NDIC Privacy Policy
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web
site:
A. 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:
- 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; and
- 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.
B. If You Send Us Personal Information
You do not have to provide any personal information to visit
this Web site. If you choose to provide us with personal information,
such as by sending a message to an e-mail address on this Web
site or by 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. If you
submit your resume to us electronically we will use your personal
information to consider your application for employment. The
Department of Justice does not collect or use information for
commercial marketing.
We may share information you give us with contractors acting
on our behalf or with another government agency if your inquiry
relates to that agency. In other limited circumstances, such
as responses to requests from Congress and private individuals,
we may be required by law to disclose information you submit.
If you provide comments in response to a request for public
comments we may make those comments as well as your identity
available to the public in a publication or by posting them
on our Web site. Where possible we may give you more specific
guidance at the point of collection regarding how your personal
information may be used or disclosed.
Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed
according to the principles of the Federal Records Act and the
regulations and records schedules of the National Archives and
Records Administration, and in some cases may be covered by
the Privacy Act and subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
A discussion of your rights under these laws can be found here:
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/foia.htm.
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.
C. COPPA
The Department of Justice is especially concerned about protecting
children’s privacy. We hope parents and teachers are involved
in children’s Internet explorations. It is particularly important
for parents to guide their children when children are asked
to provide personal information online. The Department’s Kids’
Page does not require children to reveal any information that
could personally identify them. If a child chooses to provide
personally identifying information to us, through an e-mail
or otherwise, it will only be used to enable us to respond to
the writer, and will not be retained.
D. 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"). The Department's Web site and its component sites
do not use persistent cookies. Certain pages on the Department’s
Web site and its component sites use session cookies to provide
streamlined navigation and for statistical analysis. We also
use session cookies as part of a voluntary web customer satisfaction
survey that will appear to a small percentage of our Web site
visitors as they leave the Department’s site. Session cookies
are deleted from the Department’s servers soon after your session
ends and are not collected or saved. You can set up your Web
browser to inform you when cookies are set or to prevent cookies
from being set. You can still use our Web site if you do not
accept the cookies, but you may be unable to use certain cookie-dependent
features.
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