The New Jersey Forestry Association is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of the personal information about members and their business interest which come into our possession, is discovered by us or otherwise entrusted to us.

The various categories of nonpublic information that we collect from you may include information about your personal finances including the names of your banking institutions, information that we receive from you verbally, information about your property to the extent that you deliver it to us to discuss your forestry interests, information about transactions between you and third parties which are involved with your forestry interest and any other information that we receive. We use this information only in our transactions with you.

Your mailing information, email addresses and information of this nature is used by us to deliver written material, notices of programs, and other items of interest to you from time to time. We do not share this information with any unrelated party. We will utilize information concerning your mailing address to send information about a program to you that is being sponsored by an organization which we think has a purpose supportive of the purpose of the New Jersey Forestry Association, and which notice we think may be of interest to you. An example of such a notice would be the annual notice of the Tree Farm Day. This example is meant for the purpose of illustration and not limitation.

We do not provide your personal information, mailing list, email, contact information or other personal information to vendors, solicitors or commercial entities.

We require strict confidentiality in our agreements with any affiliated third parties that require access to your personal information, such as but not limited to clerical processing sources that assist us with our mailing list.

Personally identifiable information about you will be maintained while you are a member of the Association, and for the required period thereafter. After that time, information may be destroyed. This policy applies to both current and former members.

A written copy of this Privacy Statement may be requested in writing at any time. Any requests for information can be directed to the administrative director of the New Jersey Forestry Association at our office location where we maintain a secure office, which includes a firewall barrier to secure data encryption and other data maintenance in our computer environment.