Privacy Policy

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of information collected on our Web site.

You do not have to provide personal information to visit our Web site or download information. However, when you do visit our site, we may collect the following information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site. The information will help us make our site more useful to visitors.

• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e., aol.com, if you are using an America Online account).
  
  
• The date and time you access our site,
  
  
• The pages that you visit while on our site.

Only information will be collected that is necessary to provide the information or services that you may request when visiting our Web site. For example, if you are requesting a product or service that we offer, or want a reply to your question or comment, we will ask for your E-mail address, or your name and mailing address so we may respond appropriately.

Any personally-identifiable information we receive on our Web site will not be shared with persons outside our department. No marketing databases will be created nor will any commercial use be made of any data we may collect.

Access to personally-identifiable information in public records at state and local levels of government in Iowa is controlled primarily by Chapter 22 of the Code of Iowa, the law on Examination of Public Records (Open Records).

Various commercial Web sites may be links from our site. These private sector sites are not subject to Chapter 22 of the Code of Iowa, also known as the Iowa Fair Information Practices Act. Visitors to those sites may wish to check the privacy statements of the sites, and be cautious about providing personally-identifiable information.