What we collect, why we collect it, and what we do (and don't do) with it. Written in plain language.
This site (mifarmwasteexchange.com) is operated by MI Big Bucks Solutions LLC, a Michigan limited liability company headquartered in Greenville, Michigan. We do business as Michigan Farm Waste Exchange ("MFWE," "we," "us," or "our"). Contact: operations@mifarmwasteexchange.com.
We collect what you give us when you fill out the signup form — name, email, farm or company details, county. We store it on Cloudflare's infrastructure. We do not sell your data. We use it to introduce you to potential buyers or sellers in our network, and to send you occasional updates about MFWE. You can ask us to delete it any time.
When you fill out the signup form on our site, we collect what you submit. Depending on whether you're a farmer or a buyer, that may include:
When your signup is submitted, our system records:
We do not run third-party analytics, advertising trackers, social media pixels, or session replay tools on this site. We do not use cookies for tracking. The site is served through Cloudflare, which may collect standard server-side request data (IP, geolocation at country level, browser type) for security and performance — see Cloudflare's privacy policy.
We use your information for three things:
Your signup data is stored in a Cloudflare D1 database. Cloudflare maintains its infrastructure across multiple geographic regions; our database is hosted in the Eastern North America (ENAM) region. Cloudflare is responsible for the security of the underlying infrastructure. We are responsible for who has access to the data within it.
Access to the database is restricted to the operator(s) of MI Big Bucks Solutions LLC and is protected by an authentication key. We log all administrative access to the database.
| Data type | Retention |
|---|---|
| Active signups (farmer/buyer) | Indefinitely while you remain an active participant or until you request deletion |
| Inactive signups (no response after 6 months) | Reviewed and either re-contacted or archived; archived records kept for up to 24 months then deleted |
| IP address and user-agent | 90 days, then purged |
| Email correspondence | Up to 7 years (standard business records retention) |
Regardless of where you live, you can ask us at any time to:
To exercise any of these, email operations@mifarmwasteexchange.com with the request.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), you have additional rights including the right to know the categories of personal information we collect, the right to delete personal information, the right to opt out of sale or sharing (we don't sell or share, but the right exists), and the right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights. To exercise these, contact us at the email above.
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, and objection. We process your data on the lawful basis of legitimate interest (operating the platform you signed up for) or consent (where you've explicitly agreed). To exercise these rights, contact us at the email above. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
This site is not directed to anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from minors. If you believe a minor has submitted information through our site, contact us and we'll delete it.
We take reasonable steps to protect your information — including encrypted transport (HTTPS/TLS), restricted administrative access, secret-key protected administrative endpoints, and rate-limiting on form submissions. No system is perfectly secure. If we ever experience a data breach that affects you, we will notify you by email within 72 hours of discovery, consistent with applicable state and federal breach-notification laws.
If we materially change how we handle your data, we'll update this page, change the "Last updated" date at the top, and (for active participants) send you an email summarizing the change. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Questions about this policy or your data:
MI Big Bucks Solutions LLC
d/b/a Michigan Farm Waste Exchange
Greenville, Michigan
operations@mifarmwasteexchange.com