Privacy Policy
This section of the page explains how Volunteers for Prosperity will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our web site. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.
- If you visit our site to read or download information, such as information about collaborative environments or information about one of our projects:
We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the site (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account, or iowa.edu if you are connecting from the University of Iowa's domain); the date and time you access our site; the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site; and what information you view while you visit our web site.
We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, find out what information is the most viewed, and to help us make our web site more useful to visitors. This gathering and storing of information is separate from the activity described as monitoring in our Security Notice.
The information gathered is used for two purposes: site management and, in the case of suspected unauthorized activity, for law enforcement and possible criminal prosecution (see Security Notice).
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- If you identify yourself by sending us a comment using our contact page or an E-mail:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message asking a question or providing us with a comment or suggestion. We use personally-identifying information to respond to your comment or suggestion, and to count the number of people sending us comments. In certain instances, your comment or suggestion may be forwarded to other U.S. government agencies or departments if they are in the best position to respond to your message.
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- If you identify yourself by joining a collaborative environment (such as Web-based Forum, Chatroom, Portal, etc.):
You may participate in using a collaborative tool hosted on our site by registering an account with one of our online services. We use personally-identifying information to record your account information when you register for a service. The type and amount of information recorded is only that information which you voluntarily and explicitly provide in the registration process (such as a username, nickname). Username or nickname information is collected in order that users in a collaborative environment can identify each other as they post comments, update documents, or perform other actions in the environment. Other information - like which country a discussion forum participant is from, for example - is collected in order that managers of a collaborative tool can track and analyze participation in their environment or use of the tool to evaluate its success and design better tools in the future.
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We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us.
Persistent Cookies, Session Cookies and other information stored on your computer
Some Web sites use "cookies" that gather and store information about your visits to their sites. When the cookie is stored on your computer even after you've closed your web browser, we call that a "persistent" cookie. These cookies are typically for the purpose of telling that website about you on your NEXT VISIT to the website. When the cookie is stored on your computer only while your browser is running, we call that a session cookie. These cookies are typically for the purpose of telling the website about you during THAT SINGLE VISIT to the website.
This site DOES NOT use persistent cookies.
This site will occasionally use session cookies for the purpose of management within a collaborative tool. If you don't use the collaborative tools on our site, our site does not store session cookies on your computer either.
Cookies are essentially tokens of information, such as preferences and passwords, which some Web servers collect from you when you access them. That data is stored on your hard drive-not on the Web site's server. Whenever you visit a "cookie" site, the server looks for its cookie on your hard drive and, if found, then reads the information it stored there. Cookies generally are stored in your browser's directory or folder in a file named cookie.txt (MagicCookie on a Macintosh).
If you want to avoid such cookies, we encourage you to set your browser to notify you when cookies are being set and allow you to reject them. Your system's help files will explain how to do this.
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Security Notice
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.
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.
We generally will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. See also Privacy Act Notice.
If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.
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Disclaimer of Endorsement
The documents posted on this Web site may contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for visitors' convenience. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information. Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to Web sites other than a USAID-managed Web site is not intended to assign importance to those sites and the information contained therein, nor is it 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 this Web site to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use 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 favoring by the United States Government or USAID.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or the USAID, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
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Disclaimer of Liability
Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information. However, with the thousands of documents available, often uploaded within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this Web site and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this Web site.
With respect to the content of this site, neither the United States Government, nor USAID, nor their employees and contractors make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, and the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to content available from this USAID Web site or other Internet resources linked from it. Additionally, neither the U.S. Government nor USAID assume any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed herein 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
Our Web site has links to other United States Government agencies and to private organizations, who we believe are relevant to our agency's mission. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the disclaimers and security and privacy policies of the new site.
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on this Web site is strictly prohibited and is subject to prosecution under Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030). [See Security Notice]
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