AMAC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the Personal Information you provide to us. We want to share the following principles governing our privacy practices with you.
Your Personal Information may be shared with other entities because AMAC conducts business with private businesses and federal and state governments. Appropriate confidentiality and data transfer agreements bind all such entities. This statement may be superseded by specific program-level documentation or agreements between you and AMAC.
The Information We Collect
Throughout this policy, we refer to information that personally identifies you as Personal Information. AMAC collects your Personal Information so that we can respond to your requests, which may include, for example, processing your orders, adding you to email lists, or registering you for events.
Personal Information that can identify you as an individual includes your name, postal or email address, phone number, occupation, account number, and credit or debit card number, combined with any required security code, access code, username or password.
We collect Personal Information about you from different sources. For example, we collect information you send us on applications and forms. We collect information from our website. We may collect information from a consumer-reporting agency, demographic firm, or other company. This collection depends on the product or service you request.
If you give us Personal Information about someone else, such as a spouse or work colleague, you must have that person’s permission.
In many instances, you may browse the AMAC website anonymously. When you arrive at the AMAC website, we record your IP address (your computer’s Internet address). We do not link your IP address to Personal Information unless you have registered with us and logged in using your profile.
Access to certain AMAC web pages, services, products and activities requires a login and a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login and password information.
You may choose to give us Personal Information in a variety of situations, including when you:
- Register with AMAC for an account on AMAC websites
- Use certain AMAC products or services
- Register to attend a seminar or meeting
- Pay your AMAC membership dues
- Subscribe to one or more AMAC publications (web access, email, fax or postal)
- Are the primary contact for your organization’s activities with AMAC
- Register to participate in the AMAC events or program
- Submit your Personal Information to AMAC for any other reason
- Occasionally, AMAC receives Personal Information from our business partners and vendors.
Your Choice and Control
We will always inform you before we collect any Personal Information and the purpose of the collection. We will ask for your consent before we use or share your information for any purpose other than the reason you provided it. We will require you to take action to indicate your preferences, such as checking the appropriate option on a form or your membership application.
How We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Like many websites, AMAC uses technologies called cookies, which allow us to make your visit to our website easier, more efficient and more valuable by providing you with a customized experience and recognizing you when you return.
A cookie is a small data file a website transfers to your computer’s hard drive. AMAC’s website sends cookies when you visit it, request or personalize information, or register for certain services. A cookie cannot read personal data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites; the only Personal Information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. Accepting the cookies used on our website may give us access to information about your browsing behavior, which we may use to personalize your experience and track user traffic patterns. We do this to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information.
- Cookies are typically classified as either session cookies or persistent cookies.
- Session cookies do not stay on your computer after you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your computer until you delete them or they expire.
You may browse most of the AMAC website without accepting cookies from AMAC. However, disabling cookies on your computer may cause you to lose some website functionality. Other AMAC web pages, particularly those that require a login and password, require cookies and cannot be used when you have disabled cookies in your browser.
AMAC may also use customized links or other similar technologies to track email links that you click. For those outside the European Union, we may associate that information with your Personal Information to provide you with more focused e-mail communications or purchase information. When applicable, each e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication.
If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website or via HTML-formatted emails, you can set your browser to warn you before it accepts cookies or refuse the cookie when it alerts you to its presence. You can also turn all cookies off in your browser.
How We Use Your Personal Information
AMAC uses your Personal Information to respond to your requests and supply you with information, and to do so. We may need to share it with others. In that case, we share only the information necessary to handle your request and obligate these other parties to limit their use of your Personal Information to fulfill your request. In addition, we may use your Personal Information to contact you as part of our member surveys or for market research purposes, with your permission.
We will use your Personal Information to provide the products and services you have requested, respond to callback requests, and send you specific marketing materials. We may need to share your information with third parties, including our business partners, service vendors, shipping companies, and postal and government authorities (such as the TSA).
Suppose your employer has a written agreement with AMAC governing access to AMAC information or programs. In that case, AMAC may use your Personal Information to verify compliance with the agreement and track usage of other applications available on those pages.
We may also use your Personal Information to create anonymous data records or aggregations, perform statistical analyses, and, for other purposes, omit or remove information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We will also disclose your Personal Information if required by law or in urgent circumstances to protect your safety, the public’s safety, or our websites.
Any Personal Information you provide will only be used to implement the specific activity or event for which you submitted it.
Your Ability to Access, Update or Deactivate Your Information
Registered users may review and revise their Personal Information at amac-org.com. You may request deactivation of your AMAC account or any of your Personal Information held by us by emailing info@amac-org.com.
If you choose to deactivate your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you with services, contact us at info@amac-org.com. We will retain some of your Personal Information in our files to prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, respect your opt-out preferences, and comply with legal requirements.
How We Protect Your Information
AMAC safeguards the security of the data you send us using industry-standard physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. When appropriate, AMAC websites use SSL encryption to enhance the security of sensitive data transmissions. Inside AMAC, data is stored in controlled servers with limited access. Your information is stored and processed in the United States.
While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure the security of the information you transmit to us over an unsecured Internet connection. Therefore, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data on the Internet.
Some ways to protect your data include changing your passwords often, using a combination of letters and numbers in passwords, and making sure you use a secure browser. In addition, be aware of phishing attacks, which attempt to steal consumers’ personal identity data and financial account credentials. Phishers use ‘spoofed’ e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging sensitive Personal Information such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. AMAC will never send an email asking you to provide or confirm Personal Information. If you receive a communication such as this, please immediately forward it to info@amac-org.com and immediately delete it from your computer.
Furthermore, AMAC conducts business through pertinent laws and regulations relating to our products and services, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). Under Title V of the GLBA, an individual’s nonpublic Personal Information (“NPPI”) is afforded certain legal protections. Again, AMAC abides by and endorses the philosophy underlying the pertinent law. After all, it isn’t just an obligation; it’s also good business.
Children and Privacy
Our websites do not target or intend to attract children under 13. AMAC does not knowingly solicit Personal Information from children under 13 or send them requests for Personal Information.
Third Party Sites
AMAC’s website contains links to third-party websites, some of which may be co-branded with the AMAC logo. However, these websites are not operated or maintained by AMAC. AMAC does not share your Personal Information with these websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. Your use of any third-party website is at your own risk.
Although we choose our business partners carefully, AMAC cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our site. Once you have left our website, you should practice checking the applicable privacy statement of the third-party website to determine how they will use any information they collect from you.
Whose privacy is protected?
AMAC’s organization is a membership organization. Therefore, our customers are companies and individuals, and we are confident we will safeguard their Personal Information with discretion.
Applicable laws employ definitional distinctions between a “consumer” and a “customer.” Such rules typically emphasize individual privacy rather than information about businesses or other entities. AMAC observes these distinctions, too, although we respect the privacy of people and organizations alike. Generally, if you are visiting our website because you are contemplating AMAC’s services, your privacy is protected under the status of a consumer. A specific type of consumer, customers, are people who enter into a more complex or enduring relationship with us as a member.
AMAC’s duties and commitment to your privacy endure even after a customer cancels membership. AMAC will continue to treat your information as though you remain our customer. AMAC will abide by applicable record-retention and privacy rules. At all times, AMAC will furnish pertinent information where compelled or to comply with relevant law, in response to a subpoena, court order and other judicial processes, or as required by competent regulatory authorities.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
This document was last updated on January 16, 2025. AMAC may amend this privacy statement at any time. Whenever this Privacy Statement is materially changed, we will post a notice on our website home page for 30 days before the change becomes effective. Your continued use of the AMAC website after any change will signify and confirm your assent.
AMAC suggests customers and website visitors periodically review this privacy policy for revisions.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding the APA’s disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at info@amac-org.com.
Questions or Suggestions
If you have questions or concerns about our collection, use, or disclosure of your Personal Information, please email us at info@amac-org.com.