Web Site Privacy Policy
The Finance Commission of Texas (FC) respects your privacy. We do
not collect personal information about persons who visit our web
site unless the visitor provides personal information in an
electronic mail message so that we may respond to the message or
make further inquiries to third parties.
The FC does, however, automatically collect certain technical
information about your Internet connection when you visit our web
site to read or download information. We use this information to
monitor the popularity of the various features of the web site for
general reporting and management purposes. This information can also
be used to evaluate the accessibility of our web site. As discussed
in greater detail below, none of this information permits
identification of personal information for any individual.
If you identify yourself or provide personal information when you
contact us, as you would, for example, in requesting public
information or submitting a complaint about a regulated entity, we
will use the information only for the purpose it is submitted. The
information will not be shared with anyone outside the FC unless
necessary for investigative purposes, or disclosure is compelled by
law.
To understand in greater detail how we handle information about
your Internet connection or personal information which you supply,
consult the appropriate section below.
When you visit the FC web site. If you visit our web site
to read or download information we do not collect information about
you. In particular, we do not use cookies. Cookies are small text
files stored on your hard drive which contain information such as
passwords, a list of pages visited, the date you last visited a
certain page, or the like. They are often used on commercial sites
to record on-line shopping information.
We do use server logs to collect information concerning your
Internet connection and very general information about your visit to
our web site. Specifically, we record:
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The IP address of the server through which you accessed our
web site. If desired, this information could be used to
determine the name of the domain through which you access the
Internet (such as aol.com if you access through America
Online), however, we do not do so, nor could you be personally
identified if we did.
When you email a complaint about a regulated entity.
Information that you provide in registering a complaint with the FC,
such as your name, address, telephone number, name of the subject
entity, and details of the transaction being complained about, may
be shared with FC or other regulatory agency personnel for
investigation or analytical purposes, and with the subject entity as
necessary to elicit information relevant to your complaint. If you
provide us with information that you do not wish to be disclosed
outside of the FC or another governmental agency, please
specifically so inform us and we will not provide it to the subject
entity. However, you should be aware that such a request may hinder
or prevent resolution of your complaint. In addition, should records
related to your complaint be the subject of an open records request
pursuant to Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, or other legal
process, we may be legally compelled to disclose them. Please link
to Open Records Policies and Procedures for further
information.
Other email communications. The FC will not disclose
personal information received by email in other contexts (such as in
a comment on a pending rule) except as necessary to respond to your
request or question, or otherwise serve the purpose for which the
information was provided. However, you should be aware that most
such information would be subject to public inspection or disclosure
if requested. Please link to Open Records Policies and Procedures
for further information.
Last Updated: 11/01/05 01:29 PM
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