Departmental Office
of Civil Rights
U.S. Department of
Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave.,S.E.
Washington D.C. 20590
202-366-4648
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DOCR Privacy Policy for this Website
The Department of Transportation is committed to respecting your right to privacy and will protect it when you visit our web site. Here are some things you should know about how we protect your privacy.
Find out more about the
DOT Privacy Policy.
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Privacy Act of 1974
What are your rights under the Privacy Act of 1974?
The Privacy Act of 1974 protects the personal information the federal government keeps on you in “systems of records (SOR)” (information an agency controls that can be retrieved by name or some other personal identifier). The Privacy Act regulates how the government can disclose, share, provide access to, and maintain the personal information that it collects. Not all information collected online is covered by the Privacy Act.
The Act’s major provisions require agencies to:
1. Publish a Privacy Act Notice in the Federal Register explaining the existence, character and uses of a new or revised SOR.
2. Keep information about you accurate, relevant, timely, and complete to assure fairness in dealing with you.
3. Allow you to, upon request, access and review your information held in a SOR and request amendment of the information if you disagree with it.
When the Department of Transportation collects information from you online that is subject to the Privacy Act (i.e., information to be kept in a SOR), we will provide you, through a link on the Web page from which we collect information, access to our Privacy Act Notice. This Privacy Act Notice will inform you what portion of the information is maintained and retrieved by your name or other personal identifier.
Each Privacy Act Notice will also notify you of the following:
1. The authority for and purpose and use of the collection of information subject to the Privacy Act.
2. Whether providing the information is voluntary or mandatory.
3. The effects on you if you do not provide any or all of the requested information.
Click here to view our
Privacy Act Notice
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
What are our information practices for children?
Our website does not intentionally collect information from children under the age of 13. If we choose to collect personal information from children, we will comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). To find out more about COPPA, please visit FTC Privacy Initiatives.
Email
- When you send us e-mail we won't keep or share your e-mail address with anyone outside of DOT staff and its contractors. We'll only use your e-mail address to respond to your requests for information.
- If you sign up for one of our (e-) mailing lists, we'll only send you the kinds of information you've requested. We won't maintain your name on the list and won't share your e-mail address with anyone outside of DOT.
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Information Collection
- When you visit our web site we collect certain information about your visit that does not identify you personally. We can tell the type of computer, browser, and web service you are using. We also know the date and time you visit and the pages you visit. Collecting this information helps us design the site according to your needs.
- Sometimes we use "cookies," which are small amounts of text stored on your computer. We only use "session cookies" in some places where people can transact business. That means we only store the cookie on your computer during that visit; and we'll notify you in advance. So, if you are entering information for a business transaction, you won't lose the information if you go to another site and come back during the visit. After you turn off your computer or stop using the Internet, the cookie is erased.
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Site Security
- We monitor visits to the web site to identify any attempt to tamper with it.
- When you submit personal information using our web site--for example, if you sign up for a make a payment online--we have systems that make sure people outside of DOT cannot access your personal information.
- We would only try to identify you personally when required to do so by a law enforcement investigation. Any information we collect for those investigations is destroyed according to federal guidelines.
- Tampering with DOT's web site is against the law. If anyone tries to tamper with it, they may be punished under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
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Links to Other Sites
- Our website has links to many other web sites. When you go to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of that site. DOT cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided there.
- Linking to a web site does not constitute an endorsement by DOT, or any of its employees, of the sponsors of the site or the products presented on the site.
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