Thank you for visiting
the USDA Rural Development Oklahoma website and reviewing our privacy
statement. Our privacy policy is clear: we will collect no
personal information about you when you visit our website unless
you choose to provide that information to us.
Here is how we handle
information about your visit to our website:
If
You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide
us with personal information, we use that information to respond
to your message and to help us locate for you the information you
have requested. We treat e-mails the same way that we regard letters
sent to us. We are required to maintain many documents under the
Presidential Records Act for historical purposes, but we do not
collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond
to you. We only share the information you give us with another government
agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as otherwise required
by law. Moreover, we do not create individual profiles with the
information you provide or to give it to any private organizations.
Rural Development does not collect information for commercial marketing.
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 access another site
through a link that we provide you are subject to the privacy policy
of the new site.
Website
Security
The USDA Rural Development
website is provided as a public service.
- Information presented
on the Rural Development website is considered public information
and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image
credits is requested.
- 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.
- 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.
- Except for authorized
law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to
identify individual users or their usage habits.
- 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
of 1996.
- Information posted
on this site may be changed and re-posted. If there are discrepancies
between the information on the Internet and the Department's official
version or federal regulation publication, those official publications
take precedence.
Disclaimer
Effort has been made
to provide accurate and complete information. However, we cannot
guarantee that there will be no errors. Neither the U.S. Government,
USDA, nor USDA Rural Development assumes any legal liability for
the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product,
or process disclosed herein, or represents that use of such information,
product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.
The Rural Development
website contains links to various other federal and state agencies
and private organizations. These links are maintained solely for
the user's information and convenience. Once you link to another
site, please be aware that you are then subject to the policies
of the new site. In addition, please note that Rural Development
does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness,
or accuracy of these outside materials. Further, the inclusion of
links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended
to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to constitute approval
or endorsement of any views expressed, or products or services offered,
on these outside web sites, or the organizations sponsoring the
web sites.
If you have any questions
or comments about this information, please forward them to webmaster@rurdev.usda.gov.
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