Privacy Notice

We collect no personal information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide this information to us. However, we collect and store certain information automatically.

What We Collect and Store Automatically

• Name of the domain from which you access the Internet (*.com, *.edu, etc., or applicable IP address),
• The Internet address of the page you access,
• The date and time you access our site,
• Information about your browser as it identifies itself to us,
• The Internet address of the website from which you reached our site.

We use the information we collect to count the number and type of visitors to the different pages on our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors like you.

If You Send Us Email

You may choose to provide us with personal information, as in email with a comment or question. We use the information to improve our service to you or to respond to your request. Sometimes we forward your email to other government employees who may be better able to help you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not share our email with any other outside organizations.

Links to Other Sites

Our Website has many links to other federal agencies, embassies, multilateral organizations and private organizations. When you link to another site, you are no longer on our site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the State Department uses 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 service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement investigations. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on these web sites are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title 18 USC Sec.1001 and 1030.

Last update: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 GMT+1100