The West Virginia Division of Tourism
PRIVACY POLICY
Scope:
This privacy statement applies to Web sites operated by or on behalf of the West Virginia Division of Tourism.
Privacy Statement:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism operates the following Web sites:
www.callwva.com
www.wvtourism.com
www.wvtravelguide.com
www.callwva.net
www.callwva.org
www.wvatourism.com
www.state.wv.us/tourism
www.wva.state.wv.us/callwva/
www.wvfilm.com
www.wvfilmoffice.com
www.wvfilmoffice.org
www.wvfilm.org
www.filminwv.org
www.filminwestvirginia.com
www.filminwestvirginia.org
www.wvmotorsportscouncil.com
www.WVRiverSports.com
www.WVEscapes.com
www.WVTraditions.com
www.WVGolfing.com
www.GamingWV.com
www.WVWinterFun.com
www.WVByways.com
www.wvmountainrider.com
www.WVWeekends.com
www.WVMuseums.com
www.WVWintersports.com
www.escape2wv.com
www.escapetowv.com
www.escapetwowv.com
www.entertainmentinwv.com
www.wvmoutainrider.com
T he West Virginia Division of Tourism regards the privacy and security of user info rmation as a critical component of the service that we offer to our users. The privacy policy explains how the West Virginia Division of Tourism collects and uses info rmation from these sites. The privacy policy also describes how your info rmation is protected.
Personal Information:
Personal info rmation will be collected from you at the time you register with the West Virginia Division of Tourism through any of the Web sites the West Virginia Division of Tourism operates. You can register by either responding to a message or registering online. Once your registration becomes active on the site, you will begin to receive e-mail updates on the West Virginia Division of Tourism. At the time of registration, you will be prompted by one of our online forms to provide personal info rmation to us including your name, e-mail address, postal address, etc. You may decline to share personal info rmation with us.
Your personal info rmation is collected through opt-in requests for e-mails, brochures or other information. The West Virginia Division of Tourism also provides an opportunity for you to suggest individuals who would also like to receive info rmation from the West Virginia Division of Tourism through the “sign up a friend” option. Personal info rmation may also be acquired if you sign up to receive info rmation from the West Virginia Division of Tourism at a trade show or other function. The West Virginia Division of Tourism may also receive personal info rmation from purchased lists, magazine or trade show lists, survey cards, or other third party sources. If you have received communications from the West Virginia Division of Tourism, no matter how your personal info rmation was acquired, you may opt-out as indicated below.
Use of Personal Information:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism uses personal info rmation to send you info rmation and to keep you info rmed. The West Virginia Division of Tourism uses personal info rmation, such as demographic and profile info rmation, to tailor your experience at our sites, to help develop content that we think you might be interested in as well as displaying the content according to your preferences. You may choose to stop receiving future communications from us. Please see the Opt-Out and Discontinue Section below.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism may ask you to provide info rmation about your interests. This info rmation will be used to tailor your experience at the Web sites. You may decline to give this info rmation. This info rmation may also be used in a broader application to provide content of interest to users. You will not be identified personally if the interest data is used in the broader application.
Non-Personal Information:
Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our Web server as part of demographic and profile data known as "traffic data" so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you. The West Virginia Division of Tourism will not use your IP address to attempt to identify your personal info rmation.
A Referrer is the info rmation passed along by a Web browser that references the Web URL you linked from, and is automatically collected by our Web server as "traffic data." System info rmation we collect as part of "traffic data" includes time, the type of Web browser being used, plug-in programs available and the operating system/platform. The West Virginia Division of Tourism uses traffic data to credit your referral to a partner or affiliate who referred you to our Web site. This info rmation may also be used by West Virginia Division of Tourism to identify broad demographic trends that may be used to provide info rmation tailored to your interests and also may be used to provide info rmation appropriate for your computer system. You will not be personally identified from this info rmation. Additional activity on the West Virginia Division of Tourism Web sites will be monitored, including clicked links and click stream data.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism network uses “cookie” technology and users' IP addresses to customize and enhance your technical experience. Cookies are pieces of info rmation transferred to your hard drive when you visit our sites that automatically identify your browser to our server when you interact with our site. Cookies are a common feature on Web sites and are utilized by the West Virginia Division of Tourism to provide Website services to you. The West Virginia Division of Tourism may combine the info rmation received from cookies with a unique ID number that we have assigned to you. You may adjust your browser setting of your computer to notify you when a cookie is sent or to refuse cookies altogether. Please consult your browser for instructions on such adjustments.
We may obtain additional info rmation about you, such as demographic info rmation, from commercially available sources.
Transfer of Personal Information:
In the event that the West Virginia Division of Tourism is merged with another state entity or otherwise renamed or altered, the personal info rmation collected may be transferred to the new state agency.
Newsgroups/Forums:
Any groups or forums on West Virginia Division of Tourism Web sites are public. Please consider this before posting info rmation on these areas.
Sharing of Information:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism does not sell or rent your personal info rmation to third parties for marketing purposes. We may share your personal info rmation with other state agencies for the limited purposes of data processing or storage.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism may also share your personal info rmation with authorized third party agents or contractors in order to provide a requested service or transaction. For example, if the West Virginia Division of Tourism mails a package to you, your personal info rmation must be shared with the shipping company. The West Virginia Division of Tourism will share the minimum amount of personal info rmation necessary to complete the requested service or transaction.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism may occasionally hire third party companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including customer service, hosting Web sites, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services or data. In those instances, the third party companies will be contractually obligated to safeguard your personal info rmation and prohibited from using your personal info rmation in any manner other than the purpose for which the third party company was retained.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes by disclosing personal info rmation and other related info rmation. The West Virginia Division of Tourism reserves the right to establish and exercise our legal rights and to defend against legal claims.
We may collect and potentially share personal info rmation and any other additional info rmation available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any persons, violations of the West Virginia Division of Tourism's terms of use, potential threats to national security, or as otherwise required by law.
Some of your non-personal info rmation may be shared on an aggregate basis only, as a part of a larger set of statistics.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism will ask for your opt-in consent to share your personal info rmation with a third party for any other reason.
Security:
Information collected by West Virginia Division of Tourism is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. All of our employees are dedicated to maintaining and upholding your privacy and security and are aware of our privacy and security policies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100 percent secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal info rmation within our systems, West Virginia Division of Tourism cannot ensure or warrant the security of any info rmation you transmit to us. The West Virginia Division of Tourism recommends that you take every precaution in protecting your personal info rmation when you utilize the Internet. Examples of precautions include using a combination of letters and numbers in creating passwords, changing your passwords often, and using a secure browser.
Children's Privacy:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism does not knowingly solicit any personal info rmation from children under the age of thirteen. The West Virginia Division of Tourism does not knowingly obtain, retain, or use info rmation from anyone under the age of thirteen. If the West Virginia Division of Tourism learns that it has collected personal info rmation on a child under the age of thirteen we will delete the data from our systems.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism may solicit from time to time your opinion or invite you to participate in surveys to determine your preferences and dislikes in order to provide you with a better product or offering. These surveys are optional, and you may always choose not to participate in them.
Other Web Sites and Links:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism Web sites may contain links to other Web sites that are third-party Web sites not operated by the West Virginia Division of Tourism, including Web sites operated by West Virginia Division of Tourism's partners and affiliates. Please note that the privacy practices of those other Web sites and of our partners and affiliates are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites, partners, or affiliates. You should be careful to review any privacy policies of such Web sites, partners, or affiliates.
Update your Personal Information:
To update your personal info rmation, please send us an e-mail at info@wvtourism.com indicating that you wish to update your personal info rmation, and providing us with that new info rmation.
Opt-Out and Discontinue:
Subscribers may elect to opt-out and to discontinue receiving future communications from the West Virginia Division of Tourism by sending us an e-mail at info@wvtourism.com indicating your name and e-mail address and requesting to opt-out and discontinue future communications. As an opt-in subscriber, you are required to confirm your subscription by automated e-mail in order to begin receiving info rmation or updates from West Virginia Division of Tourism. An automated opt-out e-mail will then be provided to you. You may also avoid future communications from West Virginia Division of Tourism.
Modification of Privacy Policy by The West Virginia Division of Tourism:
West Virginia Division of Tourism reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time. The changes to the privacy policy will be posted on this site, so check the privacy policy frequently to stay info rmed.
West Virginia Division of Tourism Anti-Spam Policy:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism prohibits the use of the West Virginia Division of Tourism's services, directly or indirectly, for the transmission, distribution, or delivery of any unsolicited or bulk or unsolicited commercial e-mail (“Spam”). You may not use any West Virginia Division of Tourism services to send Spam. You may not deliver Spam or cause Spam to be to be delivered to any of West Virginia Division of Tourism's Services or West Virginia Division of Tourism registered users.
In addition, e-mail sent, or caused to be sent, to or through the West Virginia Division of Tourism Services may not:
The West Virginia Division of Tourism does not authorize the harvesting, mining, or collection of e-mail addresses or other information from or through the West Virginia Division of Tourism Services.
Nothing in this policy is intended to grant any right to transmit or send e-mail to, or through, the West Virginia Division of Tourism Services. Failure to enforce this policy in every instance does not amount to a waiver of the West Virginia Division of Tourism's rights.
Unauthorized use of the West Virginia Division of Tourism Services in connection with the transmission of unsolicited e-mail, including the transmission of e-mail in violation of this policy, may result in civil, criminal, or administrative penalties against the sender and those assisting the sender.
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8/16/08
West Virginia Division of Tourism Privacy Policy
The West Virginia Division of Tourism offers this web site as a tool to explore travel opportunities throughout the state.
LINKS:
This site may contain hyperlinks to other sites. We do not control the info rmation on these sites. Such links are provided for convenience and/or info rmation only. Offering a link does not imply endorsement of any offering on the linked site.
INFORMATION GATHERING:
We report info rmation as it is provided to us. We do not warrant or guarantee that all info rmation is correct or up-to-date, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such info rmation.
Any person who relies upon such info rmation obtained from this web site, does so at his or her own risk.
The contents of this web site are published for info rmation purposes only and subject to change without notice.
We try to provide contact info rmation so that web site visitors can verify info rmation by personal contact.
Event listings, times, and info rmation are entered by the facility or coordinator of that event. Please confirm the date and location of events you plan to attend in case an activity has been canceled or rescheduled.
If you choose to offer us your e-mail address, name, address, phone or comments, we store this info rmation in a tourism database and it is available to tourism facilities. Not offering this info rmation only limits special offers, but does not limit your general use of the web site.
COOKIES:
Cookies are small text files that identify an individual computer's browser entering a web site. Cookies recognize repeat users and facilitate the users' access to and use of the site. You may disable or turn on a warning prompt for cookies by modifying the preferences section of your Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers.
SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES:
Mail ing lists or subscription services offered by this site may be terminated at any time by contacting the West Virginia Division of Tourism to have your info rmation removed.
WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF TOURISM MISSION STATEMENT
" To cultivate a world-class travel and tourism industry in West Virginia through creation of jobs, stimulation of investment, expansion of current tourism attractions and promotion of a positive state image, thereby improving the way of life for West Virginians ." - West Virginia Tourism Commission
The West Virginia Division of Tourism, in partnership with the tourism industry and as a function of the West Virginia Development Office, works to achieve the mission set forth by the West Virginia Tourism Commission.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism is an equal opportunity employer.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and notices under which this web site is offered at any time.
West Virginia Division of Tourism Database Policy
1. Information provided must accurately describe the facility or event listed and must contain useful tourist info rmation with at least 50% of it being West Virginia-tourism-related services. All info rmation is posted at the discretion of the West Virginia Division of Tourism.
2. Listings cannot contain terminology, advertising or pictures that are adult or sexually oriented or otherwise not directly related to travel.
3. Listings should market travel-related services, not products. However, retail destinations are encouraged to describe their facilities and products.
4. The contact person with access to the user name and password is responsible for providing accurate and up-to-date info rmation. The facility must be listed using the proper name as shown on the facility's business license. Listings should designate: who, what, when, where (including brief directions from a major highway), contact person, hours of operation and any admission fees. Listings must be updated at least once a year to ensure accuracy.
5. Please verify your entries and make sure you list your facility or event by its proper business name or title. Multiple name listings will be inactivated at the discretion of the West Virginia Division of Tourism. Businesses should use keywords to indicate multiple activities or offerings.
6. Keywords are offered to categorize all the options of facilities and events. Choose keywords that accurately describe your facility or event.
7. The West Virginia Division of Tourism will deactivate any listing that it deems inappropriate or misrepresentative of a facility or event.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and notices under which this web site is offered at any time.
WV Division of Tourism Events Policy
1. An event must be a fair, festival or gathering that is open to the public, and, with or without admission fees, may be attended during a reasonable specific date range. For example, Jan. 2002-Dec. 2025 is unacceptable. Whitewater or skiing season is unacceptable. Fall leaf-peeping month is unacceptable.
2. A facility may not list daily operations as an event. A museum may list special showings and workshops or presentations, but not its regular hours of operations as an event.
3. No sales promotions may be listed as events. For example, Gauley Festival weekend special is unacceptable unless you are promoting a special weekend program; or “State Fair opening weekend” special hotel rates would be unacceptable, but the State Fair can announce its opening weekend activities.
4. The contact person with access to user name and password is responsible for making an event active or inactive and for updating the info rmation. The Division of Tourism will refer callers to this contact person if questions arise.
5. If an event is listed by multiple facilities, the WV Division of Tourism reserves the right to designate the official event coordinator or organization as the listing for the event. Information or listings that are not updated at least once a year will be removed.
6. Activities not applicable to the events guidelines may be listed in the description of a facility.
7. Outdated events must be made inactive by the facility or event coordinator. After a reasonable period of time, the WV Division of Tourism will terminate outdated events, if they are not done by the coordinator.
8. After one warning, the West Virginia Division of Tourism will deactivate the user name and password of any facility violating these policies.
The West Virginia Division of Tourism reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and notices under which this web site is offered at any time.