Thank you for visiting an International Trade Administration
(ITA) web site. ITA promotes U.S. exports, protects
U.S. business interests abroad and enforces U.S. trade
laws. In support of these activities, ITA is occasionally
required to collect business or personal information
from our customers. We do not collect this type of
information without the voluntary consent of the site
visitor.
The main purpose of this policy is to inform our
visitors that you have rights under the Privacy Act,
that all business or personal information provided
to ITA is on a voluntary basis, and that information
provided will be protected to the extent permitted
by the Privacy
Act of 1974 and the Freedom
of Information Act of 1966. At each location where
information is collected, we make every effort to
explain explicitly how the information you provide
will be used, and we allow you to determine if you
consent to provide such information.
Voluntarily submitting information constitutes your
consent for ITA to use the information for the purpose
stated and indicates to us you are aware of ITA's
Privacy Policy provisions.
For more information on the Freedom of Information
Act and your rights under the Privacy Act please visit
the Federal Citizen Information Center site at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/foia.htm.
Our sites do not use "persistent cookies"
or any persistent tracking technologies that can identify
a specific visitor, or information about that visitor,
over multiple visits. However, some ITA websites do
use "session cookies" that identify the
visitor for the duration of a browsing session. Session
cookies are deleted from our Web servers when your
session ends.
ITA does collect certain non-personal information
to help us better service our site visitors. Information
collected includes for example: the IP (Internet Protocol)
address from which you accessed our site; the IP address
of the website from which you linked to us; the name
of your domain; the type of browser and operating
system you are using; the date and time our site is
accessed; and the pages visited. This information
does not identify you personally.
Information Collected from E-Mail, Forms and through
Site Registration:
Information you submit may be viewed by various people
within the ITA and other Federal agencies actively
involved with international trade. If you register
on one of our web sites to obtain a benefit, report
a trade complaint or use any of our services, you
may submit personally identifiable information, such
as name, title, name/size of company, or address.
Certain ITA services are reserved for U.S. firms and
we may use the registration information to contact
you for verification purposes before allowing access
to the requested service. Information collected from
the public on our websites has been authorized by
The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as required
under the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
Security, Intrusion, and Detection:
Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage to our websites, are strictly
prohibited and may be punishable under applicable
Federal law. Data traffic is monitored in order to
identify unauthorized activities and to help ensure
that ITA Web services remain available to our users.
Links to Other Web Sites:
Our websites contain links to other federal agencies
and private organizations. Websites of those organizations
may contain links to outside organizations. This linking
does not constitute an endorsement by ITA. These links
are provided for user convenience only.
For more information, please review the Department
of Commerce Privacy Statement at http://www.commerce.gov/privacystatement.html.
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