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At the
FAA, we recognize the importance of privacy to our web site visitors.
This privacy policy explains what type of information is collected from
you when you visit, and how the FAA uses it.
Information
Collected and Stored Automatically
When you visit
the FAA Web site, we use automated tools to log information about each
visit. We process this information in the aggregate to determine site
performance issues, such as popular pages, most frequently downloaded
forms, and other site performance characteristics. This information does
not identify you personally. We do not track or record information about
individuals and their visits
The specific data
we collect are:
1. The Internet domain (example:
www.columbia.edu) and the assigned Internet protocol (IP) address. IP
address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you are surfing
the Web).
2. The type of browser and
operating system used to access our site;
3. The date and time you
access our site;
4. The pages that are viewed,
and paths that are taken through the Web site.
This aggregated
log data is processed by software tool. The raw log data is retained for
three months, and is then destroyed.
About
Web "Cookies"
On some FAA Web
pages, "session " cookies are utilized to enhance and improve your visit.
"Session" cookies" expire when you close your Web browser. On those Web
pages that use "persistent cookies", an advisory is posted on that page,
informing you what information is being collected, why it is being collected,
and how it is being used.
Information
Collected from E-mail and Web Forms
You can contact
us by postal mail, telephone, or electronically, via an on-line form.
Please do not send information that you would not want a third party to
read. For example, please do not send your Social Security number or credit
card information, as it is unlikely this data is needed to respond to
your e-mail. The FAA may share the information that you provide to us
via e-mail within the agency to respond to your queries, but we do not
provide e-mail information to anyone unless required by law to do so.
We will not collect or sell your information for commercial purposes.
Links
to Other Sites
Our Website has
links to many other federal agencies. In a few cases we link to private
organizations, with their permission. Once you link to another site, you
are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. This website and the
information it contains are provided as a public service by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA). This system is monitored to ensure proper
operation, to verify the functioning of applicable security features,
and for comparable purposes. Anyone using this system expressly consents
to such monitoring. Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored
on this systems, 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.
RESTRICTION
OF LIABILITY
The FAA
makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness,
or adequacy of the contents of this website and expressly disclaims liability
for errors and omissions in the contents of this website. No warranty
of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory, including but not limited
to warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus, is given
with respect to the contents of this website or its hyperlinks to other
Internet resources. Reference in this website 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 public, and does not
constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by FAA.
OWNERSHIP
Information
presented on this website is considered public information and may be
distributed or copied. FAA shall have the unlimited right to use for any
purpose, free of any charge, all information submitted to FAA via this
site except those submissions made under separate legal contract. FAA
shall be free to use, for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, or techniques
contained in information provided to FAA through this site .
Posted November
6, 2000
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