Effective: December 2, 2025
Purpose:
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc.’s (AFFOA) privacy policy (Privacy Policy) explains how AFFOA collects, uses, and discloses information about users when users use the AFFOA website, when they attend AFFOA events, or when they otherwise interact with AFFOA as described below. AFFOA is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our website.
Scope:
This Privacy Policy applies to anyone using the AFFOA website and submitting information through the website to AFFOA. By using the website, you indicate your acknowledgement of receipt of the information and notice below.
Privacy Policy Overview
What Information We Collect
You are not required to provide any personal information when visiting the publicly accessible pages on the AFFOA website. AFFOA may collect:
· Personal information (including name, title, social media identifiers, physical address, and email address) when you voluntarily submit to our website or when you voluntarily contact us by email, telephone, or letter.
· Information about our site traffic for administrative and analytical purposes, including IP address, browser type, referring and exit pages, operating system, and dates/times of page views.
Cookies
AFFOA uses cookies and similar technologies to remember user preferences, track website performance and deliver targeted advertising. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.
How AFFOA Uses Your Information
Some jurisdictions require that we explain the legal bases for our collection and processing of your personal information. Our legal bases include: (i) contract (such as when you provide information in the process of applying for a position online); (ii) consent (such as when you sign up for one of our email newsletters or agree to cookies through our banner); and (iii) other legitimate business interests. We also use your information to administer services and to improve the website. Specifically, we use your information to:
· Provide and improve our services
· Process transactions and send confirmations
· Respond to inquiries and support requests
· Send promotional emails (only if you opt-in)
· Analyze website usage to enhance user experience
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information. We may share data with trusted third-party service providers (e.g., payment processors, hosting services) and legal authorities, if required by law.
Your Rights In Connection With Your Personally Identifiable Information
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
- Request access to or correction of any incomplete or inaccurate personally identifiable information that we hold about you.
- Request erasure of your personally identifiable information when there is no need for us to continue processing it.
- Opt-out of the processing of your personally identifiable information.
- Revoke your consent.
If you want to exercise any of these rights, or opt out of receiving marketing communications from us, please notify us at Admin@affoa.org.
California Users
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”) provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information.
Data Retention
We retain personal information about you for as long as necessary (i) to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, (ii) to meet our current and future legal obligations, and (iii) to meet our legitimate interests. When we destroy your personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, and to ensure the correct use of information, we employ physical, technical, and administrative procedures to safeguard this website and the personal information we collect online. Although we seek to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to the website or to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have not reviewed these third-party sites and do not control and are not responsible for any of these sites’ contents or privacy practices.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We regularly review our Privacy Policy to ensure that it provides an appropriate level of protection for your personal information, and we may make changes to our Privacy Policy to keep it current with industry standards. We will post the date of the most recent revisions on this page.
How to Contact Us
Should you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, contact us at communications@affoa.org or mail us at:
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc.
135 South Road, Suite 201
Bedford, MA 01730