NFA Web Site Disclaimer and Privacy Policy
 

Disclaimer
Except as otherwise noted, the content of the National Futures Association Web site, including but not limited to text, graphics and icons, are copyrighted materials of National Futures Association (NFA). You may not copy or display for redistribution to third parties for commercial purposes any portion of the content without the prior written permission of NFA. You may, however, download one copy of any and all materials on the site for personal, non-commercial use provided that you do not modify or alter the materials in any way, nor delete or change any copyright or trademark notice.

Because of the possibility of human and mechanical error as well as other factors, NFA is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from the information contained in or accessed through this site. All such information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

Our Web site is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of thirteen. If we become aware that information is or has been submitted by or collected from a child under the age of thirteen, we will delete this information.

Privacy Policy
NFA is committed to operating this Web site with the highest ethical standards and appropriate internal controls.

As part of our normal operations we collect, and in come cases, disclose information about you. We encourage you to read this Policy that contains information about NFA's policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information. If you are not comfortable with any of the terms or policies described in this Policy, we ask that you discontinue use of our site.

When you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and store the name of the domain from which you access the Internet, the date and time you access our site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you link to our site. We use this information to evaluate traffic patterns on our site, so that we can make it more useful to our visitors. We do not voluntarily make this information available to third parties, nor do we use it for any other purpose, except as described below.

Some of our applications use cookies. These cookies identify your "session." Once you exit our site, the cookie expires (either when you close your browser or after 20 minutes). We do not use cookies for any other purpose.

If you send us personally identifying information such as your name, address, telephone number or email address (for example, in an e-mail message containing an information request or a complaint), we use the information to follow up on your request. If we need to use this information for another purpose, we will tell you explicitly what that purpose is. We do not obtain personally identifying information unless you provide it. We may, as required or permitted by law or in the course of performing our regulatory responsibilities, provide personally identifiable information, such as your name and address, or any other information that you provide, without your permission to persons or organizations that request this information.

When you access our site, the collection, use and distribution of your information will be handled according to the terms and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you object to the collection, use and distribution policies outlined in this Policy, we ask that you do not submit information or access our site.

Third Party Links
NFA does not endorse or guarantee any third party links found on this Web site. The products and services offered on third party sites are not products of NFA, and NFA cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by the linked sites. You should not consider NFA's linking to any Web site to be an endorsement by NFA, or any of its employees, or the sponsors of the site or the information or products presented on that site.

Security
NFA's Web site utilizes various information security measures such as Internet firewalls, an intrusion detection system, encrypted data transmission and other security techniques operating procedures to protect your personal data. However, please keep in mind that transmitting information via the Internet is never completely secure and thus any information submitted may be intercepted, collected, used or disclosed by others. Therefore, we are not responsible for the security of confidentiality of communications you send to us through the Internet using e-mail messages.

Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via e-mail at information@nfa.futures.org or write to us at National Futures Association, Strategic Planning and Communications Department, 300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1800, Chicago, Illinois 60606-6615.

 
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