Welcome to the Division of Capital Assets Management's ("DCAM") website.
Your privacy is one of our top priorities. The following policy applies only
to the use of DCAM's website. Other websites operated by state agencies have
different policies. We strongly suggest that you read the privacy policies for
each Commonwealth website that you visit, and any external site that you visit
through a link appearing at this site.
A Privacy Partnership. Your privacy with respect to the use of
this website results from a partnership between the Commonwealth and you,
the user. At this website, we attempt to protect your privacy to the maximum
extent possible. However, because some of the information that we
receive through this website is subject to the
Public
Records Law, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66, Section 10
, we cannot ensure absolute privacy.
Information that you provide to us through this site may be made available to
members of the public under that law. This policy informs you of the
information that we collect from you at this site, what we do with it, to
whom it may be disseminated, and how you can access it. Based on this
information, you can make an informed choice about your use of this site.
You can maximize the benefits of your privacy partnership with the
Commonwealth by making informed choices about whether to share
personally identifiable information with us through this site.
Personally Identifiable Information. We use the term "personally
identifiable information" to mean any information that could reasonably be
used to identify you, including your name, address, e-mail address, Social
Security number, birth date, bank account information, credit card information,
or any combination of information that could be used to identify you.
Information Voluntarily Provided by You. This site collects voluntary
information from you only through e-mails that you send through this site.
E-mails sent by you to this site will contain personally identifiable information.
Information Automatically Collected and Stored by this Site. This site
does not collect "cookies", but does collect and store indefinitely
your Internet Protocol ("IP") address ,
which does not identify you as an individual, as well as information about the date
and time of your visit, whether a file you have requested exists, and how many "bytes"
of information were transmitted to you over the Web from this site. We use your IP
address to assess the frequency of visits to this site and the popularity of its
various pages and functions. We will not attempt to match any personally identifiable
information that you provide to us with your IP address, unless there are reasonable
grounds to believe that doing so would provide information that is relevant and material
to a criminal investigation.
Dissemination of Your Personally Identifiable Information.
We do not sell any personally identifiable information
collected through this website. However, once you voluntarily
submit personally identifiable information to us through
an e-mail, its dissemination is governed by the Public
Records Law, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66,
Section 10,
the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66A (Fair Information
Practices Act), Executive
Order 412, and other applicable laws and regulations.
For this reason, part or all of the information you
send us may be provided to a member of the public in
response to a public records request.
In addition, the information that you voluntarily submit will be disclosed only
to Commonwealth employees or officials with a "need to know" for purposes of
fulfilling their job responsibilities. They will only use the information to
answer your questions, respond to any requests for assistance, and fulfill the
Commonwealth's legal obligations. Where appropriate, we may provide the information
submitted by you to the person or company that is the subject of your inquiry, or
to a government agency responsible for the matters referred to in your communication.
Your Access and Opportunity to Correct. The
Public
Records Law and
Fair Information Practices Act provide you certain
rights to get information about you that is in our records.
To learn more about the circumstances, under which you
can get and correct this information, please click on
the above references to these laws.
Security. Because this site does not encrypt incoming e-mail, you should not send
information that you consider highly sensitive through this website.
We use standard security measures to ensure that your personally
identifiable information is not lost, misused, altered, or unintentionally
destroyed. We also use 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
attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Special Protections Against Misuse Of Personally Identifiable Information
Within Commonwealth Offices. In 1999, then-Acting
Governor Swift issued Executive
Order 412, which enhanced the privacy protection
given to any information about you as a named individual
held by the Executive Department of state government.
Executive
Order 412 limits the collection and dissemination
of personally identifiable information within the Executive
Department. This site complies with Executive Order
412, so all of the personally identifiable information
that you submit to this site is given the privacy protections
set forth in Executive
Order 412.
Policy changes. We will post changes to this policy
at least 30 days before they take effect. Any information
we collect under the current privacy policy will remain
subject to the terms of this policy. After any changes
take effect, all new information we collect, if any,
will be subject to the new policy.
Contact Information. For questions about your
privacy while using the website, please contact the
Acting Director of Finance and Administration Bill Tivnan
at bill.tivnan@state.ma.us.
