Privacy & Security
The SciTechResources.gov
web site is managed by the National Technical Information Service
(NTIS). NTIS is committed to protecting your privacy and will collect
no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information.
Such information is kept within NTIS although some information may be
provided to our agency sources. For products developed under a joint venture,
some information may be shared with our joint venture partner.
Here is how we handle information
about your visit to our site.
1. If you
read or download information, we automatically collect and store the following:
- status
of the request (was it successful or was there an error?);
- the date
and time you access our site;
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the
Internet address of the Web site or domain name of the computer from
which you accessed our site;
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the
type and version of your Web browser (Netscape, Explorer, etc.); and
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the
operating system (Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.) of the machine running
the Web browser.
2. If you
send us an e-mail, we will only use it to respond to your message or to
provide you ongoing information if you request it.
3. If you
purchase a product on-line, we collect personal information required to
support the purchasing of products, including names, addresses, telephone
and fax numbers and e-mail addresses.
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Our Web site has links to many other federal agencies.
In a few cases, we link to private organizations with their permission.
Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of
the new site.
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"Cookies" are small pieces of information that
are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. NTIS only uses
session cookies. These cookies allow us to provide features such as storing
items in your shopping cart between visits and are also used in some of
our fee-based subscription services. No other site can request this information
nor can NTIS track your usage of other sites. If you turn your browser's
cookie option off, you can still use most of the features on our site.
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