Privacy Policy

I hope you find the information contained in my web site useful.  I recognize that many Americans are concerned about protecting their personal privacy in an electronic age. Therefore, I have established a privacy policy in an effort to inform visitors about how my office and the House of Representatives handle personal information received electronically.

My office will not sell, trade, share or otherwise transfer any information to any group or individual outside of my office.  Certain exceptions apply to this policy including: (1) official requests from a federal, state or local law enforcement agency and (2) any submission that constitutes a physical, illegal or harassing threat will be provided to the appropriate law enforcement officials.

The only information available to me about you as an individual Internet user is what you choose to send me. I ask e-mail correspondents to provide their name and mailing address in order to verify residency in the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia and to be able to send responses via U.S. mail. Your name and address is only used to provide a response to your concerns. Your comments or inquiries may be shared with relevant federal agencies in order to answer your direct concerns.

Please be aware that the privacy policies of the U.S. House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov/house/privacy.html), which hosts this site, also apply to my site.  The House web service collects and stores information about the domain and Internet address through which a user accesses the Internet and the date and time of the user's visit to House web pages.  This information is used only to measure traffic and to better serve users by improving the design of the site and identifying system performance or problem areas.  The House web service does not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit my site.

I believe that my visitors' right to privacy is a responsibility of my office. The purpose of this site is to better serve the citizens of the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia by ensuring clear, up-to-date information about activities by the federal government.