Last updated: November 9, 2026
The Just Food Transition Network (“JFTN”) is committed to protecting your privacy online. This Privacy Policy explains how we treat your personal information when you visit this website (the “Site”), which is operated by the Center for Biological Diversity and World Animal Protection. You are advised to consult the “Privacy” link on the Site each time you visit the Site.
Please read this Privacy Policy to understand how we handle your personal information when you use this website.
What personal information we collect
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, approximate geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths);
(b) information that you provide to us when registering with our website (including your email address);
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email updates or joining the network (including your name, organization, and email address);
(d) information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content associated with the communication); and
(e) any other personal information that you choose to send to us.
Visitors to our website who provide us with their name and e-mail address can be removed from our e-mail list at any time by following the instructions that are found in our electronic communications or by following the Unsubscribe hyperlink at the bottom of each newsletter or by contacting newsletter@justfoodtransitionnetwork.com.
Web beacons/pixels
We use tracking technologies, such as cookies, pixels, and web beacons. A web beacon is an often transparent graphic image, usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, that is placed on a website or in an email and used to monitor the online behavior of the user visiting our website. Web beacons are used by third-party technologies to monitor the activity of the users on our site. They allow for tracking online behavior in terms of time, geographic location (country/city level) and usage of this site and our marketing, based on that information.
Our emails also contain tracking pixels and links that track engagement, including both open and click activity (referred to together as "email tracking"). This allows us to determine that your email address is active. We use email tracking to maintain accurate mailing lists, to improve our email communications, and for other purposes permitted by applicable law, which may include re-engagement campaigns and similar targeted follow-up. Where applicable law restricts a particular use of email tracking, we limit our use of it for affected recipients accordingly, potentially including by using it solely to determine active/inactive status for general list maintenance. We don't use email tracking to build individual behavioral profiles or to personalize email content to individual recipients beyond the uses described here.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to remember certain information about users. Cookies are electronic identifiers that our server sends to your web browser. Your web browser stores these identifiers and sends them back to our server when your browser requests a page from the server. The cookies stored in your browser help us provide a better experience on the website by showing us how users are interacting with our site and to remove the need to login to do multiple actions on the website.
You may at any time disable or refuse to accept cookies by changing the preferences or settings on your web browser. If you choose to disable cookies, you will still be able to use our website. However, you may not be able to use all features on our website if you disable or refuse to accept cookies. Where required by law, including in the UK and EU, we will ask for your consent before placing any non-essential cookies or pixels on your device.
How we use your personal information
Personal information we collect will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of our website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer our website and business;
(b) personalize our website for you;
(c) send you email correspondence about the JFTN’s work, including advocacy opportunities and network updates;
(d) keep our website secure and prevent fraud; and
(e) verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.
We rely on your consent to send you email updates and to use non-essential cookies and pixels, and on our legitimate interests to run, improve and secure the website.
We maintain one or more databases to store your personal data and keep such information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) and the UK GDPR, users in the UK, European Union and European Economic Area, and Switzerland also have the right to:
Please note that where we rely on your consent to use your personal information, all users worldwide have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This includes the option to unsubscribe from our email list at any time.
Requests for opt-out can be readily made to our steering committee by email at info@justfoodtransitionnetwork.com.
We may disclose your personal information:
(a) to any of our steering committee members, consultants, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy;
(b) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(c) in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(d) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
(e) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.
How we protect your personal information
We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. We use MailChimp to store newsletter subscriber data and send our email newsletters. You can read MailChimp’s data security and privacy policy here.
However, no data transmitted over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Therefore, you provide us with this data at your own risk. Our databases are located in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, your data will be transferred to and stored in the United States. Where we transfer personal information from the UK or EU, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
Personal information that we collect for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
We do not sell, rent, give, or exchange JFTN member information or our newsletter list.
Use of artificial intelligence and automated tools
We may use software tools, including tools with artificial intelligence features, to help administer the network, for example to draft communications or to analyze aggregate website use. We do not make decisions about individuals based solely on automated processing. We do not enter personal information into AI tools that use it to train their models.
Children
This website is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
International use
Access to the site from countries or territories where such access is illegal or contrary to applicable rules or regulations is prohibited. Those who access the Site do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, rules and regulations.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are aware of any changes to this policy.
Links to other websites
Our website includes hyperlinks to third-party websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, this website, or the information we have collected from you online, please contact the JFTN steering committee at info@justfoodtransitionnetwork.com.
The Just Food Transition Network website is operated jointly by the Center for Biological Diversity and World Animal Protection International. To exercise your data protection rights, or if you have questions about how either organisation handles your personal information, you can also contact:
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