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Privacy Policy and Security Notice

Thank you for visiting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Web site and reviewing our privacy policy. This is how we will handle information we learn about you when you visit our Web site. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site. We remind you that if you link to a site outside of the NRC, you are subject to the policies of the new site.

On this page:

• Information Collected and Stored Automatically
• Use and Privacy of Information Sent Via Email or On-line Form
• Protection of Submitted Information From Public Disclosure
• Children's Privacy
• Use of Cookies
• Security
• Privacy Impact Assessments Performed

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

When you visit our site, we automatically collect and store the following information about you:

• The IP address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which you access our web site;
• The pages you visit; and
• The date and time you access our site.

For site management, NRC maintains an operational log of site user addresses. This log is used to generate site usage statistics, track operational problems, and investigate suspected unauthorized activities. Information in this log about individual users is shared only with appropriate law enforcement entities, if necessary, to investigate or prosecute unlawful activities conducted on or against this site.

Use and Privacy of Information Sent Via Email or On-line Form

Submissions Are Voluntary

Information you submit through this Web site is voluntary, unless otherwise stated at the point of submission.

Public Disclosure of Submitted Information

Your submissions may be made public unless, at the point of collection, we have stated the information will be maintained in an NRC Privacy Act system of records, or unless you seek protection of the information under Section 2.390 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding).

If you send us an email or on-line form that includes personally identifiable information (for example, your email address, mailing address, or telephone number), your information will be used for the purposes described at the point of collection, such as to send information to you, or to respond to your questions or comments. Your submission may also be shared with other NRC offices to fully respond to your request or comment. Your submission, including personal information, may be shared, too, with other Federal or State agencies, the Congress, NRC licensees, or others, if necessary, to address matters raised in your submission.

Any comments that you submit to the NRC on a proposed rulemaking, petition, or other document for which public comment is requested will be made public, including any personally identifiable information you include in your submission.

Protection of Submitted Information From Public Disclosure

A. NRC Privacy Act System of Records

If any personal information you provide will be maintained in an NRC Privacy Act system of records you will be notified at the point of collection, through a Privacy Act statement, of the following: which system of records the information will be maintained in; the authority for and purpose of the system; statutorily-mandated disclosures and authorized routine uses; and the safeguards of the information, subject to the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). The Privacy Act statement will also inform you whether providing information is mandatory or voluntary and the effects of not providing all or any part of the requested information. Information on NRC's Privacy Act regulations, can be found at Part 9, Subpart B of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

B. Section 2.390 Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding

Under Section 2.390 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations NRC may make submissions of information to the NRC publicly available unless the submitter specifically requests the agency not to do so. To withhold information from public disclosure on the grounds that it contains trade secrets or privileged or confidential, commercial, or financial information, an affidavit justifying the request to withhold information from public disclosure must accompany the submitted information.

We do not sell any personal information to third parties.

Retention and Disposal of Information Submitted at this Site

Retention and disposal of electronically submitted information depend on the subject matter and is handled according to the principles of the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records schedules approved by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) General Records Schedules.

Children's Privacy

We do not solicit information from children. If teachers or parents have questions or comments, they should contact an NRC Public Affairs Officer.

Use of Cookies

"Cookies" are small bits of text that are used either 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"). We use "session cookies" as place-keepers to retain context during an individual user session. They assist with movement throughout the site during an individual user session without any capacity to track users over time and across different Web sites. Session cookies are deleted at the end of a user session or they expire based on a short time frame. They are not used to track personal information.

We do not use persistent cookies or other persistent tracking technologies at this Web site.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this site remains available to all users, NRC employs software programs that monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or to otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information 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.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations and the gathering of site usage statistics, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with guidelines approved by NARA.

Privacy Impact Assessments Performed

Access our Privacy Impact Assessment page for assessments made by NRC before developing or procuring information technology (IT) that collects, maintains, or disseminates personal information in identifiable form about members of the public.

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Last revised Thursday, June 24, 2004