Our Commitment to Privacy
The web sites that are located at the domain aflacracing.com (the "Web Site") are operated by Aflac* ("Aflac," "we," "our" or "us"). This web site privacy notice ("Privacy Notice") applies to all services and sub-sites provided under the domain name aflacracing.com.
At Aflac, we are sensitive to individuals' concerns about their privacy. Our Privacy Notice was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine quality products and services with integrity in dealing with our users. The Privacy Notice is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Web Site and our products and services.
PLEASE REVIEW THIS PRIVACY NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE PROVIDING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEB SITE. YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR WEB SITE.
Policy Scope
This Privacy Notice applies to information collected or gathered through the Web Site only and does not necessarily reflect practices with respect to information collected or gathered through off-line means or through other web sites that the associated divisions or affiliates of Aflac operate.
The servers that make the Web Site available and that store the collected information are located in the United States of America ("USA"). THE WEB SITE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR USE IN THE USA. If you are located outside of the USA, please note the information that you provide will be transferred to the USA or other countries which may not provide the same level of legal data protection as the country from which you access the Web Site. By using the Web Site and submitting information to us, you consent to such transfers and the processing of information by us as described in this Privacy Notice and you authorize this practice.
1. The Information We Collect or Gather.
Personal Information.
We collect personal information on or through the Web Site when you request information from us or otherwise provide information to participate in the services and offerings on the Web Site. "Personal information" is personally identifiable information about an individual person, as more particularly described under applicable privacy laws. The types of personal information collected at this Web Site include, but are not limited to: first and last name, company name, mailing and/or physical address, billing address and e-mail address. We may also ask you to provide responses to some additional optional questions to help us better serve you.
We also collect personal information during sweepstakes, contests, surveys, and related promotions. In addition, you may be asked to provide personal information along with content submissions in connection with your use of certain portions of the Web Site.
The provision of personal information through the Web Site is voluntary. You may browse the Web Site without providing us with any personal information. However, only persons who provide the requested personal information will be able to participate in certain of the activities and offerings available on the Web Site. If you do provide us with personal information on or through the Web Site, we presume that your provision of the personal information was voluntary.
Non-Personal Information
Although Aflac does not collect personal information from you at the Web Site unless you provide it voluntarily, we do collect certain non-personal information (information that is compiled in anonymous and aggregate form and is not used to locate, contact, or identify you specifically) when you visit the Web Site. Our servers have an activity logging feature, which automatically captures non-personal information, including, but not limited to, site usage, pages viewed, applications used, files downloaded, browser type, the user's Internet Service Provider (ISP), and the computer operating system used to access the Web Site.
2. Cookies and how the Web Site use them
We do not use cookies to collect personal information.
- We use cookies to enhance your experience when visiting our Web Site. "Cookies" are small text files sent to a user's hard drive through the browser for data storage. Cookies allow us, among other things, to identify a user as a returning user and confirm a user ID and password. Cookies also allow us to identify a party as it moves through the Web Site. Cookies also allow us to enhance your activity and ascertain your site preferences on our Web Site.
- By themselves, Cookies do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information. We do not use Cookies to collect, track, or store personally identifiable information. Our cookies will never be used to track your activity on any third party web sites or to send spam.
- You can configure your browser to accept all Cookies, reject all Cookies, or notify you when a Cookie is received. (Each browser is different, so check the Help menu of your browser to learn how to change your Cookie preferences). If you reject all Cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all offerings of the Web Site. If you disable or disallow Cookies, some multimedia images and graphics may not display properly, you may not be able to view customizable features, and/or you may have more difficulty navigating through the Web Site.
3. How Your Information is Used and for What Purpose
Business Uses: We use the personal information you provide about yourself to provide customer services and respond to your inquiries and requests and to protect you, and us, against error and fraud and for archival purposes.
We use return e-mail addresses provided to us to answer the emails we receive.
On occasion, the Web Site may use personal information you provide about yourself when you register for contests or sweepstakes to administer and fulfill the promotions. The contests and sweepstakes are further subject to the applicable official rules for those promotions.
We use non-personal information only for the purpose of maintaining and improving the Web Site.
Service Providers and Vendors. Aflac, like many businesses, sometimes hires other persons and companies to perform certain business-related functions on our behalf, such as hosting specific portions of the Web Site or providing certain functionality for the Web Site. We may provide your personal information to vendors, service providers and other third parties who assist us in providing the Web Site, as well as the services and activities provided through the Web Site. We will only provide to a third party the specific and particular personal information needed by that third party to perform its functions and services. We require these third parties not to further disclose your personal information to any other third party or use it for any other purpose.
WE DO NOT SELL, RENT, OR SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OR WITH ANY THIRD PARTY, except as provided in this Privacy Notice or if we are required by law to disclose the personal information, including to respond to a subpoena, court order or legal process requiring such disclosure.
Additional Uses. Your personal information and non-personal information gathered on or through the Web Site may also be transferred as part of the business assets of Aflac in connection with a merger or sale involving all or part of Aflac or as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale or other change of control.
4. Security and Protection of your Personal Information
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we gather and collect online. Unfortunately, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and, therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any such information. You can help us to protect your personal information by (i) not sharing your password (if any) or other account information with others, (ii) using a secure web browser; and (iii) changing your password (if any) frequently.
5. Children
The Web Site is considered a general audience web site and is not intended to be used by children. This Web Site is not directed toward children under the age of 13, and we do not use this Web Site to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. This Web Site does not sell products for purchase by children. No person under 13 years of age should disclose information on this Web Site. If you are under 18, you may use this Web Site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. You may learn more about protecting children's privacy by visiting www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and to be fully familiar with the web sites visited by their children.
6. How You Can Correct Your Information.
You can correct factual errors in your personal information by sending us a request (as provided under Section 9 of this Privacy Notice) that clearly shows the error that is to be corrected. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
At certain places on the Web Site, we may ask you if you are interested in learning more about Aflac's (and/or Aflac's) products and services. If you elect to receive this information, we may use your e-mail address or mailing address to respond to your inquiry. You may always decline the option of receiving information about Aflac (and/or Aflac) products and services. You may opt out of these mailings and other types of communications by sending us a request as provided under Section 9 of this Privacy Notice.
We reserve the right to retain personal information reasonably necessary to appropriately document our business activities and for archival and record retention purposes.
7. Sites We Link To
If you choose to use any of the links we provide to other companies, sponsors and other third party resources, you will be leaving our Web Site and going to a new web site. Protection of your privacy and treatment of information at those other sites will be governed by the privacy policy at those web sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites, as well.
8. Changes to this Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to modify or amend this Privacy Notice and Aflac's privacy practices from time to time in order to reflect industry initiatives, changes in the law or technology or changes in our practices regarding information collection and use. We will incorporate all material changes to this Privacy Notice and the privacy practices on this page and will post notice of material changes on the Web Site. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the most recent version. By continuing to use the Web Site following such changes, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes.
9. How to contact Aflac with Questions or Comments
If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Notice, please e-mail us at webmaster@Aflac.com, or write to us at:
Aflac Worldwide Headquarters
ATTN: Privacy Office
1932 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31999
1-800-992-3522
* Aflac includes American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus and its wholly owned subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of New York.
