1. Who We Are

Well Fed Community Development Corporation (“Well Fed,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to using nutritious food and education to improve health outcomes and reduce diet-related illnesses across Arkansas. Our official website address is https://wellfedar.org.

This Website Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, retain, and protect personal data collected from visitors and users of our website.

2. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

2.1 Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

2.2 Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the website.

2.3 Cookies

We use cookies to enhance user experience on our website:

Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to re-fill your details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
Temporary Session Cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Login & Display Cookies: When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, login cookies are removed.
Content Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article edited. It expires after 1 day.

2.4 Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same manner as if the visitor visited the third-party website. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

3. How We Share Your Data

Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
General Non-Disclosure: We do not sell, rent, or trade visitor personal data to third parties.

4. Data Retention

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This enables us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
User Accounts: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

5. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

6. Distinction Between Website Data & HIPAA / PHI

Please note that this Website Privacy Policy governs general website visitors and usage of wellfedar.org. Any Protected Health Information (PHI) or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) records handled through our healthcare partnership programs are governed separately under our formal HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures and federal regulations (45 CFR Parts 160/164 and 42 CFR Part 2).

7. Contact Information & Privacy Concerns

If you have questions, data requests, or privacy concerns regarding this policy, please contact our Privacy Officer:

Privacy Officer: Joshua Harris, Executive Director
Organization: Well Fed Community Development Corporation
Email: j.harris@wellfedar.org
Website: wellfedar.org