Thank you for visiting a Maryland Department of Transportation web site. We take data security and the privacy of your personal information very seriously. Maryland law mandates that State agencies shall not create personal records unless the need for the information is clearly established and that personal records shall be relevant to the purposes for which they are collected, be accurate and current, and not be obtained by fraudulent means. State officials who request personal data from citizens must notify the citizens regarding the purposes for which the information is collected; consequences to the citizen for refusing to provide the personal information; the citizen’s right to inspect and correct personal records; whether the information is generally available for public inspection; and whether the information is made available to other entities. Please refer to the Department of Budget and Management (DMB) Web Site for additional information on information technology policies in Maryland. The State of Maryland is committed to providing you with web sites over which you may securely and confidently transact business with the State.
MARYLAND.GOV PRIVACY AND SECURITY POLICY
Thank you for visiting a website published and managed by the State of Maryland Department of Information Technology. This statement applies specifically to Maryland.gov and State agency websites that have been authorized to link to this central privacy statement.
You may voluntarily provide personal information when using certain features of the BWI Marshall Airport website, including online forms, surveys, feedback tools, and other interactive features. Depending on the feature, this information may include your name, email address, preferences, opinions, or other information you choose to submit.
Information you provide will be used for the purpose for which it was submitted, including responding to requests, understanding traveler interests and preferences, improving BWI services, and administering website features.
When you browse these websites, read pages, or download information, certain information about your visit is automatically gathered and stored. This information does not identify you personally, and includes the following:
This information is used to make these websites more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our site, and the types of technology our visitors use. The information described above is used for website administration, security, analytics, and to better understand how visitors use the website. This automatically collected information is not intended to identify individual visitors. Information that you voluntarily submit through website forms or other interactive features is addressed below.
If you send us email or submit information through an online form, survey, feedback tool, or other website feature, we use the information you provide for the purpose for which it was submitted, such as responding to an inquiry, administering the feature, understanding traveler preferences, or improving BWI services.
Information submitted through the website may be retained and disclosed as required or permitted by Maryland law, including Maryland’s public records law.
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 required by the Public Information Act or as necessary or permissible to carry out official duties. Under State law, these policies do not apply to information gathered for certain specified purposes, such as the investigation of a possible violation of the law. If you have any questions about these privacy policies, please e-mail support.
Changes to our websites may necessitate changes to our privacy statement. Notification will be posted on the WWW.MARYLAND.GOV website homepage in the Privacy Notice link. The information contained in this privacy statement applies only to WWW.MARYLAND.GOV and other State agency websites that have been authorized to link to this policy, and not to any linked sites or all websites maintained by Maryland State agencies. You should review the individual privacy statements at any linked site that you visit.
To ensure that Maryland.gov is secure and remains available to all users, the Maryland Department of Information Technology employs commercial software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under State and Federal laws that protect fraud and abuse of computer systems. BWI also takes reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures designed to protect information submitted through the website from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure.
BWI may use third-party service providers to operate, maintain, analyze, or support portions of the website and its online services. These providers may process information submitted through the website on BWI’s behalf, subject to applicable requirements and contractual obligations.
Information collected through the website is retained in accordance with applicable Maryland records-retention requirements and for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law.