This American Association Digital Privacy Policy (USA) (“Privacy Policy”) describes how we collect and use your information through a variety of digital means. By accessing or using this website, mobile application or other American Association product or service on any computer, mobile phone, tablet, console or other device (collectively, “Device”), you consent to our Privacy Policy. American Association may modify this Privacy Policy at any time effective upon its posting. Your continued use of our products and services constitutes your acceptance to this Privacy Policy and any updates.
While this Privacy Policy is intended to generally describe our privacy practices, our goal is to also provide more detailed information at times when it’s most meaningful to you. Please look for these notices within our American Association services.
COLLECTING INFORMATION
What You Give Us
We collect information you give us or permit us to access. Information may include, but is not limited to, your name, image, birth date, email and physical address, telephone number, gender, and performance information, and when necessary, credit card information.
What We Collect From You
We may automatically collect information regarding your interaction with, and use of, our products and services. Information we may collect includes, but is not limited to, your telephone number, Device identifier and hardware information, IP address, browser type and language, cookie information, system type, whether you have enabling software to access certain features, access times, referring website URLs, information about your purchases and other information about your interactions with us.
What We Collect From Other American Association Interactions and Third Parties
We may combine information you give us with other information from American Association sources, transactions and communications. This may include, but is not limited to, information from American Association stores, direct mail, catalogs, events, products and applications, social media outlets, or other American Association interactions. We may also combine that information with data that is publicly available and data from third parties. We also collect information about gift recipients provided by the giver.
USING INFORMATION
We may use your information to do the following:
Enable Your Use
- Enhance, customize and personalize your American Association experiences and communications
- Use American Association features, placing an order and other activities
Operate, Improve, and Analyze
- Operate, provide, improve and maintain American Association’s products and services, including analyzing user behavior and trends
- Send you administrative messages and other information about the American Association. Communicate with you about your purchase, account information or customer service
Provide and Conduct Marketing and Promotions
- Communicate with you about our products, services and events, and for other promotional purposes
- Administer contests, promotions, events, surveys or other features
- Display relevant marketing to you
SHARING
By Law or to Protect Rights
We may disclose information upon governmental request, in response to a court order, when required by law, to enforce our policies, or to protect our or others’ rights, property or safety. We may share information to prevent illegal uses of American Association’s products and services or to defend ourselves against third-party claims. We may also share information with companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation.
Business Transfers
Your information may be transferred to a third party as a part of our business assets in a sale of a part or all of American Association. If this should happen, notice will be provided by posting to the website or other form of communication.
PUBLIC SHARING
Default Sharing
When you join or use certain services, you agree to publicly share a basic amount of information, which may include your username, city location, and profile picture.
Sharing You Choose
You may choose to share certain information. In order to participate in certain features, you may have to adjust your privacy settings and share more information. You may also choose to share your activity on other platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Please read the privacy policies of those platforms, because your American Association activity published on those platforms will no longer be governed by the American Association’s Privacy Policy.
American Association Sharing
Information that is publicly shared may be used by the American Association for promotional purposes.
PROTECTING INFORMATION
Security Measures
We use a variety of security measures, including encryption and authentication tools, to help protect your information. We use secure servers when you place orders. All credit card information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted within our databases and PayPal databases.
No Guarantee
However, like other companies, the American Association cannot guarantee 100% the security or confidentiality of the information you provide to us.
COLLECTION TOOLS
How We Collect Information
The American Association automatically collects information within our products and services or stored by your browser or Device. We use a variety of methods to collect this information, including, but not limited to, cookies and pixel tags/web beacons (“Collection Tools”).
Third Party Tracking
We also work with other companies who use tracking technologies to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your interaction with us, including advertising. Note that if you opt-out from these third party tracking technologies, you may still see our ads at other websites, but the ads will not be tailored using third party tracking technologies associated with our website.
CHOICES
Modifying or Deleting Your Information
You can modify or delete your profile within certain American Association services, through your account. Your information previously posted may still be publicly viewable. American Association may keep information and content in our backup files and archives.
Communication/Unsubscribe/Opt-Out
Regardless of the settings you select, American Association may send you service-related communications. To unsubscribe and stop receiving messages, please change your settings or follow the instructions in the email, text message, notification or other message type. If you have unsubscribed from any American Association communications, due to production schedules, you may receive communications already in production.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
Our digital operations are conducted, in whole or in part, in the United States. Regardless of where you live, you consent to have your personal data transferred, processed and stored in the United States, and allow American Association to use and collect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
