Data Privacy and Cookies

Whatcom Transportation Authority provides use of the applications WTA BusTracker and WTA Ride. We automatically collect and store technical information about your visit to our site including: (1) the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; (2) the type of browser software and operating system used to access our site; (3) the date and time you access our site; and (4) the pages you visit on our site. The technical information collected will not personally identify you. We also store technical information that we collect through cookies and log files to create a profile of our customers. The profile information is used to improve the content of the site, to perform a statistical analysis of use of the site and to enhance use of the site. Technical information stored in a profile will not be linked to any personal information provided to us through your other use of our websites. To request deletion of your information, you may contact customerservice@ridewta.com.

A cookie is a small text file that a web site can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect technical information about your activities on the site or to make it possible for you to use an online shopping cart to keep track of items you wish to purchase. The cookie transmits this information back to the web site's computer that, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. You may set your web browser to warn you whenever a site attempts to place a cookie on your computer or refuse to accept cookies. The WTA will use cookies collected during your visit to this site for the purpose of facilitating your use of our site and for maintaining statistics concerning use of our site that will help us make improvements. Technical information collected by cookies will not be linked to any personal information provided to us through your other use of our websites.