Privacy Policy
Your Contact Information
As a state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and the PAFP Foundation (herein referred to as PAFP) abide by the rules set by the AAFP, which limit access by outside parties to information about members. https://www.aafp.org/about/this-site/privacy.html
The PAFP is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and customers. The PAFP maintains safeguards to store and secure information about its members and customers. The safeguards may be physical, electronic, or procedural.
The PAFP receives its member data from the AAFP through automated data uploads every 24 hours and shares member updates to any and all contact information with the AAFP.
The PAFP may share member mailing addresses with third parties offering CME, products or services of interest to members (i.e. DOH, other medical organizations, project partners like the American Cancer Society). The PAFP does not market mailing lists. We make lists available for purchase only to reputable organizations and only when asked.
The PAFP does not share telephone numbers, fax numbers or email addresses with outside parties.
Event registration details, including credit card numbers, are never stored online (see “website” for specifics on collection). Online, faxed and mailed registration forms that include payment information are physically handled by only two PAFP team members and are destroyed upon payment. The PAFP never keeps electronic records of credit card numbers.
The PAFP may collect in the future specific professional data (i.e. subspecialty interests, research initiatives) to provide members with topic-specific networking experiences.
The PAFP currently uses third parties for online services, such as surveys. The PAFP may in the future contract with additional companies for other services. We work with reputable companies whose respect for privacy reflects that of the AAFP and PAFP, because PAFP members and others who participate or use those services are subject to the privacy policies of those companies.
The PAFP may release personal information to third parties in order to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order. The PAFP will notify you of such a disclosure unless doing so would violate the law or court order.
PAFP PAC
The PAFP-PAC is required by Pennsylvania law to report a name, complete address, phone number, occupation, employer, and employer address for every donation over $50. This is considered public information.
Website
The PAFP uses cookies on www.pafp.com to automate the member sign in procedure if the member gives permission.
Other cookies help us track website usage. The PAFP tracks the kinds of browsers used, where users enter and exit the site and which pages they visit. This information is used for reporting purposes only and presented only in sum (i.e. the home page was requested 20,000x in 2025). The data collected cannot tell the PAFP personal information, such as names. These cookies won’t harm your computer or submit personal information to the PAFP without your knowledge.
The PAFP does not store personal information on the website but may in the future only with users’ permission and only to provide a more personalized website experience.
Event registration information, including credit card numbers, are never stored on www.pafp.com. For security, this information is encrypted and sent directly to the PAFP.
The PAFP does not use website technology to place unwanted spyware on your computer.
The PAFP uses two email dissemination applications to send and track emails: a membership management software called MemberClicks and an email messaging software called Mailjet. Email tracking information is used for reporting and message analysis and presented only in sum (i.e. 703 members opened the message). Although the PAFP can see the email addresses of members who open or read messages or click on links within a message, the PAFP cannot access your computer or use this technology to gather information about the member receiving the message.
The PAFP does not use email technology to place unwanted spyware on your computer.
The PAFP abides by all SPAM laws, including removal instructions on each message, complete contact information on each message and prompt removal if a member no longer wishes to be contacted via email.
Notice
The foregoing policies are effective as of May 1, 2025. The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Foundation reserve the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy statement. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.