This Privacy Policy sets out how Virginia-Firearms-Law.com uses and protects any information that you give Virginia-Firearms-Law.com when you use this website and/or register for one of our Firearms Law Course offerings.

Virginia-Firearms-Law.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.

Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website or registering for a class, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Virginia-Firearms-Law.com may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are ok with any changes to this privacy policy.

What we may collect

Virginia-Firearms-Law.com and its agents, vendors and employees may collect the following information:

  • name
  • contact information including email address.
  • demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests
  • other information relevant to customer surveys, registration and/or offers

We may collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily through our website. If you create an account in order to access certain features and services or if you register for one of our Firearms Law Course Offerings, we may collect certain Personal Information such as your email address, contact information, phone number, etc. If you email us directly via an email hyperlink to provide us feedback or to ask us a question regarding the Website or our business, we may collect any information contained in such email, and we will treat any such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide any such feedback to us, we may use such feedback for any purpose, provided we will not associate such feedback with your Personal Information. If you decide to email content to another person through the Website, we will collect that person’s email address to send your email. We will also collect your name, email address, and any personal message you decide to include in the email. We will not send additional emails to this individual, unless you specifically request us to do so.

IP Address

Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and an IP address. When a visitor requests a page from www.Virginia-Firearms-Law.com, our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor’s domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal other than the IP address used to access our site. We use this information to examine our site usage and traffic. Our web analytics programs provide information on the IP addresses, geographic location, how many pages of the site were visited and length of stay on our site.

Cookies

In our effort to improve users’ site experience, the site may use cookies and/or clear gifs to provide pages and features that are most compatible with users’ preferences. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a browser when a user visits a Web site. A clear gif is a graphic file, rather than a text file, that is similar in function to a cookie. Cookies and/or clear gifs do not identify the user personally; they simply identify the browser and track the settings, preferences, or features. Our business/advertising partners may collect information, including Personal Information, from various locations on our websites to provide you with information about their products and services, or to provide you with other requested information. Some third-party partners may request you to submit information by completing a form to receive more information about services or products offered by the partners. The use of the information you provide to the third party partner is subject to that partner’s privacy policy.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
  • We may contact you by email, phone, SMS text message, fax, or mail to remind you about upcoming courses you have purchased, or about important information, such as time or date changes, related to the course you have purchased.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Our domain and webservice provider may use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us and our providers, provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Please note that our website may contain helpful links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these helpful links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website(s). Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

Please note that Virginia-Firearms-Law.com will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties, except our affiliates, sponsors and retail store partners, unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting or about future course offerings.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to info@virginia-Firearms-law.com.

If you believe that any information, we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.