If you visit our site to read or download
information, such as House committee jurisdictions or press releases,
we collect and store only the following information:
• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example,
aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account).
• The date and time you access our site.
• The Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly
to our site or the Internet address of the computer used
to link to our site.
• This information is used for Site Management purposes. This government
computer system uses software programs to create summary
statistics using this information.
• These statistics are used for such purposes as assessing the number
of visitors to the different sections of our site, what
information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications,
and identifying system performance or problem areas.
NOTICE: We will not obtain personally-identifying information
about you when you visit our site, unless you choose
to provide such information.
If you send an E-mail message or complete a web form
which contains personal information, we collect and
store the
following information:
Any personally-identifying information which you
choose to provide. For example your mailing address,
in an
electronic mail message
or web form requesting information or commenting
on current legislative issues. Information collected
in
this manner
is used solely for
information
and, in some cases, to respond to you. Please also
see Security
and Policy Notices posted on individual Member, Committee
and other House
office web sites for information on how individual
offices may use the data you choose to provide them
via forms
on their sites.
NOTICE: For site security purposes this Government
computer system employs software programs to monitor
network traffic.
Anyone
using this system consents to the monitoring of
their use by system or
security personnel.
Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification
of this system -- or its supporting hardware
or software -- may
violate federal
or
other statutes and may subject the violator to
criminal and civil penalties. In the event of
unauthorized intrusion,
all relevant
information regarding possible violation of law
may
be provided
to law enforcement
officials.
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