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STATE
BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION PRIVACY POLICY
Your
privacy and security are important to us. We have tried to balance
the interest of consumer privacy with the requirements of open
government. We will continue to review our Web site to ensure
that we are protecting your privacy as best we can under the law
and will update our privacy policy whenever necessary to reflect
any relevant changes to our site or our practices.
Notice
Collection and use of personally identifiable information:
We do not collect any personally identifiable information, such
as names, addresses, phone numbers or e-mail addresses, unless
you choose to provide such information. We do not use "cookies,"
which are pieces of data stored on the user's hard drive that
can be used to track information about browsing habits during
multiple visits to the site; but we reserve the right to implement
cookies at any time.
Server
Logs/Log Analysis Tools
SBEC utilizes server logs and log analysis tools to create summary
statistics about the use of the Web site. The summary statistics
are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of
most interest to users, determining technical design specifications,
and identifying system performance or problem areas. The following
information is collected for this analysis:
User Client hostname - The hostname (or IP address if
DNS is disabled) of the user/client requesting access.
HTTP header, "user-agent" - The user-agent information
includes the type of browser, its version, and the operating
system it's running on.
HTTP header, "referer" - The referer specifies the page
from which the client accessed the current page.
System date - The date and time of the user/client request.
Full request - The exact request the user/client made.
Status - The status code the server returned to the user/client.
Content length - The content length, in bytes, of the
document sent to the user/client.
Method - The request method used.
Universal Resource Identifier (URI) - The location of
a resource on the server.
Query string of the URI - Anything after the question
mark in a URI.
Protocol - The transport protocol and version used.
For
site management functions, information is collected for analysis
and statistical purposes. This information is not reported or
used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information,
and will not be released to any outside parties unless required
to do so under applicable law.
Cookies
A cookie is an extremely small text file that resides on the user’s
hard drive, created at the request of the Web server to track
specific information.
E-mail
Personally identifiable information contained in a question or
comment sent to the agency in an e-mail message will only be used
by SBEC to respond to the request and to analyze trends. The Agency
may redirect the message to another government agency or person
who is in a better position to answer the question.
Use/Release
of Information
All information collected from the SBEC Web site, including the summary
server log information, e-mails sent to the Web site, and information collected
from Web-based forms, is subject to the Texas
Public Information Act.
Disclosure
of information: If you file an on-line complaint form or submit
information though the child support interactive service, the
information submitted will be disclosed to the Attorney General
and his staff to assist us in fulfilling our official duties,
as stated above. The information may also be sent to the person
or company that is the subject of your complaint or to other governmental
agencies involved in the administration or enforcement of the
matter. The information will not be disclosed to third parties,
unless we receive an open records request and we are required
to disclose the information under the Public Information Act.
The rules regarding public disclosure of information we receive
from online complaints are the same rules that apply to disclosure
of information we receive when you file a paper complaint with
our office. Any information you submit to us online will not be
sold, rented or leased to third parties.
Contact:
If you have questions about this policy or believe that we have
acted in violation of this policy, please write or call us at:
State
Board for Educator Certification
Capitol Station
P.O. Box 12728
Austin, TX 78711-2728
Telephone: (512) 936-8400
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