Thank you for visiting the Internal Revenue
Service's recruitment website. The IRS is committed to protecting your privacy
rights. We will not collect personal information about you when you visit
our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. These rights
are ensured through the Internal Revenue Code, the Privacy Act, other federal
statutes, and IRS policies and practices.
Our Internet policy is:
(1) We will not collect personal information
about you just because you visit this site.
In order to improve the usefulness of our web
site for our visitors, we automatically collect and maintain statistical information
from our site's data logs that concern network traffic flow and volume. This
information consists of:
1. the name of the domain from which the visitor
accesses the Internet (e.g., "a company.com"; "a school.edu"; or "an agency.gov");
2. the Internet Protocol Number;
3. the date and time the IRS web site is visited;
4. the type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
5. the pages you visit; and
6. if you linked to the IRS recruitment website from another website, the
address of that website.
This information does not identify individual
visitors. It is retained for a minimum of 90 days to comply with National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) record-keeping requirements.
(2) We do not use cookies, a file placed on
a visitor's hard drive that allows the web site to monitor the individual's
use of the site.
No attempts are made to identify individual
users unless illegal behavior is suspected. So that this service remains available
to you and all other visitors, we monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized
attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage to the
web service. Use of this system constitutes consent to such monitoring and
auditing. Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information
on this web site are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title 18 U.S.C. Sec.1001 and
1030.
(3) We use these web pages to provide information
pertaining to the Internal Revenue Service and its recruitment efforts.
These web pages may also offer you the opportunity
to ask questions, request more information regarding IRS employment opportunities,
or provide comment. Use of this option is voluntary and may require an email
address. We will only use information from submitted forms, email messages,
and any other information you provide, for the reasons you provided it. Submissions
requesting more information about IRS employment opportunities will be forwarded
to the IRS Recruitment Team and to the appropriate recruiter(s).
(4) Any information we collect and maintain
in the course of responding to you will be handled in accordance with the
access and privacy protection requirements of the Privacy Act, the Freedom
of Information Act, and the Internal Revenue Code. For further information
regarding these statutes, visit the IRS Electronic Freedom of Information
Act Reading Room.
(5) We will not share the information you give
us with anyone unless required by law. We also will not sell your information.
It is up to you if you want to assume the risk
of an unauthorized person learning your email address or any personal information
you provide.
If you have any questions or comments regarding
our web site privacy policy, please contact the Office of the Privacy Advocate
by phone at (202)927-5170 or by regular mail at:
The Office of the Privacy Advocate
Internal Revenue Service
CL:PA Room 7050
1111 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20224