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HUD respects your right to privacy and will protect it when you
visit our web site. Here are some things you should know about how
we protect your privacy.
Email
- When you send us email we won't keep or share your email address with anyone outside of HUD staff, its contractors, and other federal representatives necessary to respond to your question. We'll only use your email address to respond to your requests for information.
- If you sign up for one of our emailing lists, we'll only
send you the kinds of information you've requested. We won't maintain
your name on the list and won't share your email address with
anyone outside of HUD.
- If you use our feature "email a friend," we will use your email
address only to let your friend know who sent the web address,
so he or she can reply to you.
Information Collection
- When you browse, read pages or download information on our website, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This information never identifies who you are. The information we collect and store about your visit is listed below:
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The
Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a
private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you
connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP
address is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you
access our website;
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The
type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) and operating
system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site;
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The
date and time you access our site;
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The
pages you visit; and
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If
you linked to our website from another website, the address
of that website.
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This information is only used to help us make the site more useful
for you. With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our
site and the types of technology our visitors use. We never track
or record information about individuals and their visits.
- Sometimes we use "cookies," which are small amounts of text
stored on your computer. We only use "session cookies" in some
places where people can transact business. That means we only
store the cookie on your computer during that visit. So, if you
are entering information for a business transaction, you won't
lose the information if you go to another site and come back during
the visit. After you turn off your computer or stop using the
internet, the cookie is erased. If you don't want us to put a
"cookie" on your computer, just follow these
instructions. You will still be able to use the entire web
site.
Site Security
- We monitor visits to the web site to identify any attempt to
tamper with it.
- When you submit personal information using our web site-for
example, if you sign up for a conference online-we have systems
that make sure people outside of HUD cannot access your personal
information.
- We would only try to identify you personally when required to
do so by a law enforcement investigation. Any information we collect
for those investigations is destroyed according to federal guidelines.
- Tampering with HUD's web site is against the law. If anyone
tries to tamper with it, they may be punished under the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure
Protection Act.
Links to Other Sites
- Our website has links to many other web sites. When you go
to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies
of that site. HUD cannot attest to the accuracy of information
provided there.
- Linking to a web site does not constitute an endorsement by
HUD, or any of its employees, of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site.
If you have any questions, please contact HUD's
Web Manager.
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