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Privacy Policy

About Us

The State of Maine privacy policy can be found at https://www.maine.gov/portal/policies/privacy.html. All Policies regarding the State of Maine web can be found at https://www.maine.gov/portal/policies/index.html.

You can contact the Maine New Hire Portal Help Desk at Maine.NewHire@maine.gov or call (207)624-4100. To contact the Maine.gov Webmaster go to https://www.maine.gov/portal/contact/contactus.html.

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals

We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.

  • Customer Service:

    We invite you to contact us, or the agency directly, if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

    New Hire Reporting Maine 
    19 Union Street, 11 SHS
    Augusta, ME 04330
    

    You may contact us by e-mail at Employer.Relations@ocse.state.me.us. You may call us at (207)624-4100.

  • Maine Freedom of Information Act:

    The public's right to information about government activities lies at the heart of a democratic government. The Maine Freedom of Access Act ("FOAA") grants the people of this state a broad right of access to public records while protecting legitimate governmental interests and the privacy rights of individual citizens.

    • The act also ensures the accountability of the government to the citizens of the state by requiring public access to the meetings of public bodies. Transparency and open decision-making are fundamental principles of the Maine Freedom of Access Act, and they are essential to ensuring continued trust and confidence in our government.
    • Information concerning the Maine Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) can be found at http://www.maine.gov/foaa/. This site contains frequently asked questions, State FOAA contacts, links to statute (13 MRS §400 - 414) and statutory exceptions to the Freedom of Access Law. The Maine Freedom of Access Act is state statute that guarantees access to state and local government bodies and agencies.
    • The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. Information concerning this act can be found at http://www.foia.gov/index.html.

Additional Information

This policy is valid for 1 day from the time that it is loaded by a client.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 4 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.


Group "Access log information"

We collect the following information:

  • Click-stream data
  • HTTP protocol elements

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • Web site and system administration.
  • Research and development.

This data will be used by the agency, network manager and our agents, or other agencies required or permitted by law.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Our Web server collects access logs containing this information.

Group "Cookies"

We collect the following information:

  • HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by the agency, network manager and our agents, or other agencies required or permitted by law.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you. We also use cookies to allow our server to maintain information about the contents of your shopping cart.

Group "Transaction info (required)"

We collect the following information:

  • Physical contact information
  • Online contact information
  • Demographic data
  • Purchase information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • Web site and system administration.
  • Research and development.

This data will be used by the agency, network manager and our agents, or other agencies required or permitted by law. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:

  • Delivery services.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Information we collect in order to process your purchase.

Group "Transaction info (optional)"

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

  • Physical contact information
  • Online contact information
  • Demographic data
  • Purchase information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products. The user must opt-in to this usage.

This data will be used by the agency, network manager and our agents, or other agencies required or permitted by law. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:

  • Delivery services.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Information we collect in order to process your purchase.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  • Completing the user's current activity
  • User targeting

Compact Policy Summary

The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:

    CP="CAO DSP COR LAW CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa CONi OUR DELa BUS IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV DEM STA"

The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.

FIELD MEANING
CP= This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy.
CAO Access is available to contact and other information.
DSP The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism.
COR Violations of this policy will be corrected.
LAW Privacy law specifies penalties for a violation of this policy.
CURa The data is used for completion of the current activity.
ADMa The data is used for site administration.
DEVa The data is used for research and development.
TAIa The data is used for tailoring the site.
CONi The data is used for contacting the user, if the user selects it.
OUR The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
DELa The data is given to delivery services.
BUS Our business practices specify how long the data will be kept.
IND The data will be kept indefinitely.
PHY Physical contact information is collected.
ONL Online contact information is collected.
UNI Unique identifiers are collected.
PUR Purchase information is collected.
COM Computer information is collected.
NAV Navigation and clickstream data is collected.
DEM Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected.
STA State-management data is collected

The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.


Policy Evaluation

Browsers will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions browsers will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, browsers will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against respective stated behavior for browsers.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by each browser. Each browser will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.