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Privacy Policy...

General
Records received by the State of North Dakota from web sites are subject to the same controls and uses as records collected by governmental offices visited in person. The Governor's office provides security for information provided to it and it (sells or does not sell) information it receives. (If information is sold, list what is sold, as well as any information that absolutely will not be sold.) The following information provided to this agency is protected from disclosure to the general public: (list the information). We may be required to disclose the information listed above pursuant to a court order. In addition, we may be authorized to share this information with other state agencies for purposes of child support enforcement, law enforcement, collection of debts owed to the State or its political subdivisions (and any other purpose authorized by law). Information not specifically addressed in this policy must be disclosed pursuant to the North Dakota Open Records Law.

Domain Information
Log analysis tools are used to create summary statistics, used for administering the performance of the web sites, diagnosis of problems and determining which information is of most interest to the public. The following information is collected for analysis only:
  • User Client hostname - the hostname (or IP address if DNS is disabled) of the user/client requesting access.
  • HTTP header, "user-agent" - the user-agent information includes the type of browser, its version, and the operating system it's running on.
  • HTTP header, "referrer" - The referrer specifies the page from which the client accessed the current page.
  • System date - The date and time of the user/client request.
  • Status - The status code the server returned to the user/client.
  • Content length - The content length, in bytes, of the document sent to the user/client.
  • Method - The request method used.
  • Protocol - The transport protocol and version used.
Personal Information
In order to protect the information being gathered this site has security measures in place including firewalls, encryption, and authenticated access to internal databases where needed.

In order to ensure the security of all personal information from customers, that information will be encrypted when being transmitted across the web. This includes, but is not limited to names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, social security numbers, financial information, credit card information, and any passwords.

Required if social security number is asked for - in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974.

This application requires your social security number. (If your agency has specific laws that give you authority you may want to state: It is under the authority of (state/fed statute) that you are required to provide this information). It may be provided to (list those who may be able to access the information, i.e. courts, law enforcement...). It will be used (specifically explain how the social security number will be used: to work with other agencies as mandated by law, as identification number, for informational purposes only, list all uses.)

Credit card numbers collected through a web application, will not be stored or retained in any manner. The information will be gathered and passed on through an intermediate software company, and a unique transaction number will be returned and stored as proof of acceptance.

E-mail addresses will be collected from an application only if a response is necessary to verify purchases or if there is a need to correspond with customers.

If you during your visit to our site you send an email, the email address will be collected as a means to reply to you. We may forward your message to another agency for appropriate action.

Cookies will be used under specific conditions. A cookie is a text file stored on customers PC to maintain an uninterrupted transaction with the application. There are two types of cookies, a memory cookie and a hard cookie. Memory cookies will be deleted at the end of the session. Memory cookies are specifically used when purchasing products or services through the web. Hard cookies will remain on the PC after the session is ended. Hard cookies are generally used for keeping your personal options for viewing the site. (Customers can delete hard cookies from their machines after the session, if they choose.)

Changes to Personal Information
Changes to information entered in error can be made (through the change feature of the application or) by sending the correct information to (name, phone, address or e-mail address.)

Retention of Information
The information collected on this site is retained in accordance with the Record Retention Schedules developed by this office.

Contact Information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us. (name, phone or, email address).
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