Privacy Notice

Thank you for visiting the Agrilinks.org website. Your privacy and security are very important to us. Please be aware that Agrilinks.org does not collect personal information when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information. We will not share or sell your personal information. However, we do collect some technical information about your visit to Agrilinks.org.

We would like to make you aware of a law that provides to you with certain rights concerning your personal information. This is described in the Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended by 5 U.S.C. 552a) governing Federal Records. This law concerns any information held in a Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) that can be retrieved by a personal identifier such as name, social security number, or other identifying number or symbol. An individual is entitled to access his or her records and to request correction of these records if applicable. The Privacy Act prohibits disclosure of these records without the written consent of the individual(s) to whom the records pertain unless one of the twelve disclosure exceptions enumerated in the Act applies. The actual Act can be found at this link: http://www.justice.gov/opcl/privstat.htm.

This is how we handle information about your visit to our website:
 

Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you visit Agrilinks.org, we may store some or all of the following:

• The IP address from which you accessed our site
• The date and time
• The URL of the website from which you linked to our site
• The name of the file or words you searched for
• The pages you visited on our site
• The items clicked on a page
• The browser and operating system used

We do not collect or track any personal information through these processes. We use this information, in the aggregate, to make our website more useful to visitors— to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology used, to detect operational problems, and to improve the website's overall security.

Information You Provide to Agrilinks.org
You do not have to provide any personal information to view this website.
 
You may choose to provide your contact information to Agrilinks.org in order to participate in our online community.

Agrilinks.org will only use your personal information for the purpose for which it was provided, such as to comment on a blog, participate in an online discussion or post a resource.

In certain instances, such as blog comments or discussion groups, the information you provide may be visible to the public. Please do not share any personal information that you do not want made available to the public. Agrilinks.org is not responsible for how other participants may use your information.

When you voluntarily submit information, it constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the purpose stated. When you click the “Submit” button on any of the forms found on our websites, you are indicating your voluntary consent to the use of the information you submit, for the stated purpose.

Security Notice
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government-funded computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act (Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030).

If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.

Cookies
When you visit some websites, their web servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Cookies are commonly used to recognize your computer in the future.

USAID.gov uses single-session cookies to serve technical purposes, like providing seamless navigation through our site. These cookies do not permanently record data, and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. Agrilinks.org's session cookies are only available during an active browser session. When you close your browser, the session cookies disappear.

Agrilinks.org also uses multi-session cookies to help us understand how people use the site and how we can make it better. Traffic statistics are collected anonymously and aggregated, and no information is traceable to any specific individual. Agrilinks.org does not collect personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers, date or place of birth.

Cookies-Tier 1 (single session) and Tier 2 (multi-session without PII)are used on Agrilinks.org in compliance with OMB Memorandum 10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies (PDF). Agrilinks.org does not use Tier 3 (multi-session with PII) cookies.
 
Cookies may also be set by the following third-party providers on Agrilinks.org:

• Google Analytics: A tier 2 cookie sets when the page is loaded - used to improve web metrics capabilities.
• YouTube: A tier 2 cookie sets when the video is played - used to maintain the integrity of video statistics
• MailChimp:  A tier 2 cookie sets when a subscription form is loaded, submitted, or closed.

Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. You can remove or block cookies by changing the settings of your browser. For opt-out instructions relating to cookies, please visit http://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml.

General Disclaimer & Copyright Notice
Information presented on this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied freely unless identified as being subject to copyright protection. In return, we request only that Agrilinks.org be cited as the source of any information, photos, and images copied from this site and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author.

We strongly recommend that Agrilinks.org data be acquired directly from this website and not through other sources that may change the information in some way or exclude material crucial to the understanding of that information. While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, some information may change between site updates.

Disclaimer of Liability
Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information. However, with the thousands of documents available, often uploaded within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the contents of this website and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this website.

With respect to the content of this site, neither the United States Government, funder of this site, nor Bixal — holder of the Feed the Future Knowledge, Data, Learning, and Training (KDLT) contract responsible for supporting Agrilinks.org, their employees and contractors — make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutorily, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title and the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to content available from this Agrilinks.org website or other internet resources linked to or from it.

Additionally, neither the U.S. Government nor Bixal assume any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, product or process disclosed herein, nor freedom from computer virus; and do not represent that use of such information, product or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

Disclaimer of Endorsement
The information posted on Agrilinks.org includes content and links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. This site provides these solely for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving Agrilinks.org and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website. The managers of this site:

• Do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked website;
• Do not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites and do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer;
• Cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website;
• Are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites;
• Do not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act. 

We strongly recommend that you review the policies of any outside websites you visit from this site since you will be subject to the privacy and security policies of those other sites, once you leave Agrilinks.org.

Social Media
Agrilinks.org maintains blogs and profiles on several third-party social media sites. We are present on these sites in order to better share Agrilinks.org content with a global audience.

While we encourage commenting and conversation on our social media profiles, please remember that they are a public forum and any information provided will be visible to the public. Please do not include personal details such as your telephone number, email address, or any other personal information that you do not want available to the general public.

While some personally identifiable information (PII) may become available to Agrilinks.org through your use of social media (i.e. we can see your name and picture if you post a comment), we will not be collecting, sharing or storing that information).
 
Our presence on social media sites is not intended to endorse, recommend or favor any third-party company or service provider.
 
Twitter Notice
Agrilinks.org's Twitter feed provides information for the public. Because Twitter is not owned and operated by Bixal, we cannot control what personal information is being collected or how it is being used by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter's Privacy Notice for what information they are collecting about you and how it is being used.

Facebook Notice
Agrilinks.org's Facebook feed provides information for the public. Facebook is not owned or operated by Bixal, so we cannot control what personal information is collected or how it is used by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s Data Policy for what information they are collecting about you and how it is being used.

Mailchimp Notice
Agrilinks.org uses Mailchimp as its newsletter provider. Visitors to Agrilinks.org will only receive the Agrilinks newsletter if they sign up to receive it. Please refer to Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy for what information Mailchimp collects on newsletter subscribers.

Embedded Third-Party Content
Agrilinks.org makes use of third-party embeddable content and applications (widgets). When content is embedded from a third-party provider, we will clearly label the source of the content. Embedded videos may set a cookie when they are played. For more information please see our cookie policy.

Site Management
The KDLT Project, funded by USAID and managed by Bixal, manages the overall content, design, and organization of this website and coordinates the release of Agrilinks.org information on the Internet.

For More Information
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact Bixal at [email protected].