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The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s visitors use its website.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s website choose to interact with The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont in ways that require The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont.
The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described herein. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. However, The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Personally-Identifying Information
The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s behalf or to provide services available at The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont, third parties or the public at large. If you are a user of the The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont website and have supplied your email address, The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our contact forms), we reserve the right to publish it with anonymization of your personally identifying information, in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont uses cookies to help track visitors, their usage of The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont website, and their website access preferences. The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s website, with the drawback that certain features of The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
