We are committed to the privacy of our visitors. We
collect no personal information about you when you visit
our Web site unless you choose to provide that information
to us. Here is how we handle information about your visit
to our Web site:
Information Collected and Stored Automatically: If
you do nothing during your visit but browse through
the Web site, read pages or download information, we
will gather and store certain information about your
visit automatically. This information does not identify
you personally. We automatically collect and store
information like the following concerning your visit.
Your IP address (an IP address is a number that is
automatically assigned to your computer whenever you
are surfing the Web) from which you access our Web
site;
The type of browser and operating system used to access
our site;
The date and time you access our site;
The pages you visit; and
If you linked to our Web site from another Web site,
the address of that Web site.
We use this information to help us make our site more
useful to visitors—to learn about the number
of visitors to our site and the types of technology
our visitors use.
Information That You Voluntarily Provide
We do not collect personally-identifiable information
unless you choose to provide it to us. If you provide
us with personally identifiable information, for
example by sending an e-mail or by filling out a
form and submitting it through our Web site, we use
that information only to respond to your message
and to help us provide you with the information and
services that you request
Links to Other Sites
This site may have links to the Web sites of other
federal agencies. There may be links to private organizations,
with their permission. Once you go to another site,
you are subject to the privacy policy of the new
site. It is always a good idea to read the Privacy
Policy of any Web site that you visit.
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"). This Web site does not use persistent
cookies or any other persistent tracking technology.
One or more of our component sites may use session
cookies to provide streamlined navigation. These
session cookies are deleted from the component's
server after
your session ends and information from them is not
collected or saved.
Ad Servers
To try and bring you offers that are of interest to
you, we have relationships with other companies that
we allow to place ads on our Web pages. As a result
of your visit to our site, ad server companies may
collect information such as your domain type, your
IP address, and clickstream information.
For more information please contact us