American Firearms Institute Privacy Policy

Please note that this website site and our members have an interest in data regarding the legal firearm ownership.

Under no circumstance should any of the information, articles, opinion, editorial or links hosted on this site be looked upon as legal advice. Neither the American Firearms Association Inc., its management, staff provide legal advice - as we are not attorneys.  Any Questions about the law should be direct to your own attorney. All information should be verified by the member.

Firearms are dangerous and should be treated as such.

American Firearms Institute (AFI) Disclaimer

The information on this site is intended to be useful and informative to members and visitors to americanfirearms.com. American Firearms Institute.com will use reasonable care to ensure that information is accurate at the time it is added on the site.
Please note, however, that American Firearms Institute.com cannot guarantee the information is accurate and it shall not be liable for any losses or damage that anyone may suffer as a result of relying on this information. The information may be changed by American Firearms Institute.com at any time. American Firearms Institute.com assumes no responsibility for the contents of any other websites to which the American Firearms Institute.com website has links.
The copyright in this website belongs American Firearms Institute Inc. where indicated and to the sources that we list. All other intellectual property rights are reserved.

1. Privacy rights
American Firearms Institute.com fully respects your right to privacy in relation to your interactions with this website. Questions? Contact: webmaster@americanfirearms.com
2. Data Collection and Use of Information
American Firearms Institute Inc. will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your prior consent unless instructed to do so by law enforcement. Any information that is provided by you will be treated with the highest standards of confidentiality.
3. Financial Data Storage
American Firearms Institute Inc. does not collect or store any member or visitor financial data of any kind whatsoever on our website or on our servers. We do not store credit card, debit card, charge card, checking or any other personal financial information of any kind. All of our transactions are handled by a trusted third party – PayPal – and that is why members and visitors have to re-enter credit card information whenever they purchase from the site. We appreciate that this may inconvenience for our clients. This arrangement is, however, in the best interest of safeguarding member’s personal information.
4. Membership data
Membership data, provided when members join the site, is accessible only by our staff through an AFI Intranet.
5. Advertising
On occasion AFI may rent or lease member information in aggregate to advertisers so that members may avail of special offers. Members will be given the opportunity to opt-out of these promotions or offers at any time.
Use of Technical Information
Cookies are files which are transferred to your computer’s hard disk by a website. Cookies can store information about your preferences and other information which you need when you visit a website. American Firearms Institute.com does not generally use cookies. At times cookies may be necessary in some parts of our website in order to provide certain features such as the customized delivery of certain information. To prevent the use of cookies you should activate the facility that is available in most web browsers that enables a user to deny or accept cookies.
Statistical, historical logs and analytical information collected through the standard operation of our Internet servers and logs provide us with general and not individually specific information. American Firearms Institute Inc., will make no attempt to identify individual users, or to associate any technical information collected through the standard operation of our Internet servers and logs with any individual user.
Overview
The AFI realizes how important privacy is to our membership. Therefore, we have adopted the following policy to advise you of your choices regarding the use of your personal information online. This policy describes what types of information we gather about you, how we use it, under what circumstances we disclose it to third-parties, and your rights to update or correct it.

Information We Collect
We gather certain broad information about web site use including the number of unique visitors, the frequency with which they visit, and the programs and services preferred. We look at the data in summary form, rather than on an individual basis. We gather this information so we can learn how many people visit the AFI site, which pages are the most and least viewed, and to identify which web sites are referring visitors to our sites. The data helps us determine the extent to which our members use certain parts of our web site. Thus, we use this information to help us in restructuring sites to better meet the needs of our members.
The AFI site is intended for general audiences and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13 years of age. For sites of interest to our junior members, we are committed to complying fully with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. Of course the AFI encourages you to talk with your children about communicating and disclosing personal information online.
We compile lists for communications and marketing purposes. We will provide that information to AFI affinity partners who we believe provide goods and/or services that might be useful to AFI members. Contracts with these companies require them to keep the member information strictly confidential and prohibit them from using it for any other purpose. You may ask us to remove you from this list by email using our Contact Us page. We do not provide member information to telemarketers, mailing list brokers, or other companies that are not offering AFI-endorsed services or benefits.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer’s hard drive by a Web server. We use session cookies to identify your computer during a particular surfing session, i.e. when you are placing an order or signing into our site. Such cookies enable you to store your password for fast logon and to track the items you have placed in your "shopping cart" during a visit to our online stores. We do not store personal or sensitive information in cookies. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or to deliver viruses to your computer.
Most web browsers provide you the ability to accept or decline cookies, as well as to be warned each time a cookie is being sent. If you choose to decline cookies, however, you may not be able to access certain interactive features and services offered on the AFI site.

IP Addresses
We collect and analyze traffic on our web site by keeping track of the IP addresses of our visitors. IP addresses are unique numeric identifiers that are assigned to each computer browser accessing the Internet. An IP address, by itself, cannot identify you personally. However, when combined with other information provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), your IP address can be used to identify the computer originating a message.

Personal Information
You may be required to provide personal information, including your name, email address, home address, work address, or telephone number. Should you request particular services, you may be asked for additional information such as your billing address, credit card number and expiration date. For example, we may ask for information so that we can process your membership application, facilitate an online store purchase, create an online account or register for one of our events. We store this information to provide service for your membership account, send the products you purchased, and provide entry or registration to one of our events. This information may also be used to evaluate and improve services and programs we offer our membership.
There will also be opportunities for you to provide us with additional information regarding your preferences and interests. This information, however, is not required and is completely optional on your part.
 
Control of Personal Information
Opt Out
We also use your membership information to send you notices in the mail or by email about special member benefits, discounts, and offers. If you do not wish to receive these mailings, you can: (1) opt-out of email lists immediately by following the instructions at the bottom of the email, (2) contact us using any means including mail and telephone on our Contact Us page

Editing Your Personal Information
You may edit your personal information—change name and address information, etc, by emailing memberservices@americanfirearms.org. Please allow 2 days for processing.

Data Security
We protect your personal information by using technologies and processes such as encryption, access control procedures, network firewalls, physical security, and other measures. Whenever personal data is collected by the AFI web site the data is secured in transit by Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL ensures that the data in transit between the web server and your client machine is encrypted and that the information was not changed in transit. Only authorized employees or agents with a legitimate business purpose are allowed to access your personal information. We have policies and procedures in place to deal with employees who violate our privacy and confidentiality policies. When credit card data is required, that data is additionally protected by internal encryption. It is never stored on our systems as we use a third party – Paypal – to process all credit and debit card transactions.
Some of our services require you to establish and use a password to protect your personal information from unauthorized access by others. Please understand that the American Firearms Institute Inc., is not responsible for the privacy practices of web sites linked to our site or for the privacy practices of other third parties. When leaving the AFI site using such a link or by clicking on an advertisement, you should therefore check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser to determine its individual practices.

Changes to This Policy
The American Firearms Institute Inc., may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When the American Firearms Institute makes changes to this Policy, you will see the word "updated" and the effective date beneath the Privacy Policy title. The American Firearms Institute encourages you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Contacting the American Firearms Institute
If you have questions about this statement or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us via the email, address, or phone number immediately below.