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Illinois Historic Preservation Agency's PRIVACY NOTICE Thank you for visiting the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency's (IHPA) web site. This web site collects no personal information about you when you visit our web site unless you voluntarily choose to provide that information to us, for example, by entering information in a voluntary online form, sending us an email, responding to a survey, or choosing to register for a specific service. Information Collected and How it is Used Browsing and Downloading If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the web site, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. Your web browser software transmits most of this information to us. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
Your web browser software transmits this information to us, and we use it to help us make our site more useful to visitors, for instance to tabulate the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record personal information about individuals. Emails and Surveys If you participate in a survey or send us an email during your visit, the following information will be collected:
The information collected is not limited to text and may include audio, video, and graphic information you send us. The information is retained in accordance with the State Records Act (5ILCS 160). We use your email to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, and to further improve our web site, or to forward the email to another agency for appropriate action. Survey information is used only for the purpose designated. Personal Information and Choice "Personal information" is information about a person that is readily identifiable to that individual. Examples of personal information includes such things as an individual's name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information. We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily participate in an activity that requests information (i.e. send an email or participate in a survey). If you choose not to participate in these activities, your choice will in no way effect your ability to use any other feature of the IHPA web site. If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered by the user, state law and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 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. Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information volunteered by children on-line or by email will be treated the same as information given by an adult, and may be subject to public access. Freedom of Information Act Illinois laws ensure that government is open and that the public has a right to access appropriate state government records and information. There are, however, exceptions to the public's right to access public records that serve various needs, including the privacy of individuals. Exceptions are provided by both state and federal laws. Information collected at this site may become public record and may be subject to inspection and copying by the public, unless covered by such an exemption in law. Exemptions are listed in 5ILCS 140/7.In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Notice and the Freedom of Information Act or other laws governing the disclosure of records, the Freedom of Information Act or other applicable law will take precedence. Access and Correction of Personal Information You can review any personal information we collect about you. You may recommend changes to your personal information you believe in error by submitting a written request that credibly shows the error. If you believe that personal information about you is being used for a purpose other than what was intended when submitted, you may contact us. In all cases, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before making corrections. See Contact Information section. Cookies We do not use cookies to collect information at this time. (A cookie is a file containing unique information a web site can use to track such things as passwords, the date when you last looked at a specific page, or to identify your session at a particular web site. A cookie is often used in commercial sites to identify the items selected for a specific shopping cart application.) Changes, Ammendments and Inclusions The Illinios Historic Preservation Agency reserves the right to change this policy at any time. This privacy notice also applies to the following Historic Preservation Agency site URLs:http://www.lookingforlincoln.com http://www.illinoismuseums.org http://illinoishistory.gov/lib/ http://www.illinoishistory.gov/ps/index.htm http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/ Contact Information The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency can be contacted about any of the information above, at: Web Manager 2007
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