Privacy Statement (P3P Privacy Policy)

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

If you fill out registration forms, this site collects your name, birth date, social security number, educational background, and contact information. If non-credit registration is requested, this site collect credit card payment information.

Personal information is used solely for the purpose of registering students for Virginia Tech distance learning courses.

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.

If users return and register for additional courses, users have the ability to retrieve and modify their personal information.

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 other sites. Virginia Tech is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Cookies

This site uses cookies for session management. See the Session Management section for more information about how cookies are used.

Session Management

This site uses hidden form elements on each page to maintain a continuous user session. This site sets a random identification number on your computer so you can create a list of courses and proceed to register for them.

This ID is only set if you choose to create a course list and is not set if you simply browse the information. This ID is in no way associated with your machine or you individually.

Session information is saved until 24 hours

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.

User and password information is encrypted before it is transmitted across the network.

Users should also consult Virginia Tech's policy on Acceptable Use.
http://www.vt.edu/acceptable_use.php

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 vto@vt.edu