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U.S.
House of Representatives
Privacy and Security Notice
If you visit our site to read or download information, such
as House committee jurisdictions or press releases, we collect
and store only the following information:
The name of the domain from which you access the Internet
(for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America
Online account).
The date and time you access our site.
The Internet address of the web site from which you linked
directly to our site or the Internet address of the computer
used to link to our site.
This information is used for Site Management purposes. This
government computer system uses software programs to create
summary statistics using this information.
These statistics are used for such purposes as assessing the
number of visitors to the different sections of our site,
what information is of most and least interest, determining
technical design specifications, and identifying system performance
or problem areas.
NOTICE: We will not obtain
personally-identifying information about you when you visit
our site, unless you choose to provide such information.
If you send an E-mail message or complete a web form which
contains personal information, we collect and store the following
information:
Any personally-identifying
information which you choose to provide. For example your
mailing address, in an electronic mail message or web form
requesting information or commenting on current legislative
issues. Information collected in this manner is used solely
for information and, in some cases, to respond to you. Please
also see Security and Policy Notices posted on individual
Member, Committee and other House office web sites for information
on how individual offices may use the data you choose to provide
them via forms on their sites.
NOTICE: For site security
purposes this Government computer system employs software
programs to monitor network traffic. Anyone using this system
consents to the monitoring of their use by system or security
personnel.
Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification of this system
-- or its supporting hardware or software -- may violate federal
or other statutes and may subject the violator to criminal
and civil penalties. In the event of unauthorized intrusion,
all relevant information regarding possible violation of law
may be provided to law enforcement officials.
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