Privacy Statement

Site: Aerospaces & Ocean Engineering Department Web Site
URL: http://www.aoe.vt.edu

Virginia Tech has created this privacy statement in order demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site.

Information Automatically Logged

This site uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our site.

This site records the browser type to monitor market penetration of various web browsers so we can better determine the Internet technologies we may utilize in the design of our pages.

This data may be used to preserve the integrity of our computing resources.

Personal Information

This site collects alumni names, address and email address as well as some other personal information (birthdate, marital status, etc.) through a web form under the AOE Alumni Site.

This information is used for other alumni to view (if permission has been granted by the information originator), and to update AOE Department alumni contact information.

We share alumni personal information amongst other alumni if the user grants us permission to do so.

Users can opt not to have their information shared by changing their preferences online in the AOE Alumni website, by calling the AOE Front Desk at (540) 231-6611, or by emailing the webmaster@aoe.vt.edu

Users can update/review their personal information by logging into the AOE Alumni website, by calling the AOE Front Desk at (540) 231-6611, or by emailing the webmaster@aoe.vt.edu

Links to Virginia Tech Sites

This site contains links to other Virginia Tech pages. The privacy practices of other pages may vary with the purposes of the page. Consult the privacy statement on each page.

Links to External Sites

This site contains links to other sites. Virginia Tech is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Log file access is restricted to system administrators while stored on the server. Log files are rotated regularly and archived in a secure location.

User and password information is encrypted before it is transmitted across the network.

Users should also consult Virginia Tech's policy on Acceptable Use.
http://www.vt.edu/admin/policies/acceptuseguide.html

Virginia Tech complies with all statutory and legal requirements with respect to access to information.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact webmaster@aoe.vt.edu