Policies and Links
Information about our policies can be accessed at: USDA Policies and Links.
Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website, (including our social media sites) unless you choose to provide that information to us. For more information, please visit: USDA Privacy Policy
Accessibility Statement
USDA.gov maintains the Accessibility Statement page which can be accessed at: USDA Accessibility Statement
Non-Discrimination Statement
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. For more information, please visit: USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website, (including our social media sites) unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
Our website can usually be used without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or email address) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Data protection declaration for the use of Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn services are integrated on our sites. By using these services, the websites you visit are linked to your relevant accounts on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and made known to other users. This data is also transmitted to these services. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Further information can be found in the relevant data protection declarations at
https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/manage-your-privacy
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
You can change your data protection settings in the relevant account settings at https://www.facebook.com/help/193677450678703
https://help.instagram.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/
Cookies
Some of the website uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
Disclaimer
Liability for content
As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general law in accordance with Section 7 (1) of the German Telemedia Act. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, as a service provider, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to research circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general law remain unaffected. Liability in this regard is only possible from the point in time at which we become aware of a specific legal violation. As soon as we become aware of such legal violations, we will remove this content immediately.
Liability for links
Our website contains links to external third-party websites, over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time they were linked. No illegal content was found at the time the link was created. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such links immediately.
Copyright
The content and works on these pages created by the website operator are subject to German copyright law. The duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are observed. In particular contents of third parties are marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we would ask you to notify us accordingly. If we become aware of any legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.
Image copyright
If image material requiring proof was used, this is noted here.