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Privacy Policy


At the Farmer's Exchange Online Edition ("We"), your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information gathering practices.

The Information We Collect

We do not require cookies to use our site. However, in order to facilitate the placing of classified ads online, we do require users to provide name, address, e-mail address, and phone number to place their online classified ad. This is the only personally identifiable information we collect about our users.

We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Brightnet, etc.).

How We Use the Information We Collect

The information we collect is required for billing and collection purposes. We do not share your personal information with any other third parties without your express consent or without modifying this privacy policy. Simply stated, we do not sell your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number to other parties.

Additionally, we will not use the information collected to send you information on behalf of The Farmer's Exchange Online Edition or the print version, without your express consent or without modifying this privacy policy.

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.

We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information we collect will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this privacy policy.

Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors

Our site contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy policies as we have no control over information submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

Our Commitment to Security

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our online policy for this site or its implementation please feel free to contact us.