North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (referred to as
“Company”, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our member's
and Website user’s personal information. This statement applies with respect to
the information that we collect from the all Company Websites, located at
www.nafem.org. Amendments to this statement will be posted at this URL and
will be effective when posted. Your continued use of this site following the posting
of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.
We collect non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways,
including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings or
most-recently visited URL. We may also ask you to provide certain non-personally
identifiable information about yourself, such as your age, household income, buying
preferences, etc. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you
unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out a survey
or registration form. The types of information that may be requested include your name,
email address, cellular phone number, and country of residence.
In general, we will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose as are
described at the point of collection. We do not share or provide your information with
third-parties, other than as necessary for the functions of the Website and the fulfillment
of the purpose for which the information is collected. We may also use this information
to deliver to you information about our company and promotional material from our
company, trend analysis, pattern detection, and site administration. Your information
may also be used by Company to contact you when necessary. Users may opt-out
of receiving future mailings from Company by following the instructions set forth in the
opt-out section below.
Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to tailor your experience at our site,
showing you content we think you might be interested in.
During your visit to the Websites, we also may collect information your visit but not
about you. For instance, we may collect your IP address, browser type, domain name,
access times and referring Website addresses. This information helps facilitate the
online experience at our Websites. In addition, we use cookies to track usage patterns
at our site and to control the display of ads, as well as to offer other functionalities (such
as screening for age, helping to track items in your shopping basket at sites which offer
online shopping opportunities, and "recognizing" you to speed up your log-in when you
visit our sites). See below for more detail on cookies. We use your IP Address to help
diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Websites.
When you purchase products or services from or through the Company Websites we
may require Personal Information such as name, address, telephone number and billing
information, including credit card, debit card or bank account data. We will not disclose
your Personal Information, including billing information, except to the extent necessary to
complete your transaction, for example during an online purchase or where needed to
deliver a product or service you ordered.
When you view our Website we might store some information on your computer. This
information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of
information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Cookies do not spy on you or
otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal
information. Rather, they help you navigate a Website as easily as possible. We use
cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.
Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as
"perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety
of your personal information.
Our Websites contain links to other Websites. Company is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such Websites. We encourage you to become f
amiliar with privacy policies of other sites you visit, including linked sites.
Company allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided.
This may be done through the following methods:
- email the information to info@nafem.org.
- visit the Customer Service section of the site and follow the appropriate instructions.
Unfortunately, to the extent that such information is also stored in other databases, we
cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will reach the other databases.
We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is removed from or
corrected in our records.
You may opt-out of receiving communications from Company by the following means:
- send an email to info@nafem.org.
- visit the Customer Service section of the site and follow the appropriate instructions.
We will take commercially reasonable steps to implement your opt-out requests promptly;
but you may still receive promotional information from us by mail for up to 60 days due to
printing and mailing schedules, and up to 10 days for email.
These sites make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to
its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes
public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your
personal information.
Our Website and the servers that make these sites available worldwide are located in the
United States. The Internet laws in the United States govern all matters relating to these
sites. Any information you provide in subscribing to one of our Websites or registering
or ordering at one of our websites will be transferred to the United States. By visiting our
sites and submitting information, you authorize this transfer, processing and use.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your
dealings with this Website, you can contact us at
info@nafem.org or +1.312.821.0201.