Thank you for visiting the Virginia Department of the Treasury website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear:  we will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

1. The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website;
2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
3. The date and time you access our site;
4. The pages you visit; and
5. If you linked to the Treasury website from another website, the address of that website.

We use this information to help us make our site 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 information about individuals and their visits.

If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information -- as in an e-mail to the Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer, or someone else, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our website -- we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. We treat emails the same way we treat letters sent to the Department. We maintain our records in accordance with our obligations as defined by applicable Virginia statutes, including, but not limited to, the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and by any applicable U.S. federal laws. We are required to maintain many documents under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for historical purposes, but we do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to you. We only share the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as otherwise required by law. Moreover, we do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or give it to any private organizations.

We maintain security standards and procedures regarding unauthorized access to ensure that this service remains available to all users, and to prevent unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Information on individuals attempting to cause damage to this website or to circumvent any security feature will be recorded and released to the appropriate legal authority for investigation and prosecution. If you have any questions or concerns about the Department's policy please contact the Web Administrator.

This website uses a transient cookie during your session between our web server and your browser that is not stored on your computer's hard drive. This cookie is used only to enhance the performance of the session. These transient cookies are automatically removed when you exit your web browser, and do not remain on your computer. 

Our Website has links to many other state agencies. In a few cases we link to private organizations, with their permission. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

The information you provide us is used solely to search on our unclaimed property database and provide you with a list of properties that may belong to you. 

During the Inquiry phase, you are asked to provide us with more information. The Inquiry Form is designed to provide us with the information required to identify any of the property which may belong to you. This information is used only to respond to your inquiry and get you the information you need to make a claim.