Privacy Notice
USAID Privacy Statement
This section of the page explains how the U.S. Agency for International
Development 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, submitting data, or sending us 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. No person under the age of 13 may submit information on this web site. Persons under 13 are instructed on several pages of the site to work with their teacher or parent to submit information. We use personally identifying
information to communicate with and generate demographic data about those
interested and/or participating in our Operation Day's Work program,
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.
No person under the age of 13 is allowed to submit information on the forms or forums that are part of this site. We state in several locations on the site that only adults are to submit contact information through the online data
forms provided on the site.Various people may see the material you submit via online data forms. We may enter the information you send into our electronic database. We
collect this information to facilitate communication between Operation
Day's Work members and partners, to verify access to and track activity
within the Operation Day's Work member site. We may also share it with
a wide variety of other government agencies and Operation Day's Work
partner organizations, and USAID or other organizations may contact you.
In other limited circumstances, including requests from Congress or
private individuals, we may be required by law to disclose information
you submit.
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. Only adults should provide this type of information. No person under the age of 13 is allowed to submit information using this web site.
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Cookies and other information stored on 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.
However, please note that cookies are used in the members only portion
of this site to verify identity of the user and enable them to edit
their user profile.
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).
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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.
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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 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 this Web Site or Its Contents
You may freely link to this Web site or any of its content. 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:
Operation Day's Work
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C. 20523-6100
Phone: 202-712-4021
Fax: 202-216-3035
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For More Information
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented
here, please contact USAID at the address or phone or fax numbers listed
above.
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