Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Privacy Statement
This document was last updated December 19, 2002.

MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS, is committed to protecting your privacy. The Montana FWP website completely conforms to the outlines specified in the Governmental Information Privacy Act (Sections 2-17-550 through 2-17-553, MCA).

State of Montana Internet Privacy and Security Policy Statement

You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations.

Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally this information is requested only when needed to provide a service you have requested, or access moderated or secure areas of the MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS domain (http://fwp.state.mt.us).

MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS website also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS website.

Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:

To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, or other information you request.
To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS may send out periodic e-mails informing you of new or updated services available on the website.

Security of your Personal Information
MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

If you have any questions or comment about the Privacy Policy you may contact the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Webmaster with your concerns by sending corosponance to:

Ira Miller
Web Master
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
1420 E. 6th Ave.
Helena, MT 59620-0701