City of Manassas Internet Privacy Policy Statement
(Adopted on October 16, 2003)

The following information explains the Internet Privacy Policy which the City of Manassas has adopted for its website (web pages at addresses beginning with "http://www.manassascity.org/"). The following is intended to explain our current internet privacy practices, but shall not be construed as a contractual promise. We reserve the right to amend our Internet Privacy Policy Statement at any time without notice.

Virginia Law
We protect our records in accordance with our obligations as defined by applicable Virginia statutes, including, but not limited to, the Virginia Privacy Protection Act of 1976, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, requirements of Virginia Code § 2.2-3803, recommendations of the Virginia Department of Technology Planning’s Internet Privacy Guidelines (COV ITRM Guideline SEC2001-02.1), and by any applicable U.S. federal laws.

Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other public or private entities' websites, whose privacy practices and website content we do not control. When you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site. Reference on those websites to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the City of Manassas.

Information we Collect
When you access our website, the routing or client information and the essential and non-essential technical information listed below is automatically collected. No other information is collected through our website except when you deliberately decide to send it to us (for example, by clicking on a link to send us an email). The information you might choose to send us is listed below as optional information.

Routing (Client) Information
The internet domain and Internet address of the computer you are using.

Essential Technical Information
Identification of the page or service you are requesting, type of browser and operating system you are using; and the date and time of access.

Nonessential technical information
The internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website.

Optional Information

• When you send us an email, your name, email address, and the content of your e-mail
• When you fill out online forms, all the data you choose to fill in or confirm

Cookies
Our website does not place any cookies on your computer.

How the collected information is used
Routing information is used to route the requested web page to your computer for viewing. We send the requested web page and the routing information to our internet service provider or other entities involved in transmitting the requested page to you. We do not control the privacy practices of those entities. Essential and non-essential technical information helps us respond to your request in an appropriate format (or in a personalized manner) and helps us plan website improvements.

Optional information enables us to provide services or information tailored more specifically to your needs or to forward your message or inquiry to another entity that is better able to do so, and also allows us to plan website improvements.

We may keep your transaction routing information indefinitely. We do not try to obtain any information to link it to the individuals who browse our website. However, on rare occasions when a hacker attempts to breach computer security, logs of routing information are retained to permit a security investigation and in such cases may be forwarded together with any other relevant information in our possession to law enforcement agencies. We use this transaction routing information primarily in a statistical summary type format to assess site content and server performance. For example we use this information to count how many people visit the site, identify the most popular pages visited, and the key words used to search for information that brought the visit to the city site. We may share this summary information with our business partners when needed.

Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, any records in our possession at the time of a Freedom of Information Request might be subject to being inspected by, or disclosed to, members of the public. However, all identifiable confidential / personal information will be removed prior to releasing the routing information.

Choice to Provide Information
There is no legal requirement for you to provide any information at our website. However, our website will not work without routing information and the essential technical information. Failure of your browser to provide non-essential technical information will not prevent your use of our website, but may prevent certain features from working. Failure to provide optional information will mean that the particular feature or service associated with that part of the web page will not be available to you.

Customer comments or review
If you have questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this website, please email us.