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This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a
public service by the U.S Government Printing Office (GPO). We believe that
a significant part of this service is the assurance of user privacy and
security. To protect user privacy, we adhere to the following:
- For statistical purposes, GPO collects the following data: the
IP address from which users access our Web site, the date and time of
their visits, the URLs of the pages that they view as well as WAIS
searches and retrievals (See
example). We use the aggregate statistics to make improvements to GPO
Access, not to identify individual users or their searches.
- GPO does not
enable cookies¹ to monitor usage or to gather users’
personal information; however, "session cookies" are used to aid
in the selection of items on the U.S. Government Online Bookstore. To take
full advantage of the shopping cart features on the U.S. Government Online Bookstore, users must have
session cookies enabled on their browser. Session
cookies disappear from the user's computer when an Internet session ends.
- Personal information submitted by a user in a comment or
question via phone, fax, or e-mail is not distributed to parties outside
of GPO.
- Using commercial software for security, GPO ensures that only
authorized personnel view credit card numbers that are submitted through
the GPO Access Online Bookstore.
- Personal information that is supplied by a user when submitting
an order via GPO Access, phone, fax, or e-mail is used for
fulfilling that order. This information may be used to notify customers of
new products that may be of interest to them. GPO only provides names and
addresses, upon request, to the publishing agency of the specific product
purchased.
- Where identifying information is asked, it is used only for
responding to users’ comments or questions and is not made available for
other purposes.
- To assist users in finding official Government information, we
provide links to other Web sites. Once users have left GPO Access
and entered another site, they are subject to the privacy policy of that
site.
- Information presented on GPO Access is considered
public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise
specified.
¹ A cookie is a small piece of
information that Web servers or pages store on a user’s hard drive.
Cookies allow Internet servers to "remember" specific information
about a user. Web sites use them primarily to personalize their sites for
individual users, to keep track of orders when users purchase products, and
to target advertising toward users based on the information that they
access.
A service of the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office.
Questions or comments: gpoaccess@gpo.gov.
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