Introduction
FarmAssist is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who
use the FarmAssist.com web site. This Privacy Statement describes FarmAssist's
current policies and practices with regard to personal information collected by
FarmAssist through this Site.
About FarmAssist.com
FarmAssist.com (this "Site") is owned and operated by Syngenta Crop Protection,
Inc. ("Syngenta CP" or "FarmAssist"). Syngenta CP is a United States subsidiary
of Syngenta Corporation.
Definitions
The terms "you" and "your" refer to you, individually. The term "personal
information" means information about an identifiable individual, such as, the
name, age, e-mail address or mailing address of the individual.
Notification of Changes to This Privacy Statement
FarmAssist is continually improving and adding new functionality and features
to this Site and improving and adding to its existing services and programs.
Because these ongoing improvements, changes in the law and changes in
technology may require changes to this Privacy Statement, FarmAssist reserves
the right to update or modify this Privacy Statement at any time without prior
notice. FarmAssist will do so by posting an updated or modified version of this
Privacy Statement on this Site. Your use of this Site following any such change
constitutes your agreement that personal information collected from or about
you through this Site after the revised Privacy Statement is posted will be
subject to the terms of the revised Privacy Statement. For this reason, we
encourage you to review this Privacy Statement regularly.
For your convenience, whenever this Privacy Statement is changed, we will alert
you by posting a notice on this site for thirty days. If you have not
visited the Site within thirty days, be sure you review this Privacy Statement
to see if it has been revised since your last visit.
You may access the current version of this Privacy Statement by clicking on the
button marked "Privacy Statement" at the bottom of each page of this Site.
This Privacy Statement was last revised on April 9, 2001.
Your Consent
This Privacy Statement is included in and part of the User Agreement. By
agreeing to the terms of the FarmAssist User Agreement (on your own behalf or
as an agent for your company) and using this Site, you are consenting to the
collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in
this Privacy Statement. Your continued use of this Site constitutes your
continuing consent to the terms of this Privacy Statement, as from time to time
amended.
What Personal Information Is Collected Through FarmAssist.com?
FarmAssist collects the personal information you supply when you use this Site,
for example, the information you provide when you register to use this Site,
when you download software, or when you personalize this Site to meet your
specific needs. This information includes, for example, your name, the name of
your company, your or your company's mailing address, your e-mail address, and
information about your interests.
Click-Stream Data
FarmAssist uses technology to track your use of this Site, for example, which
pages you view and which links you use. If you use a link on this Site to
access information provided to us by third parties, this technology tells us
how you use these resources. This information about your use of this Site and
the resources available through this Site is called "click-stream data."
Click-stream data helps us determine what is important to you, and what is not.
It helps us decide what content and features to add and what to discard. It
also helps us determine whether our Site is easy to use or whether we need to
redesign certain pages and links. Click-stream data does not identify you
personally, but it can be linked to your user name and password. If FarmAssist
links any click-stream data to your personal name we will treat it as personal
information.
Other Information Collected By FarmAssist
When you access FarmAssist.com, we collect the following information and other
information of a similar nature: the name of your Internet service provider,
its IP address, and the name of its server; your operating system (Windows,
Macintosh, Unix, and so on); and your browser type (Netscape, Internet
Explorer, and so on). This information does not identify you personally or your
company and is not linked to your username or password. FarmAssist uses this
information to improve our Site and make it more compatible with the technology
used by our visitors.
FarmAssist.com shares some web site traffic information about web site visitors
who have clicked on an online banner with a reputable third-party advertising
company for the purpose of targeting future campaigns and upgrading visitor
information used in reporting statistics. For this purpose, we and our
third-party advertising company note some of the pages you visit on our web
site through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gifs). The information
collected by our third-party advertising company through the use of these pixel
tags is not personally identifiable. For more information about our third-party
advertising company or to opt out of the targeting program, please click
here.
How Does FarmAssist Use Your Personal Information?
FarmAssist uses the personal information you supply to provide the information,
services and products you request and to personalize this Site to meet your
specific needs. For example, we use address information to provide local
weather information to you. We use information about your business to provide
news articles that will be of interest to you. We use your e-mail address to
respond to your comments and questions. We use name, contact, and other
information to identify you personally and determine your legal capacity and
authority to enter into binding contracts, such as the User Agreement or a
software license.
FarmAssist also uses the personal information collected through this Site to
improve the content and functionality of this Site, to better understand our
customers and markets, to improve our products and services and to market our
products and services to our customers and potential customers, including those
who are registered users of this Site. From time to time, we may contact you
with offers and information about agricultural products and services we believe
will be of interest to you. If you do not want us to contact you for such
purposes, please notify us.
Disclosure of Personal Information
FarmAssist shares personal information collected through this Site with its
affiliates, who may use the information in the same ways as FarmAssist may use
the information. For example, although FarmAssist.com is owned by a United
States subsidiary of Syngenta Corporation, many of our users live in Canada.
We, therefore, share personal information about our Canadian users with
Syngenta's Canadian subsidiaries, who use the information in accordance with
this Privacy Statement. If you do not want Syngenta to share your personal
information with its affiliates, please
notify us.
Both FarmAssist and its affiliates share personal information collected through
this Site with third-party vendors who act for or on behalf of FarmAssist
and/or its affiliates, for example, companies that provide support services to
us or that help us market our products and services. These companies may need
information about you in order to perform their functions. These companies are
not authorized to use the information we share with them for any other purpose.
In addition, there may be some other, limited circumstances in which FarmAssist
or its affiliates may share or transfer the information in their databases to
an unrelated third party, for example, to comply with a legal requirement, for
the administration of justice, to protect your or your company's vital
interests, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization,
dissolution or similar event.
Where appropriate, before disclosing personal information to a third party,
FarmAssist will contractually require the third party to take adequate
precautions to protect that data against unauthorized use or disclosure.
Data Integrity and Security
FarmAssist.com strives to maintain the reliability, accuracy, completeness and
currency of personal information in our databases and to protect the security
of our databases. We keep your personal information only for as long as
reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply
with any applicable legal or ethical reporting or document retention
requirements. Our servers and our databases are protected by industry standard
security technology, such as industry standard firewalls and password
protection. The employees who have access to personal information have been
trained to handle such data properly and in accordance with our security
protocols. Although we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorized
disclosure, alteration or destruction of data, we try to prevent such
unfortunate occurrences.
Data Access and Corrections
If you wish to access or correct personal information collected through this
Site, please write our data protection officer at Syngenta Crop Protection 410
S Swing Road, Greensboro, NC 27409. Please provide enough information to permit
us to identify your personal information. We will respond to your requests in a
prompt and proper manner. If we can accommodate your request without incurring
significant expense, we will attempt to do so. FarmAssist does not charge for
complying with a correction request; however, for all other requests,
FarmAssist may charge a small fee to cover its costs. Requests to correct or
delete personal data are subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting
or document retention obligations imposed on FarmAssist.
Children
FarmAssist does not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age
of eighteen. If you are under eighteen, please do not give us any personal
data. If you have reason to believe that a child has provided personal data to
FarmAssist, please contact us,
and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
Link to Other Sites
This Privacy Statement applies only to FarmAssist.com. Syngenta Corporation and
its affiliates operate many different types of web sites for different purposes
and in different countries where different laws may apply. If you visit another
Syngenta Corporation web site, please take a moment to review the privacy
statement posted on that site to learn what personal information may be
collected through that site and how it is processed.
FarmAssist.com contains hyperlinks to web sites that are not operated by
FarmAssist.com or one of its affiliates. These hyperlinks are provided for your
reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the
activities of these third-party web sites or any association with their
operators. FarmAssist.com does not control these web sites and is not
responsible for their data practices. We urge you to review the privacy policy
posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any personal
information about yourself.
Transfer of Data Abroad
Syngenta Corporation is a global enterprise. Syngenta Corporation and its
affiliates have facilities and databases in different countries. Syngenta
Corporation and its affiliates may, from time to time, transfer your personal
data to a database belonging to Syngenta Corporation, an affiliate or a
third-party in another country. Where appropriate, before disclosing personal
information to a third party, Syngenta contractually requires the third party
to take adequate precautions to protect that data.
Of course, the Internet is made up of a large number of international
connections. If you are visiting this web site from a country other than the
country in which our server is located (currently, the United States of
America), the various communications will necessarily result in the
transmission of information across international boundaries.
Governing Law
This privacy policy forms part of the FarmAssist.com User Agreement and as such
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
Questions About Our Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or concerns about the
way FarmAssist.com processes your personal information, please write our data
protection officer at:
Syngenta Crop Protection
410 S Swing Road
Greensboro, NC 27409