Athletes for Freedom Foundation Privacy Policy

Last Updated November 24, 2020

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING THE AFF WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES. BY ACCESSING AND USING THE AFF WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE WHOLLY ACCEPTED AFF’S PRIVACY POLICY.

Your use of the Athletes for Freedom Foundationand its affiliates (“AFF”), if and as applicable, Website and Services, including any dispute concerning Your online privacy therewith, is subject to AFF’s Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) and AFF’s Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”), located at https://www.athletesforfreedom.org/terms. By using the AFF Website and/or Services, You ACCEPT the practices set forth in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. For this reason, please frequently refer to this Privacy Policy to ensure Your continued ACCEPTANCE of all AFF practices relating to Your personal and user information. Your continued use of any portion of the Website and/or Services following the posting of an updated Privacy Policy will constitute Your full ACCEPTANCE of any changes.

AFF has created this privacy statement in order to fully disclose its information gathering and dissemination practices for the AFF Website (“Website”), and the Services offered and provided through the Website (“Services”).

Changes in Privacy Policy

AFF reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time and will notify You as to any changes via the Website, by email, or as outlined in the Terms of Service. AFF wants You to always be aware of what personal and other information it collects, how AFF uses that information, and under what circumstances AFF may disclose such information. All personal information that AFF collects will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time the information is collected. If the Privacy Policy changes in any significant respect in the meantime, AFF will not (without Your permission) use Your personal data in a manner that is inconsistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time Your information was collected.

A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Upon reading this Privacy Policy, You will be informed of the following:

1. Description of the types of personally identifiable information (Yours and that of third parties) collected through the Website and Services;
2. How collected personally identifiable information is used;
3. With whom the collected personally identifiable information may be shared;
4. The choices available to You regarding the collection, use, and distribution of such information;
5. Security procedures that are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of personally identifiable information under AFF’s control; and
6. Instructions on how You can access and correct any inaccuracies in the information collected about You.

A note about the Website and Services: Some of AFF’s Services, data centers, service providers, affiliates or operating partners and servers may be located in other countries. As such, the Website and Services may be subject to the laws of numerous countries and jurisdictions, some of which may require AFF to disclose certain information about its users. AFF is committed to keeping Your information private while using its best efforts to comply with all applicable laws in the jurisdiction(s) in which it operates.

Should You have any concerns or believe that there are problems or issues relating to compliance with the policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, please notify by email at legal.afff@gmail.com, as also outlined in Section G, below.

B. A WORD FROM AFF

AFF has a strong commitment to providing superior service to all of its customers, users, and visitors, particularly with respect to their concerns about privacy. AFF understands that You may have questions about how the Website and Services collect and use Your information. Accordingly, AFF prepared this statement to best inform You of the privacy principles that govern the Website and Services. AFF will not sell or rent Your personally identifiable information or a list of Your and/or its customers and/or users to third parties. However, as described in more detail below, there are limited circumstances in which some of Your information may be shared with third parties—under strict restrictions—so it is important for You to carefully review this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy contains numerous general and technical details about the steps AFF takes to respect Your privacy. AFF has organized this Privacy Policy by major processes and areas so that You can quickly find the information of most interest to You. The bottom line is that meeting Your needs and expectations forms the foundation of everything AFF does, including the protection of Your privacy.

C. INFORMATION AFF COLLECTS

Information AFF Collects Through the Website

The Website does not collect personally identifiable information from Your computer when You browse the Website and request pages from AFF servers. This means that, unless You voluntarily and knowingly provide AFF with personally identifiable information, AFF will not know Your name, email address, or any other personally identifiable information. 

When You request a page from the AFF Website, AFF’s servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header, JavaScript or similar technical tools, including the IP address, the time of the request, the URL of the request, and other technical information. AFF collects this information in order to make its Website function correctly and to provide You the functionality that You see on the Website, as AFF’s servers use this information to deliver the internet pages You request. AFF also uses this information to better understand how visitors use the Website and how AFF can better tune its Website, contents, and functionality to best meet Your needs. However, this information is not associated with any personally identifiable information of persons browsing the Website.

When You use the Website, AFF, or trusted authorized third parties, may also collect certain technical and routing information about Your computer (also known as environmental variables) to facilitate Your use of the Website and the Services enabled thereby. When You browse the Internet, Your Internet browser (such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Internet Explorer) automatically transmits some information to AFF every time You access content on one of AFF’s internet domains. Examples of such information include the URL of the particular web page You visited, the IP address of the computer You are using, or the browser version that You are using to access the Website. All of this information may be collected by AFF and used to help improve its offerings to You.

User Content

You may be permitted to upload certain content onto the Website and Services (“User Content”). This information shall be private and, except in accordance with this Privacy Policy, will not be disclosed to third parties without Your prior permission.

Providing Your Information to AFF

You never have to provide personally identifiable information to AFF. However, should You choose to withhold certain required information, AFF may not be able to provide You with some or all of the Services. Some of the information AFF asks You to provide may be identified as mandatory or optional. If You do not provide the mandatory information with respect to a particular activity, You may not be able to engage in that activity or make such a purchase. AFF will inform You of the mandatory or optional nature of the requested or required information.

AFF is the sole owner of the information it gathers on the Website and Services. AFF will only share Your information with outside parties in ways that are described in this Privacy Policy if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, to cooperate with law enforcement agencies, to comply with a legal process served on AFF, or to otherwise comply with any current or future laws and regulations applicable to AFF.

You may be provided an opportunity on the Website to allow AFF to contact You from time to time regarding AFF news and product or Services updates. In order to do so, You may be required to provide certain personally identifiable information to AFF. AFF will treat this information in accordance with the policies set forth in this Privacy Policy.

When You submit personal information to AFF through the Website, You understand and AGREE that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which AFF and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of Your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of AFF. AFF may use vendors to aid in the facilitation of technical support services that may potentially receive limited access to Your personal information.

AFF may establish relationships with various service providers whose services may become available to You from the Website or from other websites linked therewith. Typically, these providers would offer services that AFF customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with the Website or Services. In order to use these other-website services, You may be required to provide personal information to such services providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that You provide while You are visiting a provider’s website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such website; however, personal information that You provide while on the AFF Website in conjunction with a provider’s service will be subject to AFF’s Privacy Policy. For instance, credit card information entered in populating a purchase form or registration process is collected by the third-party registration services and subject to their respective privacy policies. You should be aware that AFF’s agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with AFF personal information collected from You. In such instances, AFF may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

PayPal, Stripe, and any other third-party payment service providers designated by AFF are responsible for payment information You provide through the Website, which will be subject to their respective privacy policies.

Third-Party Websites and Service Providers

The Website may contain links to websites owned and operated by third parties. These links are presented for Your convenience and information. AFF does not control these third-party websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices or content. AFF does not control the information collection and distribution policies on such websites other than those that are under the control of AFF itself. Content on third-party websites may not reflect products, services, and/or information provided by AFF. Third parties may also set their own cookies and/or use web beacons, which may be used to identify some of Your preferences or to recognize You if You have previously had contact with these third parties. AFF does not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information. You should direct all concerns regarding any third-party website directly or to the site administrator or webmaster.

Third-Party Applications

AFF may make third party applications available to You through the Website or Services. The information collected by AFF when You enable a third-party application is processed under this Privacy Policy. Information collected by the third-party application provider is governed by the provider’s privacy policy(ies).

Information Relating to Children (COPPA)

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in November 1998. COPPA provides parents with specific rights regarding their children’s privacy. For additional information and resources on COPPA, please visit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) website. The AFF Website and any Software or Services available thereon are not directed at children under 13 years of age and, therefore, COPPA does not apply. However, AFF recognizes that children under the age of 13 may potentially access the Website and subscribe to the newsletter, purchase Software and Services, or download software programs. Parents and Legal Guardians may request AFF to review, delete or stop the collection of any personally identifiable information of their child(ren). You may do so by contacting AFF by email at legal.afff@gmail.com.

Cookies and Web Beacons

The Website uses “cookie” and “web beacon” technology. “Cookies” are short pieces of data generated by a web server that a website stores on a user’s computer. Certain pages on AFF’s Website may require the use of a cookie for purposes of keeping information You enter on multiple pages together. Cookies also enable AFF to customize the Website and offerings to Your needs and provide You with a better online experience with AFF. In addition, cookies are used to:

• Measure usage of various pages on AFF’s Website to help make AFF’s information more pertinent to Your needs and easier for You to access;
• Identify and categorize the internet webpages from which a visitor came to the Website and in order to observe browsing patterns; and
• Provide functionality such as online orders, AFF Services, and other functionalities that AFF believes would be of interest and value to You.

The types of cookies that AFF uses are referred to as “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once You leave the Website. Persistent cookies remain on Your computer hard drive until You delete them. AFF does not use cookies to gather information concerning Your visits to other websites, nor ascertain any personally identifiable information about You apart from what You voluntarily provide in your dealings with AFF. Cookies do not, under ordinary circumstances, corrupt or damage Your computer, programs, or computer files.

In addition, the service providers AFF uses to serve and host its advertisements may use session or persistent cookies to track the number of times the Website is accessed and whether the Website was accessed via an advertisement. There are no automatically-placed cookies within these advertisements, a cookie is placed on Your computer only if and when You click on an advertisement. The cookie generated from the advertisement does not contain any personally identifiable information and will remain on Your hard drive until You delete it. Furthermore, AFF may use email tracking services in order to receive read receipts and related information when sending emails, however, these services are used by AFF for these reasons and not to collect any personal information about You.

You may set your browser to block cookies (consult the instructions for Your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so may adversely affect Your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality, and access certain content on AFF’s Website.

Web beacons are used in combination with cookies to help website operators understand how visitors interact with their websites. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1-pixel x 1-pixel) that is placed on a website. As opposed to cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. These web beacons are not tied to personally identifiable information. The use of web beacons allows a website to measure the actions of the visitor opening the page that contains the web beacon. It makes it easier to follow and record the activities of a recognized browser, such as the path of pages visited on a website. AFF uses the information provided by web beacons to develop a better understanding of how the Website’s visitors use the Website, and to facilitate those visitors’ interactions with the Website. AFF may make the aggregate data obtained from web analytics (including from its third-party analytics providers, if applicable) publicly available. If this data is made available, none of the information will be personally identifying information or potentially-personally identifying information.

D. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING & USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

How Your Personal Information is Used

AFF collects information from You in order to record and support Your participation in the activities provided by AFF. AFF may use Your email address to send a confirmation email when You donate and, if necessary, may use other information You provide to contact You for help to process or provide a purchase or Service You have selected. Your personal information also may be used to keep You informed about new services, service upgrades, special offers, and other Services.

As described above, AFF may collect information about Your use of the Website and Services. This information is collected in aggregate form and usually sent in JavaScript snippets, without explicitly identifying any particular user. AFF may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.

AFF recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on the Website. Without Your CONSENT, AFF will not communicate any information to You regarding the Website, Services, or special offers available from AFF or its affiliates, although AFF may find it necessary to communicate with You regarding Your use of the Website, or Services in certain limited circumstances. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, AFF will not provide Your name to other companies or organizations without Your CONSENT.

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

Although AFF will always strive to guard Your identity, AFF may disclose Your personally identifiable information without Your permission in limited circumstances. AFF will only do so if it has a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with laws, regulations, or government requests or (2) to investigate or protect against harmful activities to its guests, visitors, associates, or property (including the Website or Services), or to others. If AFF is required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide Your personally identifiable information, AFF will only do so upon receipt of appropriate documentation. AFF may also disclose Your information to investigate violation of and enforce its Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. Please know that AFF does not take this responsibility lightly. Your privacy is of paramount importance to AFF.

AFF may use the services of third parties, such as email service providers, purchase, shipping and order processing merchants and marketing companies that act as independent contractors on behalf of AFF. These parties are prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose AFF specifies. AFF does provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to AFF. AFF prohibits the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the AFF’s affiliates for their use without Your approval.

Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information

AFF operates secure data networks protected by industry-standard firewall and password protection systems. AFF security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by AFF users. AFF takes steps to ensure that Your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while AFF strives to protect Your personal information, it cannot guarantee the security of any information You transmit to AFF or from the Website or Services. Your use of the Website and Services is at Your own risk.

AFF treats the information You provide to AFF as confidential information; which is, accordingly, subject to AFF’s company security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches AFF it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access outside of AFF. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, AFF offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions and also in other countries where AFF and its service providers conduct business. All AFF employees are aware of AFF privacy and security policies and are required by AFF to abide by these policies. Your information is only accessible to those employees who need it in order to perform their jobs.

E. DATA CHOICES AVAILABLE TO YOU

Opt-In and Disclosure

You may always choose whether or not to disclose personally identifiable information and that choice will not prevent You from using the Website and having limited access to the Website and Services. Please note, however, if You should choose to withhold certain requested information, AFF may not be able to provide You with some or all of the Services dependent upon the collection of this information. You will be given an opportunity to “opt-in” and select Your preference choices for any items that are optional and which are not prerequisite for AFF rendering of Services. 

Opt-Out Options

You can choose at any time to opt-out of receiving emails from AFF by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email You receive from AFF or by contacting AFF directly at legal.afff@gmail.com. If You elect to opt-out, AFF will not, as applicable, share Your personal information with third parties or send You emails. However, AFF may continue to use Your personal information for internal purposes, to enhance Your user experience or as necessary to administer the Website or comply with applicable law.

Contact by AFF

AFF reserves the right to send infrequent service alert messages to users to inform them of specific changes that may impact their ability to use a service that they have previously signed up for, purchased, or used, regardless of email contact opt-in status. AFF also reserves the right to contact You if compelled to do so as part of a legal proceeding or if there has been a violation of any applicable licensing, warranty, or purchase agreements. AFF is retaining this right because in limited cases AFF feels that it may need to contact You as a matter of law or regarding matters that will be important to You. This does not allow AFF to contact You to market a new or existing service if You have asked AFF not to do so, and issuance of these types of communications are rare.

California Residents

If You are a California resident, You can request a notice disclosing the categories of personal information that AFF may share with third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. To request this notice, please submit Your request to AFF as detailed in Section G. Please allow 30 days for a response. For Your protection and the protection of all of AFF’s users, AFF may ask You to provide proof of identity before it can answer such a request. AFF does not respond to general do not track (DNT) requests.

F. RIGHTS OF EUROPEAN USERS UNDER THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

AFF complies with the principles of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 “On the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (“GDPR”). If You are a natural person of the EU within the meaning of the GDPR (“Qualified Individual”), You are afforded certain additional rights by the GDPR as further described within this Section.

Data Controller

If and when AFF receives Your personal information directly from You via its Website or Services, it performs the functions of a Data Controller, as defined by the GDPR, and has the ability to determine how personal data is collected, for what purposes, and how this data is to be processed. As the data controller, AFF has implemented many technical and operational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through its Website, and Services.

Data Processor

If and when AFF acts as a processor, AFF processes Your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and uses industry standard safeguards to secure Your information.

Consent

If You are a Qualified Individual, consents concerning Your personal information are handled in compliance with the GDPR. If and when consent requirements under this Privacy Policy conflict with the GDPR, the GDPR will prevail if You are a Qualified Individual.

Legal Basis for Processing

Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which AFF obtains consent for a particular purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which You are a party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary to provide a service, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b). The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning AFF products or Services. If AFF is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c). If the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect Your vital interests or that of another Qualified Individual, then the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(d). Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1)(f) if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by AFF or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by Your fundamental rights and freedoms under the GDPR.

GDPR Rights:

• Right of Confirmation

You may obtain confirmation of whether or not Your personal data is being processed. If You wish to exercise Your right of confirmation, You may contact AFF using the contact information as provided in Section G, below.

• Right of Access

You may obtain from information about Your stored personal data at any time and a copy of this information. If You wish to exercise Your right of access, You may contact AFF using the contact information as provided in Section G, below.

• Right to Rectification

You may request the rectification of any inaccurate personal data. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data completed or deleted, by means of first appropriately identifying Yourself and then providing a supplementary statement. If You wish to exercise Your right of rectification please may contact AFF in accordance with Section G, below.

• Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten)

You may request the erasure of Your personal information by contacting AFF using the contact information provided in Section G, hereof. Please note that while any changes You make will be reflected in active user databases within a reasonable time, AFF may retain all information You submit for the prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where AFF otherwise reasonably believes that it has a legitimate reason to do so, such as for archiving purposes within the public interest.

• Right to Restriction of Processing

As a Qualified Individual, You have the right to restrict processing where one of the following applies:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of the controllers use of such data;
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; or
• The data subject has objected to processing pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
• Right to Data Portability

You may request to receive Your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another controller without interference.

Furthermore, You may have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where such transmission does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

• Right to Object and Automated Decision Making

You may object to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects You, as long as the decision is not (i) necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between You and AFF; (ii) authorized by European Union or Member State law to which You are subject; or (iii) based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

• Right to Object to Processing

You may object to the processing of Your personal data using the contact information provided in Section G below, unless there are legitimate grounds for the processing within the public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If AFF processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, You shall have the right to object at any time to the processing of Your personal data for such purposes. This right also applies to profiling to the extent that the processing is related to such direct marketing purposes. If You object to AFF processing Your personal data for direct marketing purposes, then AFF will no longer process the personal data for such purposes.

Retention Policy

AFF only retains personally identifiable information about You for as long as it needs to provide You with Services or otherwise fulfill the purposes for which AFF had initially collected such information, unless otherwise required by law. AFF will retain and use information as necessary to comply with its legal obligations, for archival purposes, to assist in the resolve of disputes, and to enforce its agreements.

Cross-Border Data Transfers

If and when sharing of information involves cross-border data transfers, for instance to the United States of America and other jurisdictions, AFF uses EU Standard Contract Clauses or other suitable contracts and safeguards to permit data transfers from the EU to other countries. The Standard Contractual Clauses commit companies transferring and receiving Your personal information to protecting the privacy and security of Your data. Copies of AFF’s current Standard Contractual Clauses are available on request using the contact details listed below.

G. PRIVACY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS

AFF takes and addresses its users’ privacy concerns with the utmost respect and attention. AFF will investigate and attempt to resolve all complaints regarding use and disclosure of Your personal information by reference to the principles of this Privacy Policy. If You believe that there was an instance of non-compliance with this Privacy Policy with regard to Your personal information (an inquiry) or You would like to make or follow-up on a complaint, please contact AFF at:

Athletes for Freedom Foundation

Email: legal.afff@gmail.com

ATTN: Privacy Matter

Mailing Address: 901 N Pitt Street, STE 325

Alexandria, VA 22314

In Your message, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of Your inquiry or the ways in which You believe that AFF’s Privacy Policy has not been complied with. AFF will investigate Your inquiry or complaint promptly.

Please note that if You provide AFF with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact You with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), AFF cannot guarantee that Your most recent privacy preference will be immediately honored.

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