PRIVACY POLICY

We collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide this information to us. However, we collect and store certain information automatically. Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website. If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically that does NOT identify you personally. Persistent cookies are not used anywhere on this web site, and session cookies might be used, but will not be stored on any customer's computer. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

• The Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device you are using to access our web site;
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
• The date and time you access our site;
• The pages you visit; and
• If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.

You may choose to provide us with personal information when submitting a FOIA request or hotline complaint. Submission of this information is voluntary; however, failure to provide some information (e.g., your contact information) may result in the inability for us to respond to your submission in an appropriate manner. We use the information you submit to improve our service to you or to respond to your request. Sometimes we forward your e-mail to other government employees who may be better able to help you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not share our e-mail with any other outside organizations. Technical, administrative, and physical security controls are implemented wherever possible to secure the information you send us.

PRIVACY ACT OF 1974

The Privacy Act of 1974 protects the personal information the federal government keeps on you in “systems of records (SOR)” (information an agency controls that can be retrieved by name or some other personal identifier). The Privacy Act regulates how the government can disclose, share, provide access to, and maintain the personal information that it collects. Not all information collected online is covered by the Privacy Act. The Act's major provisions require agencies to:

• Publish a Privacy Act Notice in the Federal Register explaining the existence, character and uses of a new or revised SOR;
• Keep information about you accurate, relevant, timely, and complete to assure fairness in dealing with you; and
• Allow you to, upon request, access and review your information held in a SOR and request amendment of the information if you disagree with it.