Thank you for reviewing my privacy policy. As a founding member of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, I am deeply committed to safeguarding the personal privacy of individuals while visiting my federal web site. If you should have any questions or comments regarding the privacy practices described in this policy, please contact me via e-mail, traditional mail, telephone: (202) 224-5744, or fax: (202) 224-3416.
The U. S. Senate Server
The United States Senate server hosts the web sites of each individual U. S. Senator. Therefore, my privacy policy inherits the security and privacy practices of the central Senate server. For site management, the Senate server collects information for statistical purposes. The government computer system software uses programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. The following is a list of specific information that is collected when you visit any United States Senate web site:
- The domain from which you access the Senate web site.
- The date and time of your visit.
- The address of the web site, if any, that provide the link from which you reached the Senate site.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration guidelines.
For more information, please access the U.S. Senate Security and Privacy Notice
My Web Site
My website intentionally does not collect any personal information when you visit unless you choose to provide it. If you have a question, comment, request for information, or need help dealing with a government agency, you will be asked to submit an e-mail using my web form. This form requires that you provide your name, address and e-mail so that I may be able to quickly and appropriately address the issues raised in your correspondence and confirm that you are a constituent from Alabama. Please rest assured that the information you provide will be used solely for the purpose of helping to address the comments and concerns of your correspondence.
I do provide the option of submitting comments without using my web form. Using this method you are not required to submit any information about yourself. I am glad to take any thoughts and advice on the important issues facing the country or any other comments you may wish to submit. However, please understand that in using this method I am unable to provide a response.
Other than when needed to perform constituent casework at your request, in the course of an authorized law enforcement investigation or emergency posing an imminent risk to public safety, unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service is made, or threatening e-mail is sent, my office will share no personal information communicated through my web site with any outside organization or individual.
Casework
If you are requesting help with a casework matter, it may be necessary for my office to share the information you provide with the government agency from which you are requesting assistance. In this case, I require that you fill out a casework authorization form consenting to the use of your information in processing your request.
My E-Mail List
My web site provides the option to subscribe to my e-mail newsletter to receive periodic updates on my activities in Washington. This list is compiled solely for the distribution of my newsletter. To unsubscribe, please click here.
Comments You Provide
Occasionally I will receive comments or experiences from constituents that I feel makes such an profound point that I feel compelled to share it in a speech on the Senate floor, include it in the Congressional Record, or make other use of it, either in connection with debate or by sharing it with the relevant agency. Names will never be used without the consent of the contributor and I will make every effort to contact the author prior to any use. If you intend that your message be kept confidential and not used in this way, please feel free to advise me of this preference so I can be sure to respect your wish and see that your views are kept confidential.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your computer that assign a numerical user ID and store certain information about your on-line visit. My web site does not use cookies to track any personal information. The press section of my web site uses a "dynamic" web application which uses cookies in order to sort the information you have accessed in a logical and presentable way. The cookies are only used to maintain the state of the of the application, not for any purposes of collecting personal information. The only cookies that are written are transient and contain benign information.
External Links
My website has links to other useful sites on the Internet, including sites of other government agencies and sites relating to Alabama. If you follow any link that takes you to a URL location other than senate.gov, you have left the Senate web server and will need to refer to that site's own privacy policy.
Thank you for taking the time to review this policy. Please remember to contact my office if you have any further questions.
