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Privacy Policy
SmokeFreeWashington.com privacy policy
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH), which sponsors SmokeFreeWashington.com, is committed to protecting your privacy. You are not required to register or provide any personal information to use the site and we will never give or sell any personal information you choose to provide to a third party, except if required by law.
Information you choose to provide
You may choose to provide information by submitting a comment or suggestion about a restaurant, reporting a violation of the Smoking in Public Places Law, signing up to receive updates from SmokeFreeWashington.com, or requesting materials from the DOH. All of these submissions are voluntary. By submitting your contact information, responses and photos, you may be contacted by the Department of Health in the event the Department of Health is interested in learning more about you decision to go smoke-free. No user will be subscribed to an e-mail list without specifying so on their submission form. If you choose to receive updates from SmokeFreeWashington.com, you will be sent an e-mail communication at the address you provide. Directions to stop all future communications will be included in each email. Please see "Unsubscribe" section below for additional information.
Visitors under the age of 13 are not allowed to submit personal information in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and submissions from those under 13 will not be recorded or stored in the database.
In addition, the site is in compliance with section 508, which requires Web sites to be accessible to people with disabilities.
Information automatically collected and stored
All Web sites collect and store some information about your computer and your visit: your computer’s Internet Protocol address (this is not your e-mail address); the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g. "AOL.com"); the name, version, and specifications of your computer and your computer’s operating system; the Internet address of the Web site, if any, from which you came to our site; the date and time you arrived at our site and how long you spent on the site; and which pages you visited.
If you just browse through the site, read pages, or download information, the above information is all that we collect. We use this information to formulate statistics and help us make our site more useful to visitors.
In addition, on some pages we may use a cookie to tailor the session for an individual. These cookies are data a Web site can send to your browser and are removed after your browser is closed. We do not use cookies to track or personally identify users.
By using the site, you agree that SmokeFreeWashington.com may collect and use the information collected and stored by all Web sites about your computer and your visit. If we change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page so you are always informed about what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Your continued use of the site after a change has been posted will constitute your agreement to such change in the privacy policy.
Links
This Web site contains information on the revised Clean Indoor Air Act (RCW 70.160). It is not legal advice. This information cannot be considered as a substitute for legal advice from and representation by a qualified attorney.
Reference in this Web site to any specific commercial products, process, service, manufacturer, or company does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the Department of Health (DOH). Links to external Web sites are provided because they may contain relevant information and resources. These external Web sites are not maintained by DOH and the Department takes no responsibility for the views that may be represented, or the accuracy, propriety, or legality of any material contained on the sites.
Linked external Web pages are routinely monitored by DOH for materials that advocate for political outcomes. If you find any materials on a directly linked Web page that advocates for, or against, any political candidates, ballot measures, or referendums, please report it immediately to so that the link may be promptly removed. Scott.Shoengarth@DOH.WA.GOV
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of the site, or your dealings with the site, please e-mail, Public Awareness and Marketing Coordinator for the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Scott.Shoengarth@DOH.WA.GOV
Unsubscribe
Site visitors may send a request to remove or change their information in our databases and stop all future, direct communications from us by e-mailing us at info@smokefreewashington.com.
You can view the complete Department of Health privacy policy at www.doh.wa.gov/disclaim.htm.
Additional information
The Washington State Department of Health sponsors SmokeFreeWashington.com with funding from cigarette taxes and from the settlement of a lawsuit against tobacco companies. The Department of Health Privacy Notice applies to information collected or provided when visiting this Web site.
For questions or comments about SmokeFreeWashington.com or the Washington State Department of Health's Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, please e-mail Scott Schoengarth at: Scott.Schoengarth@doh.wa.gov.
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Last Updated: 10/01/10
This Web site contains information on the revised Clean Indoor Air Act (RCW 70.160). It is not legal advice. This information cannot be considered as a substitute for legal advice from and representation by a qualified attorney.
Reference in this Web site to any specific commercial products, process, service, manufacturer, or company does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the Department of Health (DOH). Links to external Web sites are provided because they may contain relevant information and resources. These external Web sites are not maintained by DOH and the Department takes no responsibility for the views that may be represented, or the accuracy, propriety, or legality of any material contained on the sites. Read More...