Privacy Statement
Virginia Cooperative Extension 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
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This site uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our site.
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This site may record 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.
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This site may use 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.
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This data may be used to preserve the integrity of our computing resources.
Personal Information
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Virginia Cooperative Extension routinely collects feedback from program participants to evaluate the success of its educational programs in meeting the needs of clientele. Input from program participants is also used to make improvements to educational programs.
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The 4-H Virtual Forest teacher and student evaluations allow users an opportunity to provide feedback on the modules, user guides, and activity sheets. Neither the 4-H Virtual Forest evaluations nor the 4-H Virtual Forest web site collect the user's name, social security number, address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other personal information. The input of limited demographic information such as age, grade, and gender is optional. This information will be used for the sole purpose of identifying characteristics of persons using the web site, and how well the site is addressing the needs of those persons.
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Responses to the online surveys are submitted and collected in a Virginia Tech database. Findings from the surveys are used by project designers to make improvements to the 4-H Virtual Forest curriculum and web site. Only aggregated data is reported.
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If you have additional questions or concerns about how evaluation data from 4-H Virtual Forest is collected and/or utilized, please feel free to contact:
Dr. Lex Bruce
Extension Specialist, Program Evaluation
229 Smyth Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 231-9140
fbruce@vt.edu
Links to Virginia Cooperative Extension Sites
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This site contains links to other Virginia Cooperative Extension pages. The privacy practices of other pages may differ from the purposes of the 4-H Virtual Forest page. Consult the privacy statement on each page.
Links to External Sites
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This site may contain links to non-Virginia Cooperative Extension sites. Virginia Cooperative Extension is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
Security
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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.
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Users should also consult Virginia Tech's policy on Acceptable Use. http://www.vt.edu/admin/policies/acceptuseguide.html
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Virginia Cooperative Extension complies with all statutory and legal requirements with respect to access to information.
Contact Information
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If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact Joe Hunnings, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, at hunnings@vt.edu.
