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Information we learn about you from your visit to our website is handled as follows.

If you visit our site to read or download information, such as program opportunities or NIC reports and publications, 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).
  • The date and time you access our site.
  • The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.

If you send us an email to request other materials or information, you will be providing us with personally identifying information, for example your name and mailing address. Information collected in this manner is used solely for responding to requests for information.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automaticall. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
  • 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;
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
  • The date and time you access our site;
  • The pages you visit; and
  • The URL of the referring page.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

We adhere to the government standards regarding the use of cookies on government web site. We use cookies to remember logins in our forums and to monitor page usage. By their very nature, the forums are open to the public, any information given will be viewable to the general public. We make every effort to keep details such as email addresses private, but if you do select to have your email address shown it will be viewable by the general public.The cookies used in the forums are persistent and are used solely to allow you to return to the forum without logging in for each visit. The forum area provides a link which will remove this cookie from your system.

Site management

Information from the first category is used for statistical purposes. This computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which 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.

Site Security

To ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

NOTICE: We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us.

Links to Other Web Sites

The information posted on the Department of Justice Web site includes hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. The Department of Justice provides these links and pointers solely for your information and convenience. When you select a link to an outside Web site, you are subject to the privacy, copyright, security, and information quality policies of that Web site. The Department of Justice:
  • DOES NOT control or guarantee the accuracy, legality, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked Web site;
  • DOES NOT endorse linked Web sites, the views they express, or the products/services they offer;
  • CANNOT authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites;
  • IS NOT responsible for transmissions users receive from linked Web sites;
  • DOES NOT guarantee that outside Web sites comply with the accessibility requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Links to non-federal government sites will either appear on a page notifying you that the sites are not controlled by the Department of Justice, or you will receive an intercepting (redirect) page indicating that you are leaving the Department's site when you access such a link.

If you find a link that does not work please e-mail the Department of Justice Webmaster at webmaster@usdoj.gov.


Disclaimers

The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Government.

Reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government.

The information and statements contained on this server shall not be used for the purposes of advertising, nor to imply the endorsement or recommendation of the United States Government.

With respect to documents available from this server, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees make any warranty, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Further, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed; nor do they represent that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

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