When you visit this website, two basic kinds of information flow from your computer system to ours: automatic data and volunteered data.

Automatic data includes information recorded by the state web server: the type of computer operating system you use, your web browser software and your IP address at the time you contact the server. Unless we detect illegal conduct, we make no effort to use this information to identify the person visiting the site. We summarize the data and use it to understand how many people use the site, when they visit, and the kinds of web pages being viewed. We do not seek to sell this information to third parties.

Volunteered data, such as your email or mailing address, is handled according to the rules set down in the Oregon Open Records Law. Unless you tell us otherwise, your name and address become part of the public record and that information can be requested by businesses. If you want your name and address protected from disclosure, you need to say so when you contact us. Just add this statement to your correspondence: