The Houston Film Commission knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. By visiting http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

The Governor's Office analyzes server logs for statistical purposes only and does not use this information to personally identify users. Information and comments collected from web forms are subject to public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act. Non-governmental email addresses are not subject to disclosure unless the affected member of the public affirmatively consents to the disclosure of his or her e-mail address.

An individual is entitled, upon request, to the following:

• Know if information has been collected about that individual;

• The receipt and review of the information collected under sections 552.021 and 552.023 of the Government Code;

• The correction of inaccurate information under section 559.004 of the Government Code;

All of the above are subject to any applicable exceptions.

The information we learn from users helps us personalize and continually improve your experience. Here are the types of information we gather.

• Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future browsing for you, improving our site, and communicating with you.

• Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience at http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/ if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.

• E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/ if your computer supports such capabilities. We also compare our user list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our users. Information from Other Sources: For reasons such as improving personalization of our service, we might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information. We also sometimes receive updated delivery and address information from other sources so that we can correct our records and deliver your next communication more easily.

Information about our users is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. Thus, for example, the Houston Film Commission does not sell, and will never sell, information about you to external marketers, list brokers, or other third parties without user consent. Nor will we give such information to affiliated businesses or companies that we team up with to provide co-branded or jointly owned offerings unless you choose to take advantage of those offerings, and even then, any sharing of information is limited to information relating to the offering. Further, whenever we deal with user information, we will always comply with applicable laws and regulations in doing so.

If you use our subscription service, we work to protect the security of your subscription information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.

• As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information,

• You can add or update certain information, such as your e-mail address. When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.

• The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

If you choose to visit http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/ your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms and Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Texas. If you have any concern about privacy at http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/, please let us know and we will try to resolve it. This Notice and the Terms and Conditions of Use will change also, and use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes.