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The accuracy of the information provided is not warranted or guaranteed by this office, its employees, agents and/or assigns. The office cannot be held responsible for any consequential or actual damages which may result from the use of the information contained herein and the user assumes all of the risks of errors or damages associated with the use of this information. True copies of any documents contained or referred to herein are available at the Commission’s office, located at 40 Fountain Street, Providence (222-3790).

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The privacy of our customers has always been very important to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. We have never required individuals to identify themselves when they come to our offices or contact us by phone. Our concern for your privacy continues in the electronic age. That view underlies our policy, stated below:

• You do not have to give us personal information merely to visit our site.
• We collect detailed information about you like your name, email address, etc. only if you specifically and knowingly provide it to us.
• We do not enable "cookies." (A "cookie" is a file placed on your hard drive by a Web site that allows it to monitor your use of the site usually without your knowledge.)

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not necessarily identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

• The internet domain (such as "xcompany.com") and IP address from which you access our site;
• The date and time of you access our site;
• The pages you visit;
• Whether you successfully received a document or image file he/she requested; and
• The size of the document you received.

We may use this information to help use make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals, organizations or their visits.