Privacy Statement
The American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the AAEI website and governs data collection and usage. By using the AAEI website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection Personal Information
AAEI collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. AAEI also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by AAEI. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring web ite addresses. This information is used by AAEI for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of its website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through AAEI public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: AAEI does not read any of your private online communications.
AAEI encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from AAEI, in order to understand how those websites collect, use, and share user information. AAEI is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the AAEI family of websites.
Use of your Personal Information
AAEI collects and uses your personal information to operate its website and deliver the services you have requested. AAEI also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from AAEI and its affiliates. AAEI may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
AAEI not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. AAEI may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, AAEI may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to AAEI, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
AAEI does not use or disclose sensitive personal information such as race, religion, or political affiliations without your explicit consent.
AAEI keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit in order to determine what AAEI services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within AAEI to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
AAEI websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law, or comply with legal process served on AAEI or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of AAEI; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of AAEI, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The AAEI website use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a webserver in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the webserver that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize AAEI pages or register with AAEI sites or services, a cookie helps AAEI to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, etc. When you return to the same AAEI website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the AAEI features that you customized.
You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of AAEI services or its websites.
Security of your Personal Information
AAEI secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. AAEI secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected using encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
AAEI will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. AAEI encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how AAEI is protecting your information.
Contact Information
AAEI American Association of Exporters and Importers welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy If you believe that AAEI American Association of Exporters and Importers has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.