Security Monitoring Statement
Privacy Notice
This section explains how the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) 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 country
information 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 Internet (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).
If you identify yourself by sending us a comment using our contact page
or an E-mail: You may also 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.
Note: We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you
when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information
to us.
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Cookies and other Information Stored in your Computer
In general, this site does NOT use the "cookies" that some Web sites use to gather and store information about your visits to their sites.
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 are generally stored in your browser's directory or folder in a file named cookie.txt (MagicCookie on a Macintosh).
However, you should be aware that on a limited number of pages, the USAID web site uses persistent "cookies" to only authenticate the identity of the user. Your will also receive a specific notice about this "cookie" on the page BEFORE the "cookie" is used or "set." USAID uses this technology in order to:
- maintain the integrity of the information presented; and
- authenticate the identity of the individual user.
USAID takes the safeguarding of any personally identifying information
very seriously. Any information collected using the "cookies"
associated with this section of the USAID web site will be used only in
connection with the administration of this discussion group.
We collect this information only to authenticate your identity while
you are on these limited sections of the USAID web site, or with anyone
outside USAID.
Further, some of the links on the USAID web site point to non-USAID sites,
which may place cookies on your computer. You can expect to be notified
that you are leaving the USAID site when you select one of these links.
However, you should know that the non-USAID site may still place a cookie
on your computer while you are reading the warning message.
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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General Disclaimer
Information presented on this Web site is considered public information
and may be distributed or copied freely unless identified as being subject
to copyright protection. In return, we request only that USAID be cited
as the source of any information, photos, and images copied from this
site and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the
photographer or author.
We strongly recommend that USAID data be acquired directly from this
Web site and not through other sources that may change the information
in some way or exclude material crucial to the understanding of that information.
While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete information,
some information may change between site updates. Substantive changes
may be noted when content is next updated.
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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 visitors, and does not constitute
endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by USAID or the United States
Government.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily
state or reflect those of USAID or the U.S. Government, 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 this Web Site or its Contents
You may freely link to this Web site or any of its contents; We ask only
that you identify that the link is to an Internet resource.
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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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Copyright Notice
Unless a copyright is indicated, information on this Web site is in the
public domain and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used without
USAID's permission. We request that USAID be cited as the source of the
information and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited
to the photographer or author or USAID, as appropriate.
If a copyright is indicated on a photo, graphic, or any other material,
permission to copy these materials must be obtained from the original
source.
This copyright notice does not pertain to information at Web sites other
than this Web 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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Site Management
The Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs' Information Center and
the Bureau for Management, Office of Information Resource Management,
manages the overall information content, design, and, organization of
this Web site and coordinates release of USAID information on the Internet.
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Verification or Hard Copy of Content
If you would like verification or a hard copy of information released
on this USAID Web site, contact our staff:
Information Center
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C. 20523-1000
Phone: 202-712-4810
Fax: 202-216-3524
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