Website Privacy Policy


Protecting your privacy is very important to me. When you visit my website no personally-identifying information about you is collected, unless you choose to provide such information.

If you choose to communicate with my office via email or web form to request information or comment on current legislative issues, my website will only collect personally-identifying information you choose to provide such as your email address. Information collected in this manner is used solely for information and, in some cases, to respond to you.

When you visit my website, it automatically collects and stores only the following information:

  • 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 access our site.

  • The Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site or the Internet address of the computer used to link to our site.

This information is used by the House of Representatives for Site Management purposes. This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics using this information. These statistics are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

NOTICE: For site security purposes this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic. Anyone using this system consents to the monitoring of their use by system or security personnel.

Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification of this system - or its supporting hardware or software - may violate federal or other statutes and may subject the violator to criminal and civil penalties. In the event of unauthorized intrusion, all relevant information regarding possible violation of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.

Sincerely,
Congresswoman Melissa Bean's signature
Melissa L. Bean
Member of Congress