V. GENERAL
Changes
We may modify or revise this Privacy Policy at any time by posting notice of the changes at http://www.californiarawmilk.org/site/index.php/privacy_policy/. If you are a newsletter subscriber, we additionally will notify you via the email address you have provided to us, so you must ensure that our email is not filtered from your Inbox by your ISP or email software. You agree that your use of the Site after the date on which this Policy changed will be an indication of your acceptance of the update, and that you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. You can always review the most current version of the Privacy Policy at: http://www.californiarawmilk.org/site/index.php/privacy_policy/.
Sharing our Newsletters With a Friend
We may provide an option on the Site allowing you to forward our newsletter to a friend. Using the contact information you provide, we will send your friend a one-time email that includes the newsletter. We store this contact information for the sole purpose of sending the one-time email and to track the amount of forward requests received. Your friend may contact us at: crema@comcast.net to request that we remove this information from our database.
Links to Other Sites
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by this Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third party sites linked to or referenced on our Site.
The Site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that CREMA is not responsible for the privacy practices or any other business practices of any other site. Any data or information that you supply to these third parties is beyond our reach and will be the responsibility of each of the linked-to entities and not CREMA.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
A Note About International Users
The Site is hosted in the United States. If you are using the Site from outside the United States, by providing information to this Site, you are consenting to the transfer of your information to the United States for processing and maintaining in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. You are also consenting to the application of California law in all matters concerning this Site, as further described in our Terms of Use.
Questions
This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we collect about you, why we collect it, how we use it, and when we share it. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please email us at: crema@comcast.net