Protecting your information
When you
visit our web site/s to read pages or download
information, we automatically collect and
store some of, or all of the following non-identifying
information:
- The Internet protocol address from
which you access our web site. An IP
address is a unique number that is automatically
assigned to the computer you are using
whenever you are surfing the web
- The type of browser, such as Netscape
or Internet Explorer, and operating
system, such as Windows 98 or Linux,
used to access our site.
- The date and time site/s pages accessed,
for the purpose of monitoring demand.
- The pages visited, for the purpose
of improving the usefulness of our web
site by providing helpful links and
removing pages that are not visited.
This information does not identify you
personally
We maintain the above information in
typical system logs. We only utilize this
information to make our site/s more useful
to visitors by learning the number of visitors
to our site, the number of pages served,
and the level of demand for specific pages.
We do not track or record information about
identifiable individuals and their visits.
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Federal law protects your information, and we
have developed policies and statistical safeguards
to help us follow the law and further ensure the
confidentiality of your information. 1
Your Information
Is
CONFIDENTIAL
We never identify you individually.
- 1. Federal Law
- Title 13 of the U.S. Code protects the confidentiality
of all your information. Violating this law
is a crime with severe penalties.
- 2. Privacy Principles
- Our Privacy Principles are guidelines that
cover all of our activities. These principles
encompass both our responsibilities to protect
your information and your rights as a respondent.
They apply to the information we collect and
the statistics we publish.
- 3. Statistical Safeguards
- Statistical methods ensure that the statistics
we release do not identify individuals or businesses.
These methods include extensive review and analysis
of all our data products, as well as disclosure
avoidance methodologies such as data suppression
and modification.
We recognize the value of your trust, and we
believe that when you answer our surveys we must
serve as caretakers of your information. If you
would like to learn more about how we fulfill this
responsibility, just ask.
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