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Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

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Virginia Tech has created this privacy statement in order demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site.

Information Automatically Logged
This site uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our site.

This site records the browser type to monitor market penetration of various web browsers so we can better determine the Internet technologies we may utilize in the design of our pages.

This site uses page referrer data - that is, information about the page that linked you to this page - to determine to what extent our page is referenced by other resources on the web.

This data may be used to preserve the integrity of our computing resources.


Personal Information
This web page utilizes the VT PID system. Upon any attempted login to any part of this site, the current time, IP address, and the name of the PID used to login may be stored. At no point is any PID password stored by this site. These measures are used solely to ensure the security and integrity of this site.

The "Alumni Bulletin Board" section of this site may request personal information. This section is optional. Any information beyond the name, class, and message is given to this site on a completely voluntary basis. Any information that is marked as not to be published will not purposely be displayed on this site. Any other information may be publicly accessible by other users of the board.

We do not share any personal information with any third parties nor do we use any personal information for any purposes beyond those stated here.


Links to Virginia Tech Sites
This site contains links to other Virginia Tech pages. The privacy practices of other pages may vary with the purposes of the page. Consult the privacy statement on each page.


Links to External Sites
This site contains links to non-Virginia Tech pages. The privacy practices of other pages may vary with the purposes of the page. Consult the privacy statement on each page.


Cookies
This site uses cookies to maintain a continuous user session.

The cookies contain a unique ID that identifies your browser session. This ID is in no way associated with your machine or you individually.

The session information used by this site is deleted when your browser is closed.


Session Management
This site uses cookies to maintain a continuous user session.

The cookies contain a unique ID that identifies your browser session. This ID is in no way associated with your machine or you individually.

The session information used by this site is deleted when your browser is closed.


Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Log file access is restricted to system administrators while stored on the server. Log files are rotated regularly and archived in a secure location.

All Virginia Tech PID and password information is encrypted before it is transmitted across the network.

Information for the "Alumni Bulletin Board" is not encrypted before it is transmitted across the network.

Users should also consult Virginia Tech's Policy on Acceptable Use.

Virginia Tech complies with all statutory and legal requirements with respect to access to information.


Contact Information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact eanderso@vt.edu