This privacy policy explains how Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) collects and uses client and website visitor information, and how to contact us if you have any concerns or wish to exercise your rights as a visitor/user of this website. 

By visiting our website or using our services, you agree to the terms and conditions of our privacy policy. 

Last updated: February 1st, 2026

How CAFF Uses Your Information

CAFF uses your personal information for the following purposes:

• Providing access to technical assistance
• Providing you with services on our website
• Administering and providing grants 
• Processing your donations and memberships 
• Sending you information about our services 
• Providing customer service and handling inquiries
• Tracking website activity/usage to improve our services
• Reporting back to funding agencies about the progress of our work
• Reporting for academic research

Do We Sell Any Information To Outside Parties?

No. CAFF does not sell personal information to any third parties, and will not sell any personal information in the future.

Do We Share/Disclose Any Information To Outside Parties?

CAFF shares personal information when required by grant funders. If this is required, applicants will be notified up front as part of the application process. In other cases where we are able to, we anonymize reporting to our funding sources (such as government agencies, foundations, and nonprofit granting agencies). CAFF also hires third parties to provide administrative services, such as processing online payments and transactions, sending mailings, or managing databases, which requires CAFF to provide these parties with access to certain information.

Collection of Personal Information

CAFF may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
CAFF has collected the following types of information over the past 12 months from sources noted in the next section:

• Identifiers: Includes but is not limited to first and last name, email address, telephone number, and postal address.
• Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law: Includes race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and age.
• Commercial information: Includes transaction information, financial details, and payment information. 
• Professional or employment-related information: Includes occupation, employer information, and information about your farm/operation.
• Internet activity: Includes Internet Protocol address, time and date of website access, device identifiers such as browser type or operating system, or other similar identifiers. 

 

We obtain the information listed above from the following sources:

• Voluntary user input: We collect information that is voluntarily provided to us when you use our services or contact us online.
  • Donations/Memberships
  • California Small Farm Conference registration
  • CAFF Jobs Board
  • CAFF Farm Directory
  • Technical assistance request forms filled out on our website
  • Any applications and submission of information through CAFF’s grant management system Foundant, or other grant application forms
• Payment processing: Information is requested via payment processors/service providers such as Action Network, Square, and Stripe. This payment data is stored in our financial processing software.
• Technical assistance interactions: We may collect information from you with your consent when providing technical assistance, such as during field visits to your farm or over phone calls and via email. 
• Indirect tracking: Usage and analytics details are collected automatically when interacting with our website via cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies. 
• Other sources: Other nonprofits and service providers may share information with CAFF. 

 

How we keep your information safe:
We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to thwart our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. 

Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access CAFF’s website from trusted internet networks and secure devices.

How to Manage Your Personal Information and Preferences

You have the right to request access to your personal information, update your personal information, or delete any personal information on record. If you would like to do so, please contact info@caff.org with your request. We will require you to provide information for verification that can be matched with information you have previously provided us. If we locate information about you, your request will be honored within a reasonable time period.

If you would like to unsubscribe from any of our email newsletters, you can do so by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom footer of the newsletter that was sent to your email. 

How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals

At this time no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been made widely available. Therefore, we do not respond to browser Do Not Track (DNT) requests at this time. 

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Compliance

CAFF’s website and services are not directed to children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Should we receive information (such as name, address, email, telephone, etc.) from a child known to be under 13, we will seek parental consent or provide parental notice in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. 

Content from Other Websites

Pages on CAFF’s website may include embedded material from other websites and hyperlinks to other websites. These websites may collect data and track your interaction with that embedded content, subject to the external website’s privacy policies. 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

CAFF reserves the right to change this privacy statement and will update this webpage periodically when updates are made. The date this privacy statement was last updated is written at the top of this page. By using our site, you consent to the terms and conditions of our privacy policy.

Questions about this privacy policy can be directed to info@caff.org, or you may mail CAFF at: PO Box 363, Davis, CA 95617.