CT.gov: State Privacy Policy

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CT.gov is committed to protecting your privacy and security and to making your on-line experience enjoyable, secure, comfortable, and valuable.</p> <p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 1rem;">While State of Connecticut Agencies and Branches may adopt and publish policies that differ substantially from the following because of their unique functions, in the absence of any other published policy, these will apply.</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"> </p> <div> <h4 style="color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec;">Privacy Policy </h4> </div> <p> CT.gov policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our website users, consistent with the applicable laws of the United States and the State of Connecticut, including the <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/foi/quick-links/the-foi-act">Connecticut Freedom of Information Act</a> and the <span style="color: #0071bb;"><a href="https://portal.ct.gov/policies/connecticut-personal-data-act">Connecticut Personal Data Act</a></span>. We do not collect, use or disclose any information about our users without their knowledge and approval. We do not share user information with third parties unless we have informed users about the disclosures or when we have prior consent. Data obtained or collected via SMS Short Code will not be shared with any third party.</p> <p> </p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Visitors should be aware that the State of Connecticut may be required to disclose personal information in response to valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, or pursuant to the <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/foi/quick-links/the-foi-act">Connecticut Freedom of Information Act</a>. All record keepers face the possibility that disclosure of their records may be compelled in some civil, criminal, or administrative matters. Disclosures may also be necessary to protect the State’s legal rights or during emergencies if physical safety is believed to be at risk. These events are unlikely, but possible.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Policy Revision and Notification of Changes</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">CT.gov will update this policy as new services and features are added. We will tell our users about policy changes through notices on this page, which will always contain a version number and date. Any information collected under the current policy will remain subject to these terms. Information collected after any changes take effect will be subject to the revised privacy policy.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">What Information About Users Does The State Of Connecticut Collect?</h4> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">A. Automatic Information</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">The following information is collected and stored automatically from all users accessing the CT.gov web sites to browse or download information: </p> <ul style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Internet domain and Internet Protocol address from which you access our site;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The date and time you access our site;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The pages you visit; and</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you linked to CT.gov from another website, the address of that website. </li> </ul> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">This information is used to create summary statistics, which are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.   </p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information, and will not be released to any outside (third) parties unless legally required.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">B. Personal Information You Provide to Us</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">CT.gov does not retain personally identifiable information about you when you visit our web sites unless you choose to provide such information to us (i.e. sending an e-mail, participating in a survey, responding to a feedback or "contact us" form, etc.).</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">We consider any information that could reasonably be used to identify you as "personally identifying information." This includes, but is not limited to:</p> <ul style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Your name;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Your address;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Your e-mail address;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Your Social Security number;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Your password;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bank account information;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Credit card information;</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Any combination of data that could be used to identify you such as your birth date, your zip code and your gender.  </li> </ul> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Connecticut state government agencies, organizations and institutions may request personally identifiable information from you in order to provide requested services, but such information is handled as it would be on an in-person visit to that same agency, organization or institution.   </p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered by the user, state law and the United States <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.archives.gov/" title="Privacy Act of 1974" target="_blank" style="color: #0071bb;">Privacy Act of 1974</a> may protect it. However, this information is a public record once you provide it, and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by federal or state law.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">E-Mail Communications and Web Forms</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment that contains personally identifying information, or fill out a form that e-mails us information, we will only use this personally identifying information to respond to your request. We may redirect your message to another government agency or person who is in a better position to answer your question.</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">All e-mail messages collected by CT.gov contain the e-mail addresses of persons who voluntarily communicated with or requested information from us. E-mail addresses are not sold, leased or shared with any governmental or commercial entities without the user's consent. When a user has given us their e-mail address for purposes of communicating with or requesting information from CT.gov, that communication becomes part of the public record and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by federal or state law.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec;">Google Analytics</h4> <p><span>CT.gov uses Google Analytics to collect various user technology and website behavior. This information is collected and stored automatically during all visits to the CT.gov websites. Examples of this information may include: </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; list-style-type: disc;"> <li><span>The Internet domain and Internet Protocol address from which you access our site;</span></li> <li><span>The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;</span></li> <li><span>The date and time you access our site;</span></li> <li><span>The pages you visit; and</span></li> <li><span>If you linked to CT.gov from another website, the address of that website.</span></li> </ul> <p><span>This information is used to create summary statistics, which are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance information.   </span></p> <p><span>No personally identifiable information is collected. This information is not reported nor used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information. Furthermore, any information collected will not be released to any outside (third) parties unless legally required.</span></p> <p><span>You can find information on how Google uses data from visits to CT.gov by going to the </span><a href="mailto:https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites"><span>Google Analytics Data Collection and Usage Policy</span></a><span>. </span></p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Does CT.gov use Cookies to Collect Information About a User?</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">We do not use permanent cookies to retain information on the CT.gov site. A cookie is a text file, not a program, which is sent to your computer when you access a site. Cookies do not disclose your name or e-mail address to a web site. They can only tell a web site if you have visited before and can pass short bits of information from the web site back to itself the next time you visit. CT.gov does use temporary cookies that do not write anything to the user's hard drive. When the browser is closed the cookie is gone. (Please see Addendum1 for further clarification.)</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Does The State Of Connecticut Share The Information It Receives With Anyone?</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Except as provided by applicable state and federal laws, we do not collect, use or disclose user information without the user’s knowledge and approval. We do not share user information with third parties unless we have informed users about the disclosures or have prior consent.</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">In addition, all State of Connecticut contractors must comply with this policy.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Can I Access and Correct My Personal Information?</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Persons concerned about information contained in their personal records should contact the custodian of the record, which typically is the state agency or other governmental entity that collects and maintains the information.</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">CT.gov does not collect any personally identifiable information other than what you provide in your e-mail correspondence. The automatic data recorded is not matched with any of that personally identifiable information. Therefore, information cannot be provided about your visit.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Do I Have a Choice About Whether or Not My Personal Information is Provided to Others?</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">CT.gov does not obtain personally identifiable information about you when you visit our web sites unless you choose to provide such information to us (i.e. sending an e-mail, participating in a survey, responding to a feedback or "contact us" form, etc.). We do not disclose, sell, lease or provide any personal information about our users to any other government or commercial entity for any purpose.</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">There may be instances where we send ongoing updates or announcements to interested parties. In such cases, visitors will have the choice whether or not to receive these updates or announcements.</p> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">However, it is important to understand that under applicable state and federal law, various forms of correspondence and other communications may be subject to public disclosure.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Commitment to Security</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">The Department of Administrative Services, Bureau of Enterprise Systems and Technology, which manages the computers that support CT.gov, has put into place appropriate safeguards to ensure that any personal information is secure from destruction, corruption, unauthorized access and breach of confidentiality. This effort includes an ongoing review of safety measures, implementation of changes, and regular training for their personnel.</p> <h4 style="color: #444444; margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec; background-color: #ffffff;">Disclaimer/Links to other Sites</h4> <p style="color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">CT.gov contains links to other web sites. These may include links to web sites operated by other government agencies, non-profit organizations and private businesses. When you link to another site, you are no longer on the CT.gov web site and this privacy notice does not apply. 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