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Privacy Statement
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site:
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and store the
following information about your visit:
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The name of the Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet
access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you are connecting from a
university's domain) and the IP address (a number that is automatically assigned
to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which you access our
site
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
- The date and time you access our site
- The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site
- The pages you visit and the information you request
This information is primarily collected for
statistical analysis and technical improvements to the site. This government
computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which may
be used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least
interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system
performance or problem areas. In certain circumstances, however, we may take
additional steps to identify you based on this information and we may share
this information, including your identity, with other government agencies.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal
information, such as sending an e-mail or filling out a form and
submitting it through our Web site, we will use that information to respond to
your message or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. Remember
that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your
communication is sensitive or includes personal information you may prefer to
send it by postal mail instead.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are
either used for the duration of a session ("session cookies"), or saved on a
user's hard drive in order to identify that user, or information about that
user, the next time the user logs on to a Web site ("persistent cookies").
Our web site and its component sites do not use persistent cookies.
One or more of our component sites may use session cookies to
provide streamlined navigation throughout their sites. These session cookies
are deleted from the component's server soon after your session ends and are
not collected or saved.
Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available
to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor
network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such
monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible
abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law
enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information
on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure
Protection Act of 1996.
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