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Quitline.com Privacy Policy
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH), which sponsors Quitline.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 “True Story” or “Note of Encouragement.”
These submissions are voluntary.
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 Quitline.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
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 Scott Schoengarth so that the link may be promptly removed.
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 Scott Schoengarth, Public
Awareness and Marketing Coordinator for the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.
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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.
You can view the complete Department of Health privacy policy.
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