Privacy Notice / Disclaimer
Thank you for visiting the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers. This site has been designed to make it easier and more efficient for West Virginia citizens and businesses to interact with our agency and West Virginia State Government in general.
How to Contact the Board Office: Telephone (304) 558-3554, Toll Free 1(800) 324-6170, Email info@wvpebd.gov.
The West Virginia State Board of Registration is committed to preserving your privacy when you visit our website. It is important for each of our visitors to understand that our website was developed and is maintained through a cooperative agreement with the WV State Treasurer’s Office. To improve this website and your experience, if you visit a website maintained by the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office in order to read or download information, we may collect the following information:
- The name of your domain;
- The IP address of the client accessing the web site;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access the sites;
- The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the site;
- The pages you visit within the website; and
- The links made to other websites through our sites.
The West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide while visiting our West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers website (or WV State Treasurer Office maintained website). Examples of personally identifiable information may include (but are not limited to):
- An e-mail address, if you are communicating with us through e-mail;
- Information you voluntarily submit to the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers Office for the purposes of completing or submitting an application or license renewal form online;
- Other information volunteered, such as contact information, survey or feedback information or content of e-mail.
PII will be retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purposes, or for a period specifically required by law, regulation and other policies. The Board restricts electronic access to authorized staff members through username and password protection and all paper documents with PII are secured within locked areas with access restricted to authorized staff members. In general, please note the information collected, whether or not personally identifiable, is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video and other graphic formats you send us.
For more information on how to help protect your computer, personal information and your family online visit the following links:
WV Office of Technology at https://www.technology.wv.gov
WV Attorney General’s Office at https://ago.wv.gov
Individual’s Rights and Choices
Individuals providing information to the Board have a right to review information for accuracy and may do so at the Board’s Office at 300 Capitol Street, Suite 910, Charleston, West Virginia during normal working hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Board Office is closed for all West Virginia State holidays. You must present a photo identification to review documents. A valid driver’s license serves as an acceptable means of identification.
Public Disclosure
As a general rule, the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers does not disclose any personally identifiable information collected online except where permission has been granted, or where the information is public information under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act W.V.C.A. §§ 29B-1-1 et seq., or other applicable laws. Visitors should be aware that information collected on its website (or the WVSTO maintained websites) may be subject to inspection, if such information is a public record or not otherwise protected from disclosure. As a State Agency, we may have to provide information you give us if we receive a Freedom of Information Act request, subpoena or court order and no other law protects your information.
Link Disclaimer
Our website as well as websites maintained by the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office may contain links, hypertext links or hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties, including those owned or maintained by other government, private, or not-for-profit entities. Such links are provided for convenience, information and references purposes only. Inclusion of a link on our website does not constitute an endorsement of content, viewpoint, policies, products or services of that website. Once you link to a website not maintained by the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website, including but not limited to its privacy policy. Any person who relies upon such information obtained from these websites, does so at his or her own risk. The contents of this website are published for information purposes only and subject to change without notice.
Information Disclaimer of the WV State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers
This website is constantly being updated. We welcome your comments and suggestions on our Feedback and Visitor Survey Page and will seek to correct any errors. No warranties or guarantees, expressed or implied, are made by our agency regarding the accuracy or fairness of information on this website or on websites accessed from this site. Information provided on our agency website is provided as a convenience to allow our engineering community and the public convenient access to public information. While all attempts are made to provide accurate, current and reliable information, we cannot guarantee that the information will be error-free.
Warranty/Liability/Disclaimer of our Website Host (WV State Treasurer’s Office)
The Treasurer’s office does not warrant or represent that the information in this site is accurate, appropriate, reliable, or up-to-date or that the site is free of errors or viruses. In addition, the information provided does not necessarily represent the position or views of the Treasurer or the State of West Virginia.
Information provided through this site is not intended as a replacement or substitute for the West Virginia Code or any rule, nor the advice of legal counsel. You are urged to seek legal advice and confirmation of information found at this site before relying on it.
The Treasurer’s Office and State of West Virginia, their officers, employees and agents, are not liable for any damages, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, or consequential, including lost profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this site or any information obtained through this site, or otherwise arising out of the use of this site or any hyperlinks or hypertext associated with this site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if the Treasurer’s office is advised of the possibility of damages.
If any state or jurisdiction applying to you precludes or prohibits any requirement or exclusion of this agreement, you agree to not use this site.