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.
