Texas Bond Review Board

The Texas Bond Review Board (BRB) maintains this Web site (brb.texas.gov) as a public service. This policy describes the BRB's privacy practices regarding information collected from visitors to the site. It contains information about what information is collected and how that information is used. Please note that all information collected or maintained by the BRB is subject to the provisions of the Texas Public Information Act (Chapter 552, Texas Government Code).

If you have questions or comments about the agency's privacy policy, please call the BRB at 512-463-1741.

The BRB utilizes server logs and log analysis tools to create summary statistics about the use of the Web site. The summary statistics are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. The following information is collected for this analysis:

• User/client hostname - The hostname (or IP address, if DNS is disabled) of the user/client requesting access.
• HTTP header, "user-agent" - The user-agent information includes the type of browser used, the browser version, and the operating system it is running on.
• HTTP header, "referer" - The referer specifies the page from which the user/client accessed the current page.
• System date - The date and time of the user/client request.
• Full request - The exact request the user/client made.
• Status - The status code the server returned to the user/client.
• Content length - The content length, in bytes, of the document sent to the user/client.
• Method - The request method used.
• Universal Resource Identifier (URI) - The location of a resource on the server.
• Query string of the URI - Anything after the question mark in a URI.
• Protocol - The transport protocol and version used.

For site management functions, information is collected for analysis and statistical purposes. This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information, and will not be released to any outside parties unless required to do so under applicable law.

For site security purposes and to ensure that the site remains available to all users, the BRB uses software to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Texas Penal Code Chapters 33 (Computer Crimes) or 33A (Telecommunications Crimes).

A cookie is an extremely small text file that resides on the user's hard drive, created at the request of the Web server to track specific information. The BRB does not currently use cookies. However, the BRB reserves the right to implement web-based applications that may require the use of cookies. Should the BRB implement applications that require the use of cookies, this Privacy Policy will be updated to reflect this change.

Personally identifiable information contained in a question or comment sent to the BRB in an e-mail message or in an online form submitted to the BRB will only be used by BRB to respond to the request and to analyze trends. The BRB may redirect the message to another government agency or person who is in a better position to answer the question.

The BRB uses Web-based forms for collecting survey results and for the submission of reports required by statute. Personally identifiable information collected from these forms has a specified use (e.g., registration, survey response, etc.) and the information is used by BRB only for that purpose. Each form contains a link to this privacy policy.

All information collected from the BRB Web site, including the summary server log information, e-mails sent to the Web site, and information collected from Web-based forms, is subject to the Texas Public Information Act.

Additional information regarding privacy policies can be found in the State Website Linking and Privacy Policy.