Produce Iowa Privacy Notice

Produce Iowa knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate the opportunity to explain our practices with respect to the collection and use of your personal information. Produce Iowa is affiliated with the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and is By visiting www.produceiowa.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice. Produce Iowa reserves the right to update or amend this Privacy Notice at any time, with or without notice to you. Your use of the Produce Iowa site constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Notice, as it may be amended from time to time.
What Personal Information About Users Does Produce Iowa Gather?
The information we learn from users helps us personalize and continually improve your experience. Here are the types of information we gather.
• Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features.
• Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses www.produceiowa.com. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience at www.produceiowa.com if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.
• E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from www.produceiowa.com if your computer supports such capabilities. We also compare our user list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our users. Information from Other Sources: For reasons such as improving personalization of our service (for example, providing better movie recommendations or special offers that we think will interest you), we might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information. We also sometimes receive updated delivery and address information from other sources so that we can correct our records and deliver your next communication more easily.
How Does Produce Iowa Use the Information about You?
We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future browsing for you, improving our site, conducting business operations and research, and communicating with you.
Does Produce Iowa Share the Information It Receives with Third Parties?
Information about our users is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. Thus, for example, Produce Iowa does not sell, and will never sell, information about you to external marketers, list brokers, or other third parties without user consent. Nor will we give such information to affiliated businesses or companies that we team up with to provide co-branded or jointly owned offerings unless you choose to take advantage of those offerings, and even then, any sharing of information is limited to information relating to the offering. Further, whenever we deal with user information, we will always comply with applicable laws and regulations in doing so. Other than as set out above, you will always receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
How Secure Is Information About Me?
If you use our subscription service, we work to protect the security of your subscription information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer. ). No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect your information, unauthorized acts by third parties in violation of law or other actions might result in disclosure of your information in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
What Choices and Access Do I Have?
• As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information,
• You can add or update certain information, such as your e-mail address. When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.
• The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, you will not be able to use such important features as My Movies and local show times if you do not use cookies.
Children"s Privacy
The Site is intended for use by adults. Children under the age of 13 should not submit personal information on this site.
Links to Other Sites
The Produce Iowa site may contain links to other sites provided by third parties. Neither Produce Iowa nor the State of Iowa controls the privacy policies or practices of these websites. Produce Iowa and the State of Iowa will not be responsible for the content or practices of any linked third party websites.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit www.produceiowa.com your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms and Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, and application of the law of the state of Iowa and exclusive venue of all such disputes in the state or federal court in Iowa where jurisdiction is appropriate. If you have any concern about privacy at www.produceiowa.com, please let us know and we will try to resolve it. This Privacy Notice and the Terms and Conditions of Use may be updated or amended from time to time, and use of personal information that we gather is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes.