Web Privacy Policy
Information that is collected when you visit this site
We collect no personally identifiable information about you when you
visit our site unless you choose to provide that information to us. Please
see "Information you provide voluntarily" below.
For the protection of users of our Web site, we have safeguards in place
to identify and prevent unauthorized attempts to access or cause harm
to information and systems.
Our web server automatically collects the default information logged
by most servers; this information includes the Internet protocol (IP)
address from which you access our web site, the type of browser and operating
system you are using, the date and time you visit, the pages and files
your request, and the last site you visited (if that site contained a
link to a BEA web page). We use this information to determine the level
of traffic through the server and the level of interest in the individual
files available on the server. None of this information identifies you
personally, and we do not give, sell, or transfer any of this information
to a third party.
The logs may be preserved indefinitely, and they may be used to prevent
security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.
We do not use "persistent cookies" or use
any persistent tracking technologies that can identify a specific visitor,
or information about that visitor, over multiple visits. However some
interactive features on our site (for example, the balance
of payments interactive feature) 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.
Information you provide voluntarily
If you give us information about yourself in an e-mail or through a feedback
page, any information you provide is used only to help us prepare
a response. As we do so, the information you provided may be viewed by
various people within the Bureau. The information you provide is protected
in accordance with law (e.g., the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information
Act). Submitting voluntary information constitutes your consent to the
use of the information for the stated purpose.
The BEA e-mail system is password-protected. Similarly,
access to information submitted through the feedback mechanism (typing
information in the feedback box and clicking on "Submit") is
password-protected. Only authorized users have access to the BEA e-mail
system and feedback mechanism.
Your rights
You have rights under the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information
Act. The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School provides the
full text of these provisions from the U.S. Code:
Questions concerning our privacy policy may be addressed to webmaster@bea.gov.
Date last updated: March 25, 2004
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