Social Media Policy

NVTC uses social media to share information about programs and projects and encourages public interaction under the following guidelines.

Disclaimer

NVTC cannot verify or confirm the accuracy of user comments or their compliance with the guidelines outlined here. NVTC does not endorse any of the views in comments posted by users.

Privacy

NVTC’s social media presence on a third-party service provider’s platform means NVTC has limited control over how each platform uses personal data provided by users. Users are encouraged to read the privacy policy of each social media platform in advance of engaging with NVTC via these platforms.
As a reminder, communications with NVTC, whether on social media or in an e-mail or traditional mail, are subject to Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VA. Code Ann. §§ 2.2-3700 et seq.,). Generally speaking, social media and e-mail interactions are public records, and are subject to disclosure, according to that Act.
NVTC recommends that users of social media platforms refrain from including personal information that they wish to remain confidential when interacting with the NVTC’s social media accounts.

Expectations

Keep your comments clean and appropriate. Followers who consistently disregard this policy are subject to being banned from Northern Virginia Transportation Commission’s (NVTC) social media sites indefinitely.

NVTC reserves the right, but is not obligated, to remove content from NVTC social media sites for any reason, including submissions which:

  • are obscene, vulgar, or explicit including masked words (***), acronyms and abbreviations or are abusive, threatening, hateful or intended to defame any person, business, organization or governmental agency
  • are intended to intimidate others
  • promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, gender, national origin, social caste , sexual orientation, disability or disease
  • threaten to humiliate or assault others • are clearly off topic, disruptive, random or unintelligible
  • are fraudulent or deceptive and intended to mislead • are intended to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
  • contain spam, advertising, solicitations or include links to other sites
  • promote products, non-NVTC services, political organizations or campaigns
  • infringe on copyrights or trademarks
  • advocate illegal activity
  • violate a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party
  • contain any external links
  • violate any policies of NVTC
  • contain personally identifiable information about others or impersonate someone else

Contact information

NVTC’s social media accounts are managed by our communications staff. Contact us at nvtc@novatranit.org

update 7.27.2021

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