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PRIVACY & SECURITY

Privacy Notice

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence website (DNI.GOV or ODNI.GOV) is provided as a public service by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence. This website will not collect personal information about you unless you choose to provide the information to us.

Browsing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Website

The contents of this website may be browsed anonymously. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence website automatically logs visitor information concerning the pages read, photographs viewed, and information downloaded for statistical purposes. This information does not identify you personally. The information gathered helps us to assess the content most interesting to visitors and to determine technical design specifications for identifying system performance issues.

The following represents the types of information automatically collected and stored about your visit:

Bullet The Internet Domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access our website
Bullet The type of Internet browser and the operating system of the computer you use to access our site
Bullet The date and time you visit our site
Bullet The pages you visit on our site
Bullet If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website
Bullet If you linked to our website from a search website, the address of the website and the search term you used

Privacy Act Statement

Authorities: 50 U.S.C. 403-1; 50 U.S.C. 403-3(d).

Bullet Principal Uses: Information collected via the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website is used to: 1) provide notifications on information regarding the ODNI website; 2) assist ODNI staff in maintaining the ODNI website; and 3) for analytical and statistical purposes.
Bullet Routine Uses: Information collected via the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website may be provided to law enforcement agencies as described in our Security notice.
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Security Notice

This system and related software and equipment are intended solely for the communication, transmission, processing, and storage of U.S. Government information. For site security purposes, and to ensure that this website remains available to all users, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence monitors network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or to otherwise cause damage to the site. Anyone using this Website expressly consents to such monitoring.

Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored on this system, to defeat or circumvent security features, or to utilize this system for other than its intended purposes are prohibited and may result in criminal prosecution. If monitoring yields information of possible criminal activity, such information may be provided to law enforcement personnel.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

The documents posted on this website may contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for the visitor's convenience. Neither the U.S. Government nor the Office of the Director of National Intelligence controls or guarantees the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information. Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to other websites is not intended to endorse, recommend, or favor any views expressed, or commercial products or services offered on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites, by trade name, trademark, manufacture, or otherwise.

Reference in the website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the user of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the site's visitor's, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favor by the United States Government or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Any unofficial opinion or viewpoint expressed on this site does not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Disclaimer of Liability

Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information; however, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the website and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in the contents of the website.

With respect to the content of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website, neither the United States Government, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, nor their employees and contractors make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of noninfringement of third party rights, title, and the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to content available from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website or other Internet resources linked from it. Additionally, neither the U.S. Government nor the Office of the Director of National Intelligence assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process nor freedom from computer virus, and do not represent that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

 
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Links to Other Sites

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence website has links to other United States Government agencies. In some cases, we may link to websites of private organizations, with their permission. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the disclaimers and security and privacy policies of the new site.

Copyright Notice

Unless a copyright is indicated, information on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website is in the public domain and may be reproduced, published, or otherwise used without the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's permission. We request only that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence be cited as the source of the information and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author or Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as appropriate.

This copyright notice does not pertain to information on websites other than the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website.