Thank you for visiting the Virginia Economic Development Partnership's (VEDP) Web site, and reviewing our Privacy Policy. This policy addresses collection, use, security, and access to information that may be obtained through use of the VEDP Web site.


Cookies
Certain features on this website require the use of cookies to keep track of each user's session. They are used exclusively to enable the site's functionality and, under no circumstances are cookies used to track, or collect information on, VEDP Website users. Should this policy change at some point in the future, VEDP will note that change here.

Information Collected And How It Is Used
If you do nothing during your visit to the VEDP Web site except browse and download information, the following information about your visit is automatically collected and stored:

1. The Internet domain and IP address from which you accessed our site
   
2. The type of browser and operating system you used
   
3. The date and time you visited this site
   
4. The pages you visited
   
5. If you linked from another Web site, the address of that Web site

This information is used to improve the content of our Web service and help us understand how our pages are being used. We regularly analyze this information to improve the value of the materials available on our site.

The information on our Web logs is not personally viewable and no attempt is made to link it with individuals that browse our Web site.

If, during your visit to VEDP, you send an e-mail message, the contents of the message which you supplied, including audio, video, and graphic information formats you send will be collected. We use this information to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you have raised, to further improve our Web site, or to forward your message to another agency for appropriate action.

Public Disclosure
VEDP does not collect personal information, but is subject to the requirements for administering information systems as established by the Virginia Privacy Protection Act, Chapter 26 of Title 2.1 of the Code of Virginia. Pages that appear after you click on a link may be controlled by a different entity whose practices are not under VEDP's control.

Disclaimer
Neither VEDP nor any employee of VEDP warrants accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by this system, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products or services linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or outdated. Any person or entity that relies solely on any information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.

The VEDP does not warrant that the functions or informational materials contained in or accessed through our website are free of computer viruses or other harmful components. The VEDP assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of the website nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, profanity, or inaccuracy contained in any information within the website or accessed through the website.

We have provided links to certain other third-party websites merely as a convenience for users of this website. These other websites are maintained on third-party servers and are not under the control of the VEDP. Access to such third-party websites is at the user's own risk and the VEDP is not responsible for their accuracy or reliability. Inclusion of such links to third-party websites does not constitute an endorsement, approval, or guarantee the accuracy of the contents of any linked websites. We expressly disclaim any responsibility for the content of any third party websites linked to our website.