Privacy Statement

Overview

Thank you for visiting the Farm Credit East website and reading our privacy statement. Our approach to your privacy is clear: We respect your privacy. That’s why we collect NO personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide information to us.

In addition, we are committed to protecting the information we do collect on our site with the same care that we use in all other customer and prospective customer interactions within Farm Credit East. Further, as a member of the Farm Credit System, we are subject to the confidentiality regulations of the Farm Credit Administration.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

We collect general information anonymously, such as type of browser, the pages you visit on the site, date and time of access and the domain name from which you accessed our site. We use this information to make our site more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. The information obtained does not identify you personally.

Information Collected from Emails and Web Forms

You may choose to send us an email, use a form on our site to request information, enter a contest, subscribe to a mailing list or submit other information. We use this type of information to respond to your request and may enter the information you submit into an electronic database. We limit the use and collection of all information to that which is necessary to respond to your request and provide high-quality service. In all cases, we do not sell or share this information with people outside Farm Credit.

If you are not comfortable providing information to us via email or web forms, please contact us by calling 1-800-562-2235. If for any reason you would like to be removed from our electronic database and/or unsubscribe from an email subscription, please click on the following link to Contact Us.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small data file that many websites write to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes when you visit them. If you log-in to our site and select "remember me" a cookie is created on your computer with your user name and password in an encrypted format. This allows the site to log you in automatically the next time you visit. One session cookie stored is zip code information that you may enter when checking weather-related information on this website. We do NOT store any activity or other information in the cookie.

Links to Other Sites

Our site may periodically offer links to third party websites. While we do our best to provide you with helpful, trustworthy resources, we cannot endorse, approve or guarantee information, products, services, or recommendations provided at a third party website. Because we may not always know when information on a linked site changes, we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any third party website. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort resulting from the use of a link on its website nor will we be liable for any failure of products or services advertised or provided on these linked sites.

We offer links to you on an “as is” basis. When you visit a third party website by using a link on our site, you will no longer be protected by our Privacy Statement or security practices. The data collection, use and security practices of the linked site may differ from the practices of our site. You should familiarize yourself with the privacy statement and security practices of the linked website. Those are the policy and practices that will apply to your use of the linked website, NOT our policy and practices.

Security and Intrusion Detection

For website security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on FarmCreditEast.com are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the law.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Our site is not intended for children under the age of 13. If your child has submitted personal information and you would like to request that such information be removed, you may do so as indicated below and we will use reasonable efforts to comply with your request.

How to Change Information

If you provided us with personal information and would like us to remove your information from our database or change your information, please just contact us in one of the following methods. We will make all reasonable efforts to honor your request:

E-mail: knowledgeexchange@farmcrediteast.com
Telephone: 800.562.2235
Mail: 240 South Road · Enfield, CT 06082