This is a privacy policy for VTOnline. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.vto.vt.edu. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.vto.vt.edu/privacyp3p.html This policy does not tell users where they can go to exercise their opt-in or opt-out options.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:
Institute for Distance &Distributed Learning 3046 Torgersen Hall Virginia Tech 0445 Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
You may contact us by e-mail at vto@vt.edu. You may call us at 540-231-1264.
We have no privacy seals or other assurance mechanisms.
This policy is valid for 1 day from the time that it is loaded by a client.
P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 4 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.
We collect the following information:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Our Web server collects access logs containing this information.
We collect the following information:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Cookies are used to track visitors through certain portions of our site, so we can properly perform user-requested functions and restrict access to certain files and documents. We also use cookies to allow our server to maintain information about the contents of your shopping cart. If sign-in with a username and password is requested, cookies track user identity. If sign-in is not requested, cookies track sessions anonymously.
We collect the following information:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
Enrollment in university courses.
The user must opt-in to this usage.This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Information we collect in order to admit and enroll you in the university and to process your fee payments.
At the user's option, we will collect the following data:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Information we collect in order to process requests for assistance or information.
Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:
CP="ALL CURa ADMa CONi OTPi OUR NOR STP IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV DEM STA"
The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.
| Field | Meaning |
| CP= | This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy. |
| ALL | Access to all collected information is available. |
| CURa | The data is used for completion of the current activity. |
| ADMa | The data is used for site administration. |
| CONi | The data is used for contacting the user, if the user selects it. |
| OTPi | The data is used for other purposes, if the user selects it. |
| OUR | The data is given to ourselves and our agents. |
| NOR | The data is not kept beyond the current transaction. |
| STP | The data is kept for the stated purpose only. |
| IND | The data will be kept indefinitely. |
| PHY | Physical contact information is collected. |
| ONL | Online contact information is collected. |
| UNI | Unique identifiers are collected. |
| PUR | Purchase information is collected. |
| COM | Computer information is collected. |
| NAV | Navigation and clickstream data is collected. |
| DEM | Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected. |
| STA | State-management data is collected |
The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.
Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.
Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.