This section of the page explains how the Helping to Enhance the
Livelihood of People around the Globe Commission (The HELP Commission)
will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our web
site. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting
our site.
- If you visit our site to read or download information,
such as country information or information about one of our projects:
We collect and store only the following information about you: the name
of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com,
if you are connecting from an America Online account, or iowa.edu if you
are connecting from the University of Iowa's domain); the date and time
you access our site, the Internet address of the web site from which you
linked directly to our site; and what information you view while you
visit our web site.
We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors
to the different sections of our site, find out what information is the
most viewed, and to help us make our web site more useful to visitors.
This gathering and storing of information is separate from the activity
described as monitoring in our Security Notice.
The information gathered is used for two purposes: site management
and, in the case of suspected unauthorized activity, for law enforcement
and possible criminal prosecution.
- If you identify yourself by sending us a comment using our
contact page or an E-mail:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information,
for example, in an electronic mail message asking a question or
providing us with a comment or suggestion. We use personally-identifying
information to respond to your comment or suggestion, and to count the
number of people sending us comments. In certain instances, your comment
or suggestion may be forwarded to other U.S. government agencies or
departments if they are in the best position to respond to your message.
We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally-identifying
information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to
provide such information to us. We maintain the information we collect
in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, where applicable.
- If you log in to our site and submit information, we will
collect and retain this information.
Cookies and other information stored on your computer
In general, this site does NOT use the "cookies" that some Web sites
use to gather and store information about your visits to their sites.
The exception to this is if you register and login to our site: if you
do this, we use a cookie to manage the login process.
Cookies are essentially tokens of information, such as preferences
and passwords, which some Web servers collect from you when you access
them. That data is stored on your hard drive-not on the Web site's
server. Whenever you visit a "cookie" site, the server looks for its
cookie on your hard drive and, if found, then reads the information it
stored there. Cookies generally are stored in your browser's directory
or folder in a file named cookie.txt (MagicCookie on a Macintosh).
Further, some of the links on The HELP Commission web site point to
non-The HELP Commission sites which may place cookies on your computer.
You can expect to be notified that you are leaving The HELP Commission
site when you select one of these links. However, you should know that
the non-The HELP Commission site may still place a cookie on your
computer while you are reading the warning message.
If you want to avoid such cookies, we encourage you to set your
browser to notify you when cookies are being set and allow you to reject
them. Your system's help files will explain how to do this.
Security Notice
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.
We generally will not obtain personally identifying information about
you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such
information to us.
If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such
evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.
General Disclaimer
Information presented on this Web site is considered public
information and may be distributed or copied freely unless identified as
being subject to copyright protection. In return, we request only that
The HELP Commission be cited as the source of any information, photos,
and images copied from this site and that any photo credits or bylines
be similarly credited to the photographer or author.
We strongly recommend that The HELP Commission data be acquired
directly from this Web site and not through other sources that may
change the information in some way or exclude material crucial to the
understanding of that information. While we make every effort to provide
accurate and complete information, some information may change between
site updates. Substantive changes may be noted when content is next
updated.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
The documents posted on this Web site may contain hypertext links or
pointers to information created and maintained by other public and
private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for
visitors' convenience. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy,
relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information.
Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to Web sites other than a
The HELP Commission-managed Web site is not intended to assign
importance to those sites and the information contained therein, nor is
it intended to endorse, recommend, or favor any views expressed, or
commercial products or services offered on these outside sites, or the
organizations sponsoring the sites, by trade name, trademark,
manufacture, or otherwise.
Reference in this Web site 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 site's visitor's, and
does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the
United States Government or The HELP Commission.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily
state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or The HELP Commission,
and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
Disclaimer of Liability
Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information.
However, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We make no
claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or
adequacy of the contents of this Web site and expressly disclaim
liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this Web site.
With respect to the content of this site, neither the United States
Government, nor The HELP Commission, nor their employees and contractors
make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutory, including but not
limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights,
title, and the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose with respect to content available from this The HELP
Commission Web site or other Internet resources linked from it.
Additionally, neither the U.S. Government nor The HELP Commission assume
any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
information, product, or process disclosed herein nor freedom from
computer virus, and do not represent that use of such information,
product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.
Links to this Web Site or Its Contents
You may freely link to this Web site or any of its content. We ask
only that you identify that the link is to an Internet resource.
Links to Other Sites
Our Web site has links to other United States Government agencies and
to private organizations, who we believe are relevant to our mission.
Once you link to another site, you are subject to the disclaimers and
security and privacy policies of the new site.
Copyright Notice
Unless a copyright is indicated, information on this Web site is in
the public domain and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used
without The HELP Commission's permission. We request that The HELP
Commission be cited as the source of the information and that any photo
credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author
or The HELP Commission, as appropriate.
If a copyright is indicated on a photo, graphic, or any other
material, permission to copy these materials must be obtained from the
original source.
This copyright notice does not pertain to information at Web sites
other than this Web site.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information
on this Web site is strictly prohibited and is subject to prosecution
under Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030).