Thank you for visiting the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (White House Initiative) Web site and reviewing our privacy policy. Our policy is simple: We collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party.
One of our web pages, Get Involved Today!, lets you voluntarily submit personal information. In this case, we will provide a specific notice before you begin submitting any personal information, explaining how your information will be safeguarded.
If you want to know more about how we record non-personal information about your visit or how we use information that you voluntarily submit, read on.
Otherwise, enjoy your visit!
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If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site, read pages, or download information, our Web site's operating system will automatically record some general information about your visit.
During your visit, our Web operating system will record:
We use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This tracking system does not record information about individuals.
On certain ED web pages, we use "cookies" to help you use our web sites interactively. A cookie is a small file that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk, usually to keep track of you while you are connected to that site.
The cookies on ED Web pages do not collect information about you, but only about your browser "session." The cookie makes it easier for you to use the dynamic features of these Web pages, without having to provide the same information again as you move from one page to another.
To protect your privacy, be sure to close your browser completely after you have finished conducting business with a web site that uses cookies. If you are concerned about the potential use of information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can set your browser to prompt you before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet browsers have settings that let you identify and/or reject cookies.
If you decide to send us an electronic mail message (e-mail), the message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your request. In other limited circumstances, including requests from Congress or limited other parties, we may be required by law to disclose information that you submit.
Also, e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. Please send only information necessary to help us process your request.
On one of our Web pages, Get Involved Today!, we offer an interactive form that lets you voluntarily submit personal information (such as your e-mail address, name, mailing address, or organization). This occurs when you are requesting a publication, educational updates, or you wish to be notified of pertinent educational activities or events taking place in your area. In this case, all submitted information is used only for the expressed purposes for which it is intended and is not made available to any third party. However, when you submit a comment to the White House Initiative through its Web site, if you supply your name, e-mail address, or other personal information, that information will be received along with your comment.
Our policy discloses the privacy practices for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans web site. But the White House Initiative provides links to other web sites. When you leave the White House Initiative Web site (www.ed.gov), you will be going to sites that are beyond our control. We try to ensure that links that leave our site are clearly labeled, usually with an icon. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. The privacy policies and procedures described here for the White House Initiative do not apply to any external links. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you link to from ours, especially if you share any personal information. Be informed. You are the person best qualified to protect your own privacy.
The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that each federal agency that asks for information must tell you the following:
The purpose of the information collected by the Get Involved Today! form is to ensure you receive the educational information, notices, newsletter, or publication you requested by mail or e-mail in a timely manner. Another purpose of the information collected by the Get Involved Today! form is to help the White House Initiative target its mailings to groups with specific educational interests, such as parents, students, educators, and community representatives. The Get Involved Today! form collects no privacy information.
It should take you approximately two to three minutes to complete the form. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. If you don't complete it, you won't be denied access to any information available on the web site.
We will use the information collected when you complete the Get Involved Today! form or submit an e-mail request to send you educational information, updates, and notices. We will use the group or state designation to get a general idea of the affiliation or geographic distribution of our users. In addition, we will use the information collected when you complete the Get Involved Today! form to conduct individual, group, and mass mailings of useful educational information.
If you do not provide information for the required fields on the Get Involved Today! form, the system will not record your mailing information and you will not be able to receive timely educational information, updates, or notices. Note that it is not necessary to complete the Get Involved Today! form to access the White House Initiative's Web content and services.
You are not required to provide your real name.
If you elect to receive e-mail updates, you must provide a valid e-mail address or the e-mail updates cannot be delivered to you.
The White House Initiative obtained clearance from OMB for the collection of information through its White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans web page. This approval was sought under an existing generic OMB control number granted previously to the Department of Education. OMB approved the collection under the Customer Satisfaction Survey process.
The general authority for the system of records used to store information you elect to submit is Executive Order 13230, 66 FR 52841. When you submit information on the Get Involved Today! form, we are authorized to maintain a record of your personal information (such as your e-mail address, name, mailing address, or organization. Detailed information is available in the White House Initiative Partners in Education (System Number 18-06-05).
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, you are not required to complete a government form unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for the White House Initiative on Hispanic Americans Form is 1800-0011.
If you have any comments regarding the accuracy of this time estimate, suggestions for improving the form, or comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write to:
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
U.S. Department of Education
FB6 Room 5E110
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202