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This Web site is provided as a public service by the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Department of Energy.
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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 only the following
information about your visit:
- The Internet domain (for example, "youragency.gov" if you connect
from a government domain, "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's
domain, or "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account)
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 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. We do not track or record information about individuals
and their visits.
This ENERGY STAR Web site currently utilizes "session" cookie
technology for several user tools. "Session" cookies are used
to distinguish one user from another as they navigate through a tool or
application; the cookie disappears when a web user terminates a web session
and closes the browser. They are not used to save personal information.
Where identifying information is asked of you (e.g., to respond to an
information request, to send us a comment or question, or to utilize one
of our systems designed to provide or store information for you), it is
used only for the stated purpose of the tool or system you are using. Refer
to that system's "Notice of Use" for details on those policies. In all cases,
such information is never sold to third parties. Feel free to use the "contact
us" link below if you have any questions regarding information you supply
to us.
Our web site has links to other federal agencies. We also link to other
organizations' web sites when we have a good business reason to do so. This
does not constitute an endorsement of their policies or products. Once you
link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
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For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available
to all users, this government computer system employs commercial 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 guidelines.
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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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Information presented on this Web site is considered public information
and may be freely distributed or copied. The U.S. Government retains a
nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce these documents,
or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. These documents
may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and
educational purposes. Commercial use of the documents available from this
server may be protected under the U.S. and Foreign Copyright Laws. Individual
documents on this server may have different copyright conditions, and
that will be noted in those documents.
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Your rights as an individual user of this Web page are governed by the
Privacy Act of 1974; Title 5, Section 552a.
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If you have any questions or comments about the information presented
here, please contact us.