Thank you for visiting my web site. In order to protect the privacy of my constituents and all visitors to this web site, I have adopted the following Privacy Policy:

1. My office will not collect any information on individuals who merely visit the web site.  [We do, however, track the number of visitors to the web site in order to determine the usefulness of the web site and its various features.]  Please be aware that the privacy policies of the U.S. House of Representatives apply to this site.
   
2. If you choose to send me information over the Internet, this information will be treated as confidential. Under no circumstances will information you provide be sold, traded or otherwise conveyed for financial gain to any group or individual outside of my office.
   
3. Information that you choose to send me will not be shared with any group or individual outside my office except:

• for purposes of providing you with the assistance or information you have requested (e.g., information may be shared with a relevant federal agency in order to obtain an answer to your question), unless you expressly request otherwise
• if disclosure is required by law or court order (including lawfully-issued subpoenas), is requested by appropriate law enforcement authority, or is believed in good faith to be necessary or advisable for the protection of personal or public safety, or for other good and sufficient reasons.