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Privacy and Security PolicyThe Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) maintains this web site as a public service. The following is the privacy policy and linking policy for all DFPS web sites. Information presented on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. We do not collect personal information about you when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us. This site contains links to other sites. DFPS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these web sites. Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website: We use cookies to collect information. The main purpose for their use is to identify user sessions. The cookie uniquely identifies returning visitors and tracks their path through our site. No personal information is stored, the only thing that is stored is the visitors IP address and the site address. Additional information that is collected for analysis is: SERVICE NAME: The internet service that is running on the client computer. Note: A cookie file contains unique information a web site can use to track such things as passwords, lists of pages you've visited, and the date when you last looked at a specific page or to identify your session at a particular web site. A cookie is often used in commercial sites to identify the items selected for a specific shopping cart application. Information is collected for site management functions such as analysis and statistical purposes. The information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personal identifiable information, and will not be released to any outside parties unless legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings. Log analysis tools are used to create summary statistics, which are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors and learn about the number of visitors to our site, what part of the site they are interested in, how long they are on our website, and the types of technology our visitors use. For example, if you connect to our site using AOL, our system will know that someone using AOL connected to the site. However, your actual identity will not be known. We will not know any personal identifiable information about you, including your name or email address. The following information is collected for this analysis:
If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment that contains personal identifying information, or fill out a form that e-mails us this information, we will only use the personal-identifiable information to respond to your request and analyze trends. We may redirect your message to another government agency or person who is in a better position to answer your question. 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. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Texas Penal Code Chapters 33 (Computer Crimes) or 33A (Telecommunications Crimes).
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