USDA
Privacy Policy
1.
This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a public service
by the USDA Forest Service.
2.
Information presented on this WWW site is considered public
information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate
byline/photo/image credit is requested.
3.
For site management, information is collected for statistical
purposes. This government computer system uses software programs
to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes
as assessing what information is of most and least interest,
determining technical design specifications, and identifying
system performance or problem areas. Raw data logs are used
for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction
in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration
General Records Schedule 20.
No Privacy Act information, such as name and address, is collected
or used for this analysis.
4.
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. Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement
investigations. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts
are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
5.
If you are commenting on a national forest management issue
through this WWW site, your comments and personally identifying
information may be made public pursuant to established regulation;
for example, 36
CFR 215.6. Similarly, if you are commenting about other
regulatory, legal, or administrative processes, your comments
and personally identifying information may be made public
(7
CFR Subpart B, Sec. 1.27.
6.
If you have any questions or comments about the information
presented here, please forward them to us:
USDA
Forest Service
FOIA/Privacy Staff
Phone: 703-605-4596
Modified: 9/7/99
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