UCTN's Commitment to Privacy
UCTN is committed to protecting your privacy. You can travel through most of uctn.org without giving us any information about yourself. Sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this commitment of privacy explains our online information practices. This policy describes what information is collected and how that information is used.

UCTN collects personal information about you that you provide voluntarily by sending an e-mail, completing the UCTN Contact Us Form or Support Form. This policy is consistent with the provisions of the Internet Privacy and Security Act, the Freedom of Information Law, and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.

Information Collected Automatically When You Visit uctn.org
When visiting uctn.org, UCTN automatically collects and stores the following information about your visit:

• The Internet Protocol address of the computer that accessed our Web site

• The type of browser, its version and the operating system on which that browser is running

• The Web page from which the user accessed the current Web page

• The date and time of the user’s request

• The pages that were visited and the amount of time spent at each page

None of the above-mentioned information is deemed to constitute personal information by the Internet Privacy and Security Act. The information that is collected automatically is used to improve UCTN’s content and to help UCTN understand how users are interacting with its Web site. This information is collected for statistical analysis and to determine what information is of most and least interest to our users. The information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes and UCTN is not authorized to sell or otherwise disclose the information collected from uctn.org for commercial marketing purposes.

Information Collected When You E-mail UCTN. During your visit to uctn.org you may send an e-mail to UCTN. Your e-mail address and the contents of your message will be collected. The information collected is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video and graphic information formats included in the message. Your e-mail address and the information included in your message may be used to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to improve this Web site. Your e-mail address is not collected for commercial purposes and UCTN is not authorized to sell or otherwise disclose your e-mail address for commercial purposes.

During your visit to uctn.org you may complete a transaction such as an online application. The information collected by UCTN, including personal information volunteered by you in completing the transaction, may be used by UCTN and may be disclosed by UCTN for those purposes that may be reasonably ascertained from the nature and terms of the transaction in which the information was submitted.

UCTN does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age 13 or create profiles of children under the age 13. Users are cautioned, however, that the collection of personal information submitted in an e-mail will be treated as though it was submitted by an adult, and may, unless exempted from access by federal or state law, be subject to public access.

Disclosure of Information Collected Through This Web Site
The collection of information through uctn.org and the disclosure of that information are subject to the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act. UCTN will only collect personal information through uctn.org or disclose personal information collected through uctn.org if the user has consented to the collection or disclosure of such personal information. The voluntary disclosure of personal information to UCTN by the user constitutes consent to the collection and disclosure of the information by UCTN for the purposes for which the user disclosed the information to UCTN.

However, UCTN may collect or disclose personal information without consent if the collection or disclosure is: (1) necessary to perform the statutory duties of UCTN, or necessary for UCTN to operate a program authorized by law, or authorized by state or federal statute or regulation; (2) made pursuant to a court order or by law; (3) for the purpose of validating the identity of the user; or (4) of information to be used solely for statistical purposes that is in a form that cannot be used to identify any particular person.

Further, the disclosure of information, including personal information, collected through uctn.org is subject to the provisions of the Freedom on Information Law and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.

UCTN may disclose personal information to federal or state law enforcement authorities to enforce its rights against unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to UCTN’s information technology assets.

Retention of Information Collected Through this Web site
In general, the Internet services log of UCTN, comprising electronic files or automated logs created to monitor access and use of UCTN services provided through uctn.org, is retained for 21 business days and then destroyed. Information concerning these records retention and disposition schedules may be obtained through the Internet privacy policy contact listed in this policy.


Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by the user’s browser on the hard drive of your computer, uctn.org does not use cookies.

Disclaimer
The information provided in this privacy policy should not be constructed as giving business, legal or other advice, or warranting as fail proof, the security of information provided through uctn.org.

Contact Information
For questions regarding this Internet privacy policy, please contact us via e-mail or by regular mail at:

UCTN
30 Chestnut Street, Suite B
Oneonta, NY 13820

Definitions
The following definitions apply to, and appear in italics, in this policy:

Personal information: For purposes of this policy, “personal information” means any information concerning a natural person that, because of name, number, symbol, mark, or other identifier, can be used to identify that natural person.

User: Shall have the meaning set forth in subdivision 8 of section 202 of the State Technology Law.