Applicability. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services, and PrairieFire’s collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your Personal Information. It does not apply to third party websites, applications, or services.
Before accessing, using, or interacting with the Services you should carefully review the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
We may also collect Personal Information from you through means other than our Website. This may include offline collection, such as if you submit a paper application, make a payment by check, or call or visit our office. It may also include emails, text and chat messages, or other electronic communications that you send to us separate from our Website or by way of our third party service providers. However, if we combine the Personal Information we collect from you outside of our Website with Personal Information that is collected through our Website or by another means as described above, the Privacy Policy will apply to the combined information, unless specifically disclosed otherwise.
If, for example, you are applying for membership, either via our Website or offline, we may obtain information from third parties about membership, licensing, accreditation, certification, professional, and/or employment as part of a background check, among other information, as part of the application process.
Payment Transaction Information: We may collect and store information related to purchases and donations made through the Services. You may provide certain information to complete payments via the Services, including your name and billing, delivery and shipping address, to complete payment transactions through certain Services, but, PrairieFire does not collect, store, or have access to your credit or debit card number.
Please note PrairieFire works with Service Providers (as defined below) to handle payment transactions. PrairieFire does not itself collect or maintain your credit card or other financial account information; this information is handled for PrairieFire by our Service Providers. You are subject to the Privacy Policies and Terms and Conditions of our Service Providers when purchasing a PrairieFire membership or shopping for PrairieFire products, the terms of which may differ from those of PrairieFire for the PrairieFire Services. Please review the Service Providers’ Privacy Policies and Terms and Conditions before using their services.
We may collect several categories of Personal Information from and about you as summarized in the following table:
Category | Specific Items of Personal Information |
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Identifiers |
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Demographic |
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Characteristics of protected classifications under other law, California, or federal law |
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Commercial Information |
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Internet or other electronic network activity |
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Geolocation |
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Sensory information |
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Professional or employment information |
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Inferences drawn from any of the above to create a profile of a consumer |
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Other information |
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Information You Provide Us. The Personal Information we collect through our Website, or from our business partners or service providers may be obtained as part of the following:
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies, local storage cookies, web beacons, pixel tracking, GIF and/or IP address. Each of these is discussed below.
Cookies (or browser cookies)
A “cookie” is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. It may contain certain data, including, but not limited to: the name of the server that has placed it there, an identifier in the form of a unique number, and, an expiration date (some cookies only). Cookies are managed by the web browser on your computer or mobile device (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome). Different types of cookies which have different purposes are used on our Website.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are essential to allow you to browse our Website and use its functions. Without them, services such as shopping baskets and electronic invoicing would not be able to work.
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information on the use of our Website, such as which pages are consulted most often. This information enables us to optimize our Website and simplify browsing. Performance cookies also enable our affiliates and partners to find out whether you have accessed one of our Website pages from their site and whether your visit has led to the use or purchase of a Services from our Website, including the references for the Services purchased. These cookies do not collect any information which could be used to identify you. All the information collected is aggregated, and therefore anonymous.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable our Website to remember the choices you have made when browsing. For example, we can store your geographical location in a cookie so that the Website corresponding to your area is shown. We can also remember your preferences, such as the text size, font and other customizable aspects of the Website. Functionality cookies may also be able to keep track of the products or videos consulted to avoid repetition. The information collected by these cookies cannot be used to identify you and cannot monitor your browsing activity on sites which do not belong to us.
It is possible that you will come across third-party cookies on some pages of sites that are not under our control.
We also use cookies to implement tracking technology on our Website. This allows us to display advertising that is tailored to you on our Website, to understand which parts of our content interest you the most, and which Services categories you request. This tracking uses De-Identified Personal Information). We will not combine this data with your other Personal Information without your express permission. Some of our service providers are allowed to place cookies on our Website. Those companies may also provide you with the option of preventing the use of cookies in the future. For more information, contact the relevant third-party provider.
At any time, you can prevent the use of cookies in the future. You may activate the appropriate setting in your browser to refuse to accept browser cookies. However, if you do, your experience on our Website may be affected; e.g., you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
How We Share Your Personal Information
We disclose your Personal Information, in whole or in part, to the following types of third parties, and for one or more the following purposes:
Required Disclosures: Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose your Personal Information to any third party unless required to do so by law, court order, legal process, or subpoena, including, but not limited to, in order to respond to any government, regulatory, or licensing request, or if we believe that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, subsidiaries, contracted vendors, or affinity partners, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities; (b) enforce our Terms or Agreement (including for billing and collection purposes); (c) take precautions against liability; (d) investigate and defend ourselves against any third party claims or allegations; (e) assist government enforcement agencies or to meet national security requirements; (f) to protect the security or integrity of our Website and our Services; or, (g) exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of us, our users or others.
We will attempt to notify you about these requests unless: (i) providing notice is prohibited by the legal process itself, by court order we receive, or by applicable law, or (ii) we believe that providing notice would be futile, ineffective, create a risk of injury or bodily harm to an individual or group, or create or increase a risk of fraud upon us, our users, our Website, or our Services. In instances where we comply with legal requests without notice for these reasons, we will attempt to notify that user about the request after the fact if we determine in good faith that we are no longer legally prohibited from doing so and that no risk scenarios described in this paragraph apply.
It is likely that the identity and categories of such third parties will change during the life of your account. We require that our third party service providers only use your Personal Information as necessary to provide the requested services to us and each service provider is subject to a set of terms consistent with the applicable portions of this Privacy Policy.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal defenses or objections that you may have to a third party, including a governmental request to disclose your information.
Legitimate interest purposes may include:
Your Data Rights Under the GDPR
If you are a resident of the UK, EEA, or Switzerland, your rights include the following:
Access to the Information PrairieFire Has Collected about You
PrairieFire provides certain tools and settings within the Services to help you access, correct, delete, or modify your Personal Information associated with the Services. PrairieFire welcomes you to contact us regarding the Personal Information we have collected about you, including regarding the nature and accuracy of the data that has been collected about you, to request an update, modification, or deletion of your information, to opt-out of certain Services uses of your Personal Information, or to withdraw any consent you may have granted to PrairieFire.
Please note requests to delete or remove your Personal Information do not necessarily ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or Personal Information posted, and removed Personal Information may persist in backup copies indefinitely. Please note that if you choose to delete your Personal Information or opt-out of the collection and use of your Personal Information, you understand that certain features, including but not limited to access to the Services, may no longer be available to you.
Opting-Out of Communications from PrairieFire
By providing us with your email address (including by “following,” “liking,” linking your account to our Website or Service or other services, etc., on a third party website or network), you consent to our using the email address to send you Service-related notices by email, including any notices required by law (e.g., notice of data privacy or security incidents), in lieu of communication by postal mail. You also agree that we may send you notifications of activity regarding the Services or the Website, your Personal Information, or any aspect of our relationship, to the email address you give us, in accordance with any applicable privacy settings. We may use your email address to send you other messages or content, such as, but not limited to, newsletters, additions or changes to features of the Service, or special offers. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you may opt out by emailing us your opt-out request or, where available, by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of our e-newsletter. Opting out may prevent you from receiving email messages regarding updates, improvements, special features, announcements, or offers. You may not opt out of Services-related emails.
You can add, update, or delete information as explained above. When you update Personal Information, however, we may maintain a copy of the unrevised Personal Information in our records. You may request deletion of your account by emailing us. It is your responsibility to maintain your current email address with us.
The following in this section applies only to California residents.
Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (known as the “Shine the Light” law), PrairieFire members and customers who are residents of the State of California may request certain information about our disclosure of Personal Information during the prior calendar year to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write to us at the address below or at Calprivacy@PrairieFire.com with “Request for California Privacy Information” on the subject line and in the body of your message. We will comply with your request within thirty (30) days or as otherwise required by the statute. Please be aware that not all Personal Information sharing is covered by the “Shine the Light” requirements and only Personal Information on covered sharing will be included in our response.