Website
Privacy Policy
The
Office of the District of Columbia Auditor (ODCA) is committed to protecting the
rights of all our visitors. We recognize our obligation to keep personal
information secure and have created this privacy statement to share our
information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.
Collection
and Use of On-line Information
Our
web server automatically collects your IP address when you visit our site. (Your
IP address is your computer's unique address that lets other computers attached
to the Internet know where to send data, but does not identify you
individually). We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server
and to compile statistics on site usage. We do not make your IP address
available to anyone.
To
provide better service and a more effective website, sections of this site may
use "cookies" as part of our interaction with your browser. A
"cookie" is a small text file (typically only a few bytes) that we
place on your hard drive in order to allow our server to identify your computer.
Our cookies will not attempt to read any information on your hard drive, and we
do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal
information to determine your identity or your e-mail address.
When you visit certain
areas of this site, you will be asked to provide personal information (such as
name, address, organization name, e-mail address, and fax number) that we need
to process your request. In the event that you decline to provide such
information, we are unable to process your information request.
Still, we invite you to continue to visit the site and take advantage of
the wealth of information it offers.
Secure
Transmissions
Please
be assured that this site has security measures in place to protect the
information you provide us. We use current encryption technology to protect
against the loss, misuse and alteration of the personal information we gather.
Access
to Personal Information
Your
personal information is available only to ODCA employees who have a need to know
and will not be available for public inspection without your prior consent.
Also, no site user information will be shared, sold or transferred to any third
party. Access is given only to those qualified professionals who are assigned
the job of providing District services consistent with your interactions with
our site.
Right
to Inspect, Amend, or Correct Personal Records
Every
site user who provides us with personal information has the right to inspect,
amend, or correct their own personal information. You may request to inspect
your personal information by sending an email to ODCA
Webmaster
Other
Sites
The
ODCA’s privacy policy extends to this website only. If you link to another
organization’s website through the www.dcauditor.org
website, you should read that organization’s privacy policy to determine its
practices regarding its website.