Important Note
This policy applies solely to the direct use of www.cpaboard.state.la.us
The primary function of this website is to provide the public, CPA candidates and CPAs with information and direct links to relevant information needed to protect, inform and educate the public.
As you navigate www.cpaboard.state.la.us you will see links that, when clicked, take you directly to resources or websites hosted outside of our website. These resources or websites will have their own individual privacy policies. Some may be similar while others will not. Even though data privacy and information security are critical priorities for every Louisiana state agency, we strongly recommend you read the site policies for each site you visit.
Collection of Information
Visitors to this website who have Javascript enabled are tracked using Google Analytics. This data is primarily used to optimize the website for our visitors. We automatically collect information to improve the content of our web services and to help us understand how our services are being used. This information does not identify you personally and is used for gathering website statistics. No information collected will be used for financial gain nor for any other advertising or marketing purposes. The state will not sell, lease or distribute any information acquired under this privacy policy to any third party unless required by state or federal law.
Google Analytics collects the following types of information from users:
- Type of user agent (web browser) used, software manufacturer and version number.
- Type of operating system
- Screen colors (color processing ability of the users screen)
- Javascript support
- Flash version
- Screen resolution
- Network location and IP address
- Can include country, city, state, region, county, or any other geographic data.
- Hostname
- Bandwidth (internet connection speed)
- Time of visit
- Pages visited
- Time spent on each page of the website
- Referring site statistics
- The website (URI) the user came through in order to arrive at this website (example: clicking on a hyperlink from Yahoo.com that took the user to this website)
- Search engine query used (example: typing in a phrase into a search engine like Google, and clicking on a link from that search engine)
This data DOES NOT include any personalized identification information such as:
- Names
- Phone Numbers
- Email Addresses
- Mailing Addresses
- Social Security Numbers
- Bank Account Numbers
- Credit Card Information
Update and Changes
This website reserves the right to change this privacy policy as necessary. Please revisit this page regularly to stay apprised of any changes.