Privacy & Security Statement
Thank you for visiting the Department of Justice's Southern District
of New York's Web site and reviewing our privacy and security notice.
We remind you that if you link to a site outside of the Department of
Justice, you are subject to the policies of the new site.
PRIVACY
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site:
A.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and
store the
following information about your visit:
- The name of the Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com"
if you use a
private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you
are connecting from
a university's domain) and the IP address (a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which
you
access our site;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly
to our
site; and
- The pages you visit and the information you request.
This information is primarily collected for statistical analysis and technical
improvements to the site. This government computer system uses software
programs to create summary statistics, which may be 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.
In
certain circumstances, however, we may take additional steps to identify
you
based on this information and we may share this information, including
your
identity, with other government agencies.
B. If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information, such as by sending
an
e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through our Web site,
we will
use that information to respond to your message or to fulfill the stated
purpose
of the communication. Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against
interception. If your communication is sensitive or includes personal
information you may prefer to send it by postal mail instead. We may share
the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry
relates to that agency. In other limited circumstances, such as responses
to requests from Congress and private individuals, we may be required
by law to disclose information you submit. Before you submit personal
information,
such as on an online form, you may be given more specific guidance as
to how your personal information may be used. Electronically submitted
information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of
the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records schedules of the
National Archives and Records Administration, and in some cases may be
covered by the Privacy Act and subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
C. Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the
duration of a session
("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard drive in order
to identify that user,
or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a Web
site
("persistent cookies"). The Department's Web site and its component
sites do
not use persistent cookies. One or more of the Department's component
sites
may use session cookies to provide streamlined navigation throughout their
sites. These session cookies are deleted from the component's server soon
after
your session ends and are not collected or saved.
SECURITY
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. Anyone using this system
expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring
reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence
maybe provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized
attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited
and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of
1996.
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