Thank you for visiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture Corporate Systems website and
reviewing our privacy statement. Our privacy policy is clear: We will
collect no personal information about you when you visit our website
unless you choose to provide that information to us.
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Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:
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Information Collected and Stored Automatically
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If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website,
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 only the
following information about your visit:
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1. The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a
private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from
a university's domain) and 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 website;
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2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
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3. The date and time you access our site;
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4. The pages you visit; and
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5. If you linked to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website from
another website, the address of that website.
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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 are using. We do not track or record
information about individuals and their visits.
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If You Send Us Personal Information |
If you choose to provide us with personal information, as in an e-mail
to the Secretary or someone else or by filling out a form with your
personal information and submitting it to us through our website, we use
that information to respond to your message and to help us locate for you
the information you have requested. We treat e-mails the same way that we
regard letters sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We are required
to maintain many documents under the Presidential Records Act for
historical purposes, but we do not collect personal information for any
purpose other than to respond to you. We only share the information you
give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that
agency, or as otherwise required by law. Moreover, we do not create
individual profiles with the information you provide or give it to any
private organizations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture does not collect
information for commercial marketing.
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When You Visit USDA Agency/Staff Office Websites
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Please read the USDA Agency/Staff Office Privacy Statement when you
visit those websites. Where necessary, an Agency/Staff Office may have
additional privacy criteria, conditions, or information that you should
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Links to Other Sites |
Our website has links to many other federal agencies. In a few cases we
link to private organizations, with their permission. Once you access
another site through a link that we provide you are subject to the privacy
policy of the new site.
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Website Security |
Information presented on the USDA website is considered public
information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate
byline/photo/image credits is requested. |
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For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains
available to all users, this government computer system employs software
programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to
upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
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Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other
attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for
regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records
Administration General
Schedule 20.
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Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on
this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National
Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
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Comments or Questions
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If you have any comments or questions about the information presented
here please forward them to Lesia.Banks@usda.gov
Additional information on childrens online privacy protection can be found at the following site: Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
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