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Web Policy

Accessibility Policy, Disclaimer, Downloads and Plug-Ins used on this site, and Privacy Policies for the Virginia Career Education Foundation.

Accessibility Policy
Through its Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is promoting a high degree of Web access for people with disabilities. In coordination with organizations around the world, WAI is pursuing Web accessibility through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. To help support the WAI, VCEF is complying with W3C guidelines for Web accessibility.

WAI Level ABobby 508

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Disclaimer
The Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF) provides links to many web sites that are not controlled, maintained, or regulated by VCEF or any organization affiliated with VCEF, and as such VCEF is not responsible for the content of those web sites. Use of information obtained from those web sites is voluntary, and reliance on that information should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy. Reference at those web sites to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by VCEF.

Linking Policy
This web portal may contain hypertext links to external web sites and pages containing information created and maintained by public and private organizations other than the Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF). These hypertext links may be created by the Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF) if it determines that establishing the external link will be consistent with assisting or furthering the purpose of this web portal, which is to significantly and diligently promote public service to citizens and businesses by:

Expanding career and education access to educational services and educational information;
Accelerating the development and delivery of an increased volume of quality, online educational services;
Improving the level of customer service
Extending electronic educational services to students, parents, and educators.
In addition, hypertext links may be created by the Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF) for informational purposes where the linked external web site will provide useful and valuable information to visitors to this web portal, or where the linked external web site is required or authorized by law.

The Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF), in its sole discretion, will determine whether the external web site meets the purpose of this web portal or for the specified informational purposes. The inclusion of a hypertext link to an external web site is not intended as an endorsement of any product or service offered or referenced on the linked web site, the organizations sponsoring said web site, or any views that might be expressed or referenced in the web site.

Hypertext links to external web sites and pages may be removed or replaced at the sole discretion of the Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF), at any time without notice.

In the event you discover problems with or have concerns regarding the format, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of a linked external web site, please contact the organization responsible for the linked external web site -- the Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF) does not control nor is it responsible for any linked external web sites, pages, or content.

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Downloads and Plug-ins
The Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF) provides content in PDF format that require a plug-in to properly view. All required plug-ins are free to use. If your browser or assistive technology can not view the content using the plug-in, please contact Customer Service for an alternate version of the content.

The Plug-in used are:
Adobe Reader

Privacy Policies

Changes
VCEF reserves the right to change this privacy policy as necessary.

Data Collection | Cookies | Child Privacy Act | Contact Us

The following represents practices and procedures of the Virginia Career Education Foundation (VCEF) as approved by its Board of Directors. The VCEF reserves the right to change these practices and procedures at any time without prior notice. The following is not intended and should not be interpreted as a contract of any nature, either stated or implied.

Individuals who visit the Virginia Career Education Foundation are important to us. Because visitors to our Web site are important, we do not capture personal information about them without their permission. We endeavor to ensure that we collect only the minimum amount of information needed to meet the purpose for which the network was created.

VCEF may be required to collect personal information, such as a user's name and address, because of legal requirements or in order to provide customer services. In doing so we are subject to the requirements for administering information systems as established in the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act, Chapter 38 of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia. Pages that appear after you click on a link may be controlled by a different agency or entity, whose practices are not under the VCEF control.

Fostering and maintaining the public's trust is a cornerstone of VCEF. We appreciate the trust and confidence that you place in us by providing requested personal information.

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Use, collection, and retention of customer information at the Virginia Career Education Foundation

For each visitor, we collect information about the Internet Protocol (IP) address, type of browser used, the date and time of the visit, and the IP addresses of the locations to which the visitor linked during his or her visit to our Web site. This information is strictly used for statistical reporting purposes.

We only collect, retain and use personal information where we believe it is essential (and allowed by law) to administer our business and to provide products, services and other opportunities requested by our customers.

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Use of "Cookies"

"Cookies" are small files either stored on a server or sent back to a visiting computer. In certain applications user information is stored as "cookies" of the type that are then sent back and stored on the user's computer. Any application or web page that uses cookies will identify itself as such. This information is handled in the same way as other user information obtained by VCEF. No user information is gathered through cookies except for that needed to run the specific application.

Restrictions on the disclosure of customer information

We do not sell or rent our subscribers’ information to any outside company or organization. We do not reveal specific information about subscribers or other personally identifiable data to unaffiliated third parties for their independent use, except if required to do so by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act or other law.

Protection of information via established security procedures

We maintain security standards and procedures regarding unauthorized access to customer information to prevent unauthorized removal or alteration of data.

Maintenance of accurate information

We have established procedures to ensure that information is as accurate and current as is practical to enable us to conduct business with you. Although we strive to do things right the first time, we also respond to requests to correct inaccurate information in a timely manner.

Limiting employee access to information

to personally identifiable information to only those employees who need access in order to perform their assigned duties.

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Privacy issues relating to the Federal Child Privacy Act

The Federal Child Privacy Act regulates Web site's collection of personal information on users under 18 years of age. We do not intentionally collect such information on anyone we know to be under 18 years of age. If such information is inadvertently obtained, the minor's parent or legal guardian may contact VCEF for a description of the specific types of personal information collected from the child and the options available to them under law to ensure their child's safety.

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Contact us

We welcome your comments and invite you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns by contacting us:

Virginia Career Education Foundation
2002 Bremo Road , Lower Level
Richmond, VA 23226

Ph: (804) 615-1505
Fax (804) 673-3798

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