Privacy Notice
Thank you for visiting the Federal Judiciary's website. Our privacy policy outlines
the types of information we learn when you visit our site and how such information
will be used.
Information Routinely Collected and Stored
If you visit our site to view or download information, we collect and store the
following information:
- The name of the domain from which you accessed the Internet; for example, "aol.com"
if you use America Online.
- The IP address from which you accessed the Judiciary's website. An IP address is
a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the World
Wide Web.
- The date and time you access our site.
- The type of browser and operating system used to access the Judiciary's site.
- The pages you visit.
- If you linked to the Judiciary's website from another website, the address of the
originating site.
This information is used solely for the purpose of evaluating and maintaining our
site. From this information, we learn what users like and need; what kind of technology
they are using; how often they visit; and other valuable information that helps
us to offer our visitors the best site possible.
Information You Provide
If you choose to provide us with personal information, perhaps to be placed on our
mailing list or to request additional information via our webmaster e-mailbox, it
will be used only for the purpose(s) you state. We collect such information only
to respond to your requests. We do not share that information with others, and we
do not collect information for commercial marketing.
Security Notice
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 may be 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.