NAFA Privacy and Security Notice

Welcome to nafa.com.  NAFA values your privacy, and we wish to help make your experience on this website as satisfying and as secure as possible.  This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy and security practices for nafa.com and applies solely to information collected by this website.  It explains the following:

  • What information NAFA collects from you through the website;
  • How NAFA uses and shares information collected from you;
  • The choices you have regarding the use of your data and information;
  • The security procedures in place to protect your information and prevent its misuse; and
  • The terms and conditions and warranties regarding the use of the information available through this website.

NAFA may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time as we update and improve our services.  Prior notice of any update or amendment is not required, and all updates or amendments are effective upon being posted; accordingly, we encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy.  Your continued use of the website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy, including any updates or amendments.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing on nafa.com

NAFA is the sole owner of the information collected on this website.  You do not need to provide any personal information in order to access the information on nafa.com, excluding information that is available to members only. Member contact and identification information is obtained through our member companies and through submission via email or other direct contact from an individual.  Such member contact information includes name, email address, mailing address, phone number, job title, organization name, and affiliation. Unique member identification information includes such things as user name, account number, and password. NAFA will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

NAFA also collects information from users of nafa.com who register for NAFA conferences, meetings, and webinars and who voluntarily provide contact and credit card information for such purposes.  Credit card information is collected for billing purposes only and will not be otherwise disclosed, unless required by law.  All financial transactions conducted on nafa.com are processed using authorize.net, a payment gateway service administered and wholly-owned by Visa.  All transactions occur over secure socket layer (SSL) connections.

In addition to the information that may be voluntarily disclosed, NAFA may collect information from your browser when you use this website.  Such information does not identify you personally, including, for example, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the software and operating system of your computer, the referring URL (i.e., the page from which you navigated to nafa.com), the date and time you accessed the site, the pages on nafa.com that you accessed and the documents within the website that you accessed.  NAFA uses this information to measure the number of visitors to different pages and their access to different information available on nafa.com, to make the website more useful and user friendly, and to improve the website and our other services and materials available on nafa.com.

We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.  This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. NAFA will not share or disclose your personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties except where, in good faith, it is believed that doing so is required by a subpoena or is otherwise required by law or when such disclosure protects the rights of NAFA or the safety of others.

Protection of Information

Although we cannot guaranty that all transmissions via nafa.com are 100% secure, NAFA takes precautions to protect your personal information and acts in good faith to protect the security of such information. When you submit information via nafa.com, your information is protected both offline and online.

Wherever we collect sensitive information, such as credit card data, that information is encrypted and transmitted in a secure way.  This can be verified by looking for a “lock” icon in the address bar for nafa.com.  In addition to protecting sensitive information transmitted online NAFA also protects your information offline.  Only NAFA staff who need the information to perform specific jobs (such as billing or customer service) have access to personally identifiable information.

There may be links to other external websites included on nafa.com that are provided as a convenience to our users. NAFA is not responsible for the privacy and security practices external websites, and any information you provide to those websites is governed by their security and privacy policies.

Your right to opt out of further contact

NAFA sends emails and other information to our members and users of the website.  You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time.  If at any time you wish to be removed from an email mailing list, you can unsubscribe using the instructions at the bottom of the email or, if you are a NAFA member, by updating your profile information located in the members-only section of the website.  You may also contact us directly at email@nafa.com.

Terms of Use/Disclaimers

All information available through nafa.com is the property of NAFA and/or its information providers and is protected by copyright and intellectual property law. All rights reserved.  The use of NAFA’s name, service marks and/or logos appearing on nafa.com may not be used in any advertising or promotion, or to otherwise suggest NAFA’s endorsement, sponsorship of, or affiliation with any product or service without NAFA’s prior express written permission.

Warranties

Information provided on nafa.com is provided on an “as is” basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding the privacy and security policies of nafa.com, please contact NAFA by writing, emailing, or calling pursuant to the contact information listed below:

NAFA, the National Association for Fixed Annuities
1155 F Street, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20004
414-332-9306
email@nafa.com