DOI Privacy Policy for this Website
This is how we will handle information we learn about you from your
visit to our website. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting
our site.
If you visit our site to read or download information, such as
consumer brochures or press releases:
We collect and store only the following information about
you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if
you are connecting from an America Online account, or princeton.edu if you are connecting
from Princeton University's domain); the date and time you access our site; and the
Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.
We do
not store any personal identifiers. This information is not stored in any particular
fashion, but is part of a systems log file.
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. We use the information we collect to measure the number of
visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful
to visitors. This information is only used internally, does not contain personal
identifiers, and will only be used for internal management purposes.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail or filling out a
questionnaire or guestbook: You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information,
for example, in an electronic mail message containing a complaint. We use
personally-identifying information from consumers in various ways to further our
customer's
protection and to provide better service. This may be to correct broken links that you
have identified or provide additional information that you have requested. Visit
Talk to Us to learn
what can happen to the information you provide us when you send us e-mail or fill out a
questionnaire or guestbook.. Any information that we collect via a questionnaire
or a guestbook may be subject to disclosure, but will be handled in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act and
the Freedom of Information Act to
ensure the greatest protection of personal privacy in the face of any required disclosure.
We want to be very clear: We will not obtain
personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to
provide such information to us. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any
information we receive with outside parties.
If you have any questions or comments about the information
presented here, please forward them to us:
U.S. Department of the Interior
FOIA/Privacy Staff
OS/PIR, MS-5312
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240
Phone: (202) 208-6194
Last Modified December 4, 1998
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DOI Disclaimer Statement for this Website
Information presented on this website is considered
public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image
credit is requested. We strongly recommend that USDOI data be acquired directly from a
USDOI server and not through other sources that may change the data in some way. While
USDOI makes every effort to provide accurate and complete information, various data such
as names, telephone numbers, etc. may change prior to updating. USDOI welcomes suggestions
on how to improve our home page and correct errors. USDOI provides no warranty, expressed
or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of furnished data.
Some of the documents on this
server may contain live references (or pointers) to information created and
maintained by other organizations.
Please note that USDOI does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or
accuracy of these outside materials.
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. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or
change information on this website are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure
Protection Act. Information may also be used for authorized law enforcement
investigations.
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