Privacy statement

Your privacy is important to us. This page explains how we handle information we receive from people who visit our website or communicate with us.

Our privacy requirements

We protect your privacy under:

Information we collect

User statistics

Our internet service provider (ISP) gives us statistics about how people use our website. We measure which pages users visit most often and when they visit them. We use these statistics to see how people use our website and to make our website more useful.

Information you provide us

If you send us an email, we will collect your email address and the information you provide in the email. This includes:

  • Text.
  • Audio.
  • Videos.
  • Images.

We might respond to you, address your questions or concerns, use the information to improve our website. Or we may forward your email to another agency to help you.

Information we do not collect

If you only browse, read pages or download information on our website, we do not collect or store any information from or about you. This includes:

  • Network addresses assigned to your device when browsing the internet, such as:
    • Internet protocol (IP) addresses like this: 192.168.0.11 or fc00:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:/7.
    • Ethernet addresses like this: 00:00:00:FF:EE:11.
  • Cookies.
  • Websites that led you here.

Personal information and choice

A domain name or IP address is not personal information.

Personal information is information that can identify a specific person. This includes your:

  • Name.
  • Social Security number.
  • Address.
  • Phone number.

Choosing to provide personal information

We do not collect personal information about you unless you send it to us in an email or provide it on a form. You do not need to contact us by email. You are always welcome to browse our website instead.

We may ask you to provide personal or private information to use our services. You may choose not to tell us this information online, but we might be unable to provide services. If so, you will need to use our services in person, by phone or by mail.

If you believe we are using your personal information in a way you did not intend us to use it, contact our Records Disclosure Unit:

Information from people under 18

We treat information we receive from people under 18 the same as information from someone 18 or older. All information can be subject to public access through the proper request process. We warn users about this.

Correcting your personal information

To review personal information we collect about you, use the Records Disclosure Unit. You may ask us to change incorrect personal information by emailing or mailing us. We will verify your identity before giving you access or correcting your information.

Public access to information

Washington state has laws to ensure that our government is open. As a member of the public, you have a right to request public records and information.

If you send us information, it may become a public record. Other people may view and copy this information unless federal or state law protects it.

As a government agency, we follow the public record and privacy laws below:

Security

We protect our data by:

  • Preventing data from becoming unusable.
  • Blocking people who access our systems and information without permission.
  • Reasonably protecting the information we have.

Unauthorized attempts to upload, change, modify or damage this site without permission are strictly prohibited and punishable under both state and federal law, including the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act. We use software to collect data about unauthorized access to our website. We may use that data to conduct investigations.

User tracking and customizing pages

We use tools to customize your experience on this website, including cookies. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in your device memory when you visit a website. Websites use cookies to be more efficient and get information about what users are doing. Most browsers allow you to block cookies through 'settings,' 'preferences' or 'internet options.

If you block cookies, our website might not work properly for you. We only have control over tools we provide. We do not control third-party tools or technologies on this website.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them:

Copyright

This site has text, artwork, photos or other content that others have copyrighted. We use that content with the permission of the copyright holder.

To get permission to use any content from this site, contact our Web Administrator:

Disclaimer

We do not guarantee that the information on our website is correct, reliable or current. We are not liable for any losses caused by relying on our information to be correct, reliable or current. Some of the information on this website may be incorrect or outdated. If you rely on any information on our website, you are doing so at your own risk.

We do not endorse any content, viewpoint, product or service linked from our website.

We may change and update this statement at any time by posting the revised statement in the footer linked from any page on our website.