Congressman Jim Ramstad's Privacy Statement

Welcome to my web site!  Your privacy is very important to me.  Therefore, I want you to know exactly what you can expect when you access this web site.

BROWSING OR DOWNLOADING FROM THIS SITE
If you are visiting this site simply to read or download information such as press releases, my biographical data, or my views on issues, no information about you is collected or stored by my office.  No exceptions.

EMAIL
If you correspond with my congressional office through email, we obtain only the information you voluntarily provide -- including your email address, your mailing address if you provide one, and any other personal information contained in your email.  We do not share or disclose any personally-identifying information about you to any entity outside this office without your permission.

One exception: If any information contained in your email indicates that you pose a direct threat to public health or safety -- or that a violation of the law has, or is likely to, occur -- I am bound by law to forward such information to the appropriate legal authorities.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
You may also wish to know that the House of Representatives will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit this web site, though it may collect certain information for site management purposes, such as:

  • The name of the domain from which you access the Internet -- for example "aol.com" if you are connecting from an America Online account.
  • The date and time you accessed our site.
  • The Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site, or the Internet address of the computer you used to link to our site.

 

This information may also be used by the House of Representatives to compile statistical data on the overall number of visitors to the different sections of this web site, what information is most or least of interest to web site users, and technical design specifications or system performance.

I hope you enjoy my web site.  I look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions about my privacy policy or any other issues of concern to you.