Residents in the AFIL courtyard

We take the privacy of evryone who is in any way involved with AFIL very seriosuly indeed.

We know you care about your personal privacy and about the terms and conditions that govern your use of this Web site (this "Site").

Because we are dedicated to serving your needs and respecting your preferences, we have adopted the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use page.

Please be aware that none of the main pages of this web site will  write any data ("cookies" or other information) to the hard disk of your computer. Any information provided to you on this Site is provided for general informational and educational purposes only.

 

Our Collection and Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information

In general, we will only collect and use information about you for membership administration (e.g., blog pages), to deliver member benefits (e.g., our newsletter) and to inform you of AFIL-related activities or other opportunities and events. Except as described herein, we do not sell, rent or otherwise share or disclose your private, personally identifiable information to third parties.

Because of the nature of our business, our services and benefits are not designed to appeal to minors. We do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children.

 

Correspondence

If you correspond with us via e-mail, the postal service, or other form of communication, we may retain such correspondence and the information contained therein and use such to respond to your inquiry and/or notify you of  events, news or other AFIL-related opportunities. Importantly, e-mail and postal address information is never sold, given, or otherwise shared or disclosed to third parties except as set forth herein. If you do not wish to receive such notifications, you may express your preference to not be so contacted by sending a letter, calling or e-mailing the AFIL Administrative Offices at the contact information as per our "Contact Us" page informing us of your preference.

 

Information from Other Sources

Please be aware that we may receive information about you from other sources, such as our agents, vendors and service providers, and from publicly available sources. For example, sometimes we receive information from third parties when we process credit card payments made by you for Rent or training. This information is used soley in accord with the need with which it is gathered.

 

URL and IP Address

Like many other Web sites, we collect information about our users' utilization and navigation of our Site. This information helps us to design our Site to better suit our users' needs. We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Site, analyze trends, track visitor movements, and gather broad demographic information that assists us in identifying visitor preferences.

 

About Cookies and Web Beacons

Cookies are pieces of data that a Web site transfers to a user's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Web beacons are transparent pixel images that are used in collecting information about website usage, e-mail response and tracking.

The main pages of the AFIL site do NOT use cookies and Web beacons.

There is some limited use made of them to provide enhanced functionality on some pages of the site (e.g., user ID and password prompts, and registration) and aggregate traffic data (e.g., what pages are the most popular). These cookies may be delivered in a first-party or third-party context.

AFIL may also use cookies and web beacons in association with e-mails, delivered by AFIL. While these cookies and Web beacons may be associated with personal information (such as your e-mail address), we do not associate personal information with clickstream data.

Our site may also captures limited information (user-agent, last URL requested by the user, client-side and server-side clickstream) about visits to our site; we may use this information to analyze general traffic patterns and to perform routine system maintenance.

You have many choices with regards to the management of cookies on your computer. All major browsers allow you to block or delete cookies from your system.

To learn more about your ability to manage cookies and web beacons, please consult the privacy features in your browser.

 

Restrictions on Disclosing Information to Third Parties

We may disclose all of the information (described above) that we collect, as stated above and in accordance with the terms set forth in this section. We do not reveal personally identifiable information about you to third-parties for their independent use unless: (1) you request or authorize; (2) in connection with AFIL-hosted and AFIL co-sponsored events, as described above; (3) the information is provided to comply with the law (for example, to comply with a search warrant, subpoena or court order), enforce an agreement we have with you, or to protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of our employees or others; (4) the information is provided to our agents, vendors or service providers who perform functions on our behalf; (5) to address emergencies or acts of God or (6) to address disputes, claims, or to persons holding a legal or beneficial interest. We may also gather aggregated data about our members and/or Site visitors and disclose the results of such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to our partners, service providers, advertisers and/or other third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.

From time to time we may partner or enter into arrangements with another party to provide specific benefits and/or services to our web site visitors. We will provide to such partners the information that we believe is reasonably necessary for them to provide such benefits or services to you. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from our partners or us, you may express your preference to not be so contacted by sending a letter, calling or e-mailing the AFIL Administrative Offices at te nformation as per our "Contact Us" page informing us of your preference.

 

Our Security Measures to Protect Information

To help protect the privacy of data and personally identifiable information you transmit through use of this Site, we maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personally identifiable information to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to you. In addition, we train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information. We commit to taking appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce our employees' privacy responsibilities.

 

Inapplicability of Privacy Policies of Any Linked Sites or Other Third Parties

This Privacy Policy only addresses the AFIL use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information. As this Site may contain links to other Web sites, please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites, and we are not liable for their misuse of personally identifiable information. We encourage you to be aware that when you go to another Web site you should carefully read their privacy policy too.

 

General Legal Notice and Disclaimer

Access to the information contained on this Web site is provided by AFIL to its members and nonmembers alike as a service to the community of those with disabilities and a desire to maximize independence.

References herein to any product, process or service do not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation by AFIL. While AFIL makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this Site, AFIL does not approve or certify such information nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of such information. Use of such information is voluntary and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its applicability, accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness with regard to the privacy professional's specific needs and uses.

AFIL (including its employees and agents) is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to or reliance on the information available through this Site.

No approvals, recommendations, endorsements, guarantees or warranties, including, but not limited to, any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular use or purpose of products or services named on this Site are made by AFIL.

 

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