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This is a summary of the West Virginia Department of Commerce’s
privacy notice. This summary and the full privacy notice apply to the Department’s
website and services that display or link to this notice. To review the full privacy
notice click here.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- We collect information (name, electronic or postal address, etc.) that you choose
to give us.
- The information we collect may be combined with information obtained from other
Executive Branch Departments’ websites and services.
- Information is retained in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations,
and other policies.
USES OF INFORMATION
- We use personal information for purposes that relate to the reason you provide it.
If information is used for another purpose, we will obtain your permission.
- For purposes matching the reason you provided the information, or as required by
law, we may share your information with other state and federal agencies as well
as others we have hired to assist us.
- We may share non-personal information for purposes related to improving our business
practices.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
- You have the right to review the personal information you provide us and to update
or correct that information.
- If you have consented to an electronic exchange of information, you may cancel that
consent by following the instructions in the email you receive.
- If you provide information to any of our agency websites, you may choose to remove
it at any time.
SECURITY
- All personal information and non personal information is stored on a secured computer
server. Some of the applications serving the public are hosted on different servers
that have additional security measures, depending upon the type of information required
and obtained. Local, more detailed notices regarding privacy and security will be
provided to users while using these features.
- Agencies processing credit card information are required to be compliant with the
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).
HOW TO CONTACT US
- For more information on our privacy requirements and practices, please contact us
at commercewebmaster@wv.gov.
- To review our full privacy notice, please click here.