Last Updated: June 18, 2026
The National Center for Policing Innovation, also doing business as “Virginia Center for Policing Innovation,” (“NCPI”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is the administrator of the Virginia Victim Information and Notification Everyday (“VA VINE”) services, which are provided in partnership with Appriss Insights LLC (“Appriss”), an Equifax Company, and its national VINE® victim notification service. NCPI recognizes the sensitive nature of VA VINE’s services and takes confidentiality regarding your use of our services and the privacy of your information very seriously. NCPI respects your privacy and is committed to maintaining it through adherence to this Privacy Statement (this “Statement”).
NCPI has developed this Statement to describe how we may collect information about you on our website at https://vavine.org/, including the mobile versions and any related mobile applications and any of our VA VINE services, content, and links available through the foregoing (collectively, the “Site”), or through any of your other interactions with us (collectively, the “Services”), how we use information, and how and under what circumstances we share that information. Please note that information you provide to Appriss through the national VINE® website (which is linked to on our Site) including by creating a user account or registering for notifications, is governed by Appriss’s privacy policy.
When you submit information to us or through the Site, you consent to the collection and processing of your information as described in this Statement. Please read this Statement carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with any part of this Statement, please do not use our Site.
We may change this Privacy Statement from time to time. The “Last Updated” legend at the top of the page indicates when this Privacy Statement was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Statement on the Site. Your continued use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Statement. If we significantly change how we handle your Personal Information (defined below), we may provide more prominent notice or obtain your consent as required by law. If you do not wish to accept the changes, you should cease using the Services.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our Site is not intended for or targeted to children under the age of 13. NCPI will never knowingly solicit or collect personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13 through the Site.
Information We Collect
NCPI collects personal information about you when you voluntarily complete the “Contact” form on the Site, or otherwise provide information in connection with use of our Services including:
- Information by which you may be personally identified, such as your name, postal and e-mail addresses, phone number, organizational affiliation, title, role, or position, and any other identifiable information that you choose to submit to us (“Personal Information”).
Where We Receive Personal Information
We collect Personal Information directly from you when you submit the “Contact” form through our site, request materials or information through our Site, e-mail us or respond to our e-mails, connect or link to the Site via social networking sites, or otherwise share your Personal Information with us in connection with our Services.
How We Use Information
NCPI collects and processes your personal data in connection with its business as the administrator of the VA VINE Services, which is provided in partnership with Appriss and its national VINE® victim notification service, and to pursue our related legitimate interests and rights. You agree that we may use your Personal Information as follows:
- to provide you with services or information that you request from us and in order to fulfill our contractual obligations toward you;
- to communicate with you;
- to notify you about news and opportunities that may be of interest to you;
- for security and to detect fraud or illegal activities;
- to detect, prevent, mitigate or investigate activity we think may be potentially illegal, unlawful or harmful;
- for archival and backup purposes in connection with the provision of the Services;
- to enable us to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including national security or law enforcement requirements, or to comply with legal process served on us;
- to protect our legal rights or property or other users;
- to better understand how you access and use the Site, for the purposes of trying to improve the Site and/or Services, diagnose problems, administer our Site and/or Services;
- to enforce our Site Terms of Use, agreements with you, or other applicable policies;
- to operate, improve and personalize the Site, to provide customer service;
- for any other purpose for which you provide your Personal Information;
- in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
- for any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosing Your Information to Third Parties
Any information we gather, whether voluntarily provided by you or automatically collected, may be used for our internal business purposes and disclosed to third parties, as stated below.
- Employees. We may disclose your Personal Information to our employees who need to know the Personal Information to fulfill any of the purposes outlined above.
- Partners, Agents and Service Providers. We may share Personal Information with other trusted organizations, including Appriss, or people to perform functions for which we engage them. Examples include to facilitate provision of the VA VINE Services, maintaining our Site, sending texts or e-mails, and providing other services related to the operation of the VA VINE program. NCPI does not sell any Personal Information to third parties and does not provide any information obtained through the Site to third parties for direct marketing purposes not directly supervised or authorized by NCPI.
- Legal Compliance and Protection. Notwithstanding any other statements or representations in this Statement or elsewhere on our Site, we reserve the right to disclose any information in our possession if we are required to do so by law or we believe, in good faith, that such a disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, court order or other government or law enforcement agency, defend or enforce our rights or property, prevent financial loss or physical harm, or to respond to an emergency situation or protect the rights, property or safety of others.
- Corporate Transactions. We may share and/or transfer your Personal Information to NCPI affiliates. NCPI also reserves the right to share and/or transfer Personal Information to a purchaser or successor entity in the event of a sale or other corporate transaction involving some or all of our organization or assets.
- With Your Consent. We may share your Personal Information with your consent or at your direction.
If you would like to participate in the VA VINE Services, provision of your Personal Information may be necessary. If you choose not to provide Personal Information, NCPI may not be able to provide the Services to you. Submission of Personal Information through this Site authorizes use by NCPI as disclosed in this Privacy Statement.
Security
We want you to feel confident about using our Site to use our Services. We implement a variety of physical, technical and administrative security measures to maintain the safety of your Personal Information. However, the security of information transmitted through the internet can never be guaranteed. We (like all websites) cannot warrant or guarantee 100% security of any information you transmit to us through the Site.
Third Party Links
The Site contains links to websites maintained by third parties, including to Apriss’ VINE® website for provision of its victim notification services. This Statement does not reflect the privacy practices of those sites, and you should consult the privacy policies of those sites to learn about their practices. A link to any third party site does not mean that we endorse it or the quality or accuracy of information presented on it.
Changing or Deleting Personal Data
We strive to maintain the accuracy of Personal Information collected. If you have questions about updating your information, we will work with you to correct any information you submitted to us upon your request. You can also contact us to find out what Personal Information we have on file about you. If you have any questions about the Personal Information we maintain about you or would like to exercise your right to delete that information, please contact us at [email protected].
Contacting Us
If you have questions or comments about this Statement, please contact us at [email protected].