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Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Virginia Commonwealth Corporation also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s websites choose to interact with Virginia Commonwealth Corporation in ways that require Virginia Commonwealth Corporation to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Virginia Commonwealth Corporation gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at this website to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Virginia Commonwealth Corporation are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Virginia Commonwealth Corporation Virginia Commonwealth Corporation does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Use of Personal Data
Virginia Commonwealth Corporation may collect aggregated statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation may monitor the most popular website account on this site. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation may display this information publicly or provide it to others. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Virginia Commonwealth Corporation discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s behalf or to provide services available at Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Virginia Commonwealth Corporation believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Virginia Commonwealth Corporation, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Virginia Commonwealth Corporation website and have supplied your email address, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Virginia Commonwealth Corporation and our products. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation uses cookies to help Virginia Commonwealth Corporation identify and track visitors, their usage of Virginia Commonwealth Corporation website, and their website access preferences. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Virginia Commonwealth Corporation may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Virginia Commonwealth Corporation’s sole discretion. Virginia Commonwealth Corporation encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.
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