Web Site Privacy Policy
We collect no personal information about you when you visit our Web site unless you choose to provide this information to us. However, we collect and store certain information automatically. Here is how we
handle information about your visit to our Web site.
What We Collect and Store Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site, read pages, or download information, we gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally. We collect and store only the following information about your visit including:
The IP address (an IP address is a number that is assigned to each computer connected to the Internet) from which you access our Web site.
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site.
The date and time you access our site.
The pages you visit.
- If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site.
We use the information we collect to count the number and type of visitors to the different pages on our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors like you.
If You Send Us E-mail
You may choose to provide us with personal information, as in email with a comment or question. Note: This is not secure e-mail! We ask that you not send information by e-mail that you would not want a third party to read. If you need to provide us with personal information (such as your Social Security number or home address), please call, write, or visit your field office.
We use the information received via email to improve our service to you or to respond to your request. When we reply to your e-mail, we will send you only general information. If we can identify you and have your telephone number or address in our records, we will furnish any personal information by telephone or letter. This helps to ensure we do not send your personal information to someone asking for it without your knowledge. Sometimes, we forward your e-mail to other government employees who may be better able to help you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not share our e-mail with any other outside organizations.
Links to Other Sites
Our Web site has many links to our partners, especially other federal agencies. In a few cases we link to private organizations. When you link to another site, you are no longer on our site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
