Website privacy statement

This statement describes how Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech will use data we collect from you when you visit our web site.  

If you visit a page on Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech's web site...

  • . . . to view or download information: We may collect and store information for statistical purposes. For example, we may count the number of visitors to the different sections of our site to help us make them more useful to visitors. Similar information is gathered for streaming audio and video, visits to web pages that require users to log in, interactive forms or questionnaires, or for other comparable types of connections.
     
  • . . . to send Cook Counseling Center staff an e-mail: By sending us an electronic mail message, you may be sending us personal information (e.g., name, e-mail address, etc.). We may store your name and e-mail address and other information you may send us in order to respond to your message.
     
  • . . . to fill out a form or to complete a questionnaire: Cook Counseling Center's web pages offer visitors opportunities to complete computer administered inventories. Data from on line inventories, and other information that we collect on our web pages through use of forms, questionnaires, or other means are used to help with the design of our web site and to help us improve delivery of services to Virginia Tech students.

Cook Counseling Center maintains the privacy of data collected from visitors to our web site subject to applicable laws. Personal information or other information that permits identification of visitors to our web site is not shared with or distributed to third parties.

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Cook Counseling Center's Online Screening Module

Cook Counseling Center and Screening for Mental Health, Inc. offer free and anonymous online screening for depression, alcohol use, eating disorders, and anxiety. The online screenings are informational, not diagnostic, and treatment recommendations are not provided. Online screening is made available so that Virginia Tech students may find out whether consultation with a Cook Counseling Center counselor may be helpful.