Effective Date: March 25, 2019

The Oklahoma FFA Association (the “Association”) and the Oklahoma FFA Foundation (the “Foundation”), collectively referred to as “FFA,” are committed to respecting the privacy of FFA members and stakeholders. Our privacy policy governs the collection and use of personal information, whether gathered by our staff, from program participants, from website visitors, or through correspondence. It reflects our approach to gathering and disseminating data. Our policy is to use collected data only for purposes integral to furthering the mission of FFA and agricultural education.

Who We Are
The Oklahoma FFA Association is an organization with a mission of developing the potential of students for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. FFA is an integral component of agricultural education at the local, state, and national levels.The Oklahoma FFA Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission of building partnerships with industry, education, government, other foundations, and individuals to secure financial resources that fund FFA activities, recognize member achievements, develop student leaders, and support the future of agricultural education.Both the Association and the Foundation collaborate closely with allied organizations within the framework of the National Council for Agricultural Education.

Information Collection and Use
Personal information is collected through websites operated by FFA or authorized vendors. Examples include, but are not limited to, FFA.org, Shop FFA, and online event registration tools for the National FFA Convention and the Washington Leadership Conference.Personal information is used to transact business, including merchandise sales, membership services, fulfillment of magazine subscriptions, and administration of FFA programs, such as national proficiency awards and American FFA Degrees.Personal information is not shared with third-party entities unaffiliated with the Association or the Foundation without the individual’s express consent.

Email Subscriptions
Recipients of Oklahoma FFA Foundation email messages may unsubscribe from individual mailing lists or all FFA marketing emails. This may be done on the subscription page or through links at the bottom of all FFA marketing email messages.Those who unsubscribe from a particular mailing list will no longer receive emails of that type. Those who select “Unsubscribe from all lists” will no longer receive marketing emails from the Association or the Foundation.

Coordination with the Educational Community
Strong, supportive relationships among the Association, the Foundation, state FFA associations, state FFA foundations, and others in the agricultural education community are critical to our success. Given the importance of these relationships, FFA seeks to remain fully aligned with our stakeholders’ privacy concerns.FFA will use data provided by members and stakeholders only to further the educational mission of FFA and agricultural education.Personal information obtained from official FFA membership rosters, registrations, and directories (“roster-derived data”) provided by local schools and state associations will be used for FFA donor campaigns only with written permission from the respective state supervisor of agricultural education in each state where donor activity will occur.

Privacy of Children
FFA provides additional privacy protections when children visit the website. We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or store personal information from or about children under the age of 13 without a parent’s or legal guardian’s consent, except in limited circumstances authorized by law and described in this notice.

If you are under the age of 18, please read this privacy policy with a parent or legal guardian. If you are under the age of 13, your FFA advisor and the Oklahoma FFA Association must have your parent’s or legal guardian’s consent before collecting any personal information.

Information collected from children consists of membership roster data, including name, home address, age, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdate, gender, ethnicity, race, residence type, high school graduation year, grade level, and T-shirt size.This information, which may be shared with state associations and local chapters, is used to help students complete applications for awards and recognition, create participation portfolios, deliver the FFA magazine to students’ home addresses, and notify students and their parents or legal guardians of opportunities that support FFA’s educational mission and objectives.We do not require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in these activities. We do not disclose information collected from children to unaffiliated third parties.Parents and legal guardians may review personal information we have collected about their child, request its deletion, or refuse further collection or use of the information.

To do so, please contact:
Oklahoma FFA Association
1500 West 7th Ave.
Stillwater, OK 74074
(405) 743-5498

Information Security
To protect against loss, misuse, or alteration of collected information, FFA ensures that appropriate security measures are in place at all physical facilities where data is stored. User data is stored, both physically and electronically, according to the requirements specified by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and applicable state and federal laws.

Browser Cookies
A “cookie” is a unique data set or “signature” placed on a user’s device by a website. FFA websites use browser cookies to cache user credentials for faster login, retain shopping cart data for up to 30 days before a sale, allow faster return access to the site, provide relevant marketing and promotional information, and enable certain functions that might otherwise be inaccessible.Cookies from our websites are not linked to personally identifiable information.In addition to the cookies we deliver to your device, certain third parties may deliver cookies for purposes such as web analytics or purchase follow-up. Other third parties may deliver cookies to track your online behavior across FFA websites and unaffiliated websites and deliver targeted advertisements.FFA does not have access to or control over cookies delivered by third-party service providers or advertisers. However, you have choices about third-party information collection on our websites.To opt out of interest-based information collection by certain entities during visits to this or other websites, visit www.aboutads.info/choices. This industry-developed website provides mechanisms for choosing whether participating entities may collect and use data for online behavioral advertising.Some third parties that collect interest-based information on this website may not participate in that opt-out program. In those cases, browser settings or cookie deletion may help limit third-party tracking of your online behavior. Please consult your browser’s “Help” section for more information.

Disclaimer
All information presented on FFA websites is provided in good faith and is believed to be correct. However, FFA makes no representations or warranties regarding the completeness or accuracy of this information.

Contacting FFA
Questions regarding this privacy policy may be directed to FFA using the contact information below.Stakeholders may also contact us to prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected.Upon request, stakeholders may have inaccuracies corrected in their contact information, unique identifiers, and communications submitted through our website.

Mail:
1500 West 7th Ave.
Stillwater, OK 74074

Telephone: (405) 743-5498

Policy Updates
From time to time, customer information may be used for new, unanticipated purposes not previously disclosed in this privacy policy. If our information practices change, those changes will be posted on all affected websites to notify users and provide an opportunity to opt out of the new uses.Those concerned about how their information is used should check the websites periodically.