privacy policy
We are committed to the privacy of our visitors. We collect no personal
information about you when you visit our Web site.
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically: If you do nothing during your visit
but browse through the Web site, read pages or download information, we will gather
and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does
not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store information concerning
your visit such as:
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);
Your 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 Web site;
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
If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that
Web site.
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.
Information Protection
For site security purposes and 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. 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 under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of
1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act or other law.
Information That You Voluntarily Provide
We do not collect personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide it
to us. If you provide us with personally identifiable information, for example by
sending an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through our Web site, we
use that information only to respond to your message and to help us provide you with
the information and services that you request.
Links to Other Sites
This site may have links to other Web sites. There may be links to private
organizations. Once you go to another site, you are subject to the privacy
policy of the new site. It is always a good idea to read the Privacy Policy
of any Web site that you visit.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session
("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard drive in order to identify that user,
or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a Web site
("persistent cookies"). This Web site does not use persistent cookies or any other
persistent tracking technology. One or more of our component sites may use session
cookies to provide streamlined navigation. These session cookies are deleted from
the component's server after your session ends and information from them is not
collected or saved.
Your Rights Under the Privacy Act
More information about the Privacy Act can be found at the following link.
http://www.cftc.gov/foia/foiprivacyact.htm
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