Privacy Policy for the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce website.

Visitors to the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce website are advised that, with limited exceptions, information provided to, or collected by, the website is considered a public record as defined in Title 1 of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (M.R.S.A.) Chapter 13.  As a service, the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce website may provide links to websites it does not control and visitors are advised to check the privacy policy of those websites.

Public Records - In General

With limited exceptions, information collected on the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce website, or in connection with the operation of the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce website, is considered and treated as a public record as defined in Title 1 of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (M.R.S.A.) Chapter 13.  Public records are open to inspection and may be copied and distributed to others.  Unless the information collected meets one of the exceptions to the public records provisions, there should be no expectation of privacy or confidentiality when providing information to, or utilizing the website of, the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce.

E-mail - Public Records

With limited exceptions, e-mails sent to elected or appointed officials, or to any employee or volunteer, of the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce are considered public records as defined in Title 1 of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (M.R.S.A.) Chapter 13.  Public records are open to inspection and may be copied and distributed to others in addition to the addressee.  Unless the e-mail meets one of exceptions to the public records provisions, there should be no expectation of privacy or confidentiality when sending an e-mail to any elected or appointed official, employee or volunteer, of the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a web server may ask your web browser to store on your computer, and send back to the web server when needed.  They are often used to store an identifier or other information in order to facilitate a transaction or customize a service.  They can also be used to track visits to a website.  The Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce does not use cookies on its website. 

Website Visitor Information Collected

In order to improve its website, the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce may collect some or all of the following information about visitors who view or download information from the website:

Information
Definition

 

 

Date

Date the visit occurred.

Time

Time the visit occurred.

Client IP

Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the website visitor.  The IP address recorded is normally that of a the visitor's Internet service provider.

Server IP

Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce web server accessed.

HTTP Status

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error code.
E.g., "404" Requested Page Not Found."

HTTP Request URL

Identifies the web page or file requested by the website visitor.

Bytes Sent

Amount of data sent from the web server to website visitor during that connection

Bytes Received

Amount of data sent from the website visitor to the web server.

User Agent

Type of web browser, operating system, and/or other client software that made the request to the web server.

Referrer

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred to the requested file.

Protocol Version

Version of HTTP used by the visitor's web browser software.

Domain Name

Domain name from which the website was accessed.

Country

Country from which the website was accessed.

Query Terms

Terms or words used to query the website.

Linked From

Another site that is/was linked to the website.

File Name and Type

File Name and Type requested.

Directory

Directory visited.

The above information is used by the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce  to improve its website.  It is not collected with the intention of identifying individual visitors.  However, visitors are advised that this collected information is a public record.  Further, the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce reserves the right to attempt to identify individual visitors should the Maine Computer Crimes Taskforce determine that to be necessary.