Privacy
(as of December 20, 2004)
Thank you for visiting our AoA web site and for reviewing our
Privacy Policy. Our policy is clear:
We collect no information about you, other than information
automatically collected and stored (see below), when you visit
our web site unless you choose to provide that information
to us.
(NOTE: For information on the Medical Privacy Rule, please go
to http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/.)
Information Automatically Collected and Stored:
When you browse through any web site, certain personal information
about you can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily
store the following information about your visit:
- the name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for
example, aol.com, if you are using an American Online account,
or stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University's
domain);
- the date and time of your visit;
- the pages you visited; and
- the address of the web site you came from when you came to
visit.
We use this information for statistical purposes and to help
us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically
stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected
about you.
Personally Provided Information:
You do not have to give us personal information to visit our
web sites.
If you choose to provide us with additional information about
yourself through an e-mail message, form, survey, etc., we will
only maintain the information as long as needed to respond to
your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication.
However, all communications addressed to the AoA Secretary or
the AoA Webmaster are maintained, as required by law, for historical
purposes. These communications are archived on a monthly basis,
but are also protected by the Privacy Act which restricts our
use of them, yet permits certain disclosures.
Disclosure:
AoA does not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information
about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or statute.
Intrusion Detection:
This site is maintained by the U.S. Government. It is protected
by various provisions of Title 18, U.S. Code. Violations of Title
18 are subject to criminal prosecution in federal court.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains
available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change
information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized
law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required
legal process, information from these sources may be used to
help identify an individual.
Systems of Records:
Information originally collected in traditional paper systems
can be submitted electronically, i.e., electronic commerce transactions
and information updates about eligibility benefits. Electronically
submitted information is maintained and destroyed pursuant to
the Federal Records Act, and in some cases may be subject to
the Privacy Act. If information that you submit is to be used
in a Privacy Act system of records, there will be a Privacy Act
Notice provided.
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