This web site is published and managed by the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The following privacy policy applies to www.marylandsbest.net. Other web sites in the maryland.gov domain may be authorized to link to this privacy statement. However, please review the individual privacy policies of other Maryland State Government web sites you visit to ensure protection.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

When you browse these web sites, read pages, or download information, certain information about your visit may be automatically gathered and stored. This information does not identify you personally and includes the following:

  • The internet domain (example: aol.com) and the IP address (the number automatically assigned to your computer when surfing the Web) from which you access our portal;
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
  • The date and time you access our site;
  • The pages you visit;
  • The address from which you linked to our website.

This information is used to make these web sites more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our site, and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record identifying information about individuals and their visits.

Cookies

These web sites may use “temporary cookies” to track user navigation in order to make the user experience more useful. A temporary cookie is erased when the user closes the Web browser. The “temporary cookie”, also called a session cookie, is stored in temporary memory in the form of a text file on your computer, and is erased after the browser session is ended. No identifying user information is collected and stored on other computers anywhere. We store no personal information based on your visit to either web site.

E-Mail

If you send us e-mail, we use the information you send us to respond to your inquiry, just as we do with written correspondence. E-mail correspondence, like mailed correspondence, may become a public record. As a public record, your correspondence could be disclosed to other parties upon their request, in accordance with Maryland’s public records law.

General Privacy Policy

It is our policy to preserve the privacy of personal records and to protect confidential or privileged information. Such information will be disclosed publicly only as allowed by the Maryland Public Information Act. In interpreting the requirements of this act, we are guided by the Maryland Attorney General’s Public Information Act manual at http://www.oag.state.md.us/opengov/pia.htm. If you have any questions about these privacy policies, please e-mail them to service.desk@maryland.gov.

Privacy Policy Changes

Changes to our web sites may necessitate changes to the privacy policy. Timely notification of any changes will be posted on the Privacy Policy page for the appropriate web site.