AFS Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting AFS' website and reviewing our privacy policy. The purpose
of this policy is to explain how we handle information we collect from you during
your visit to our website.
It is important to keep in mind that we do not collect personally-identifiable information
(name, address, e-mail address, social security number, or other unique identifiers)
on our website unless we specifically advise you that we are doing so.
Your rights under the Privacy Act: Information concerning the Privacy Act can be
found on the following Website:
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/04_7_1.html.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual
basis and website use information collected on an aggregated basis as you and others
browse our website.
Personal Information You Choose to Provide:
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Registration Information: You will provide us information about yourself,
your firm or company, and your practices when you register to be a client of AFS,
register for certain services, or register for e-mail newsletters and alerts. You
may also provide additional comments on how you see AFS servicing your needs and
interests.
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E-mail Information: If you choose to correspond with us through e-mail,
we may retain the content of your e-mail messages together with your e-mail address
and our responses.
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Website Use Information: Similar to other commercial websites, our
website utilizes a standard technology called 'cookies' and Web server logs to collect
information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies
and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time
spent at our website, and the websites visited just before and just after our website.
We may also use small pieces of code called 'web beacons' or 'clear gifs' to determine
which advertisements and promotions users have seen and how users respond to them.
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This information does not identify you personally: We maintain the
above information in systems logs. We use this information to make our website more
useful to visitors by learning the number of visitors to our site, the number of
pages served, and the level of demand for specific pages. We do not track or record
information about identifiable individuals and their visits.