Thank you for visiting the Goodman & Company web site. We understand that privacy is very important to you and have created this statement in order to demonstrate our firm’s commitment to privacy. This policy is designed to tell you how we protect and use information that we obtain through our web site.

The information we receive, and how we use it depends on what you do when visiting our web site. If you visit our web site:

To read or download information

For each http request received, we collect and store only the date and time, the originating IP address, the object requested, and the completion status of the request. None of this information can be connected with personally identifiable information. When you enter our site, you are anonymous and will remain so unless you choose otherwise.

We use the information detailed above to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and to help us make our site more useful to our visitors. This includes analyzing logs periodically to determine the traffic through the server, the number of pages served, and the level of interest in specific pages. The logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to insure the integrity of the data on our server. We do not seek or collect any other data related to specific users of our server.

To send us an E-mail

E-mail links can be found on a number of pages. They are intended to provide visitors with an accurate and expedient method to obtain further information on a particular subject, an area of expertise, or communicate with a specific individual. By sending us an electronic mail message, you may be sending us personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, and email address. In these cases, we may store the personally identifiable information of the requester in order to respond to the request or to resolve the subject matter of your request.

Throughout this site, visitors are provided the opportunity to communicate with various individuals employed by Goodman & Company. We read every message and try to reply promptly to every one. This information is used to reply directly to your questions or comments.

To complete the form

A “Contact Us” and “Employment Application” form have been included in our web site for the convenience of our visitors and job applicants. Personally identifiable information is requested. Providing this information allows us to more efficiently and effectively respond to your comments, concerns, questions, and employment applications.

We will not sell, exchange, rent, or publish the information you send us on our forms to persons not employed by or associated with Goodman & Company. Any personal information you give us is kept in secure files. Access is limited to the few employees who have a need to know and respond to a particular request.

To complete a survey

As a service to our clients and other members of their industry, Goodman & Company conducts annual salary and benefit surveys in order to provide valuable information for management decision-makers. Finding specialized information in Virginia about a particular industry can be difficult. Printed copies of surveys are mailed to particular industry participants. Included in the mailing is a special access code. Participants can then complete the survey in printed form and return it or complete it electronically and submit it on line.

Personally identifiable information will be requested in our online surveys to verify eligibility to participate in a particular survey. Additionally it may be used to clarify a response. By providing this information, you can be assured that you will receive the compiled survey results and will be invited to participate in applicable future surveys. Demographic and profile data that is collected will be analyzed and only shared publicly on an aggregate basis.

To perform a calculation

This site is hosted on a secure server. This ensures that the data you enter into the form is not seen by outside parties. In addition, no personally identifiable data is requested and your calculation data is not stored. Your data will only be used to perform the designated calculation and return the results to you for informational purposes.

To link to other sites

This site contains links to other sites of interest to provide additional information about a subject related to the information on that particular page. Goodman & Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites. Please read the privacy statement of the sites to which we link as their policies and practices may differ from ours.

Summary

We would like to tell you that your information is as safe with us as it is with you. Unfortunately, time and time again, hackers have proved worldwide that no computer security system is entirely foolproof. The most any web site can do is make reasonable efforts which we have done and will continue to do to protect your information from theft, misuse, and alteration.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy statement or the privacy practices of Goodman & Company, please contact us.

Updated March, 2004