DLA Privacy and
Security Notice
1.
This DLA web
site is provided as a public service by the
Defense
Logistics Agency.
2.
Information
presented is considered public information and may be distributed or copied
unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is
requested.
3.
For site
management, non personally-identifying
information is collected for statistical purposes only. This government
computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which
are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and
least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying
system performance or problem areas.
4.
Personally-identifying information (Information, including, but not
limited to, name, e-mail or postal address, or telephone number, that can
be used to identify an individual) voluntarily provided and collected
directly from an individual, including such sources as opinions and
feedback forms, will be retained to the extent that the information is
relevant and necessary to accomplish the web site’s stated purpose or as
required by Federal statute or Executive Order.
5.
For
site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available
to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to
monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or
change information, or otherwise cause damage.
6.
Except for
authorized law enforcement investigations and national security purposes, 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 National Archives and Records Administration
General Records Schedule 20.
7.
Unauthorized
attempts to upload information or change information on this service are
strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse
Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of
1996.
8.
Cookie Disclaimer. This web site does not use persistent cookies,
i.e., tokens that pass information back and forth from your machine to the
server and remain after you close your browser. This web site does use
session cookies, i.e., tokens that remain active only until you close your
browser, in order to make the site easier for you to use. No database of
information obtained from these cookies is kept and when you close your
browser, the cookie is deleted from your computer.
9.
The
appearance of external links (or hyperlinks) on this page does not
constitute endorsement by the Federal Government, Department of Defense or
the Defense Logistics Agency of linked web sites or the information,
products or services contained therein. DLA is not responsible for the
privacy practices, activities, or content of aforementioned sites. For
other than authorized activities, DLA does not exercise any editorial
control over the information you may find at linked locations. Such links
are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this web site.
10. If
you have any questions or comments about the information presented here,
please forward them to the
DLA Public Affairs Office.
Information Collected for Statistical Purposes
Host Name (or IP address) -
the host name (or IP address) is associated with a requestor. Depending on
the requester’s method of network connection, the host name (or IP address)
may or may not identify a specific computer. Connections via many Internet
Service Providers assign different IP addresses for each session. The host
name (or IP address) will identify a specific computer if that computer has
a fixed IP address.
Date and Time – refers to
the date and time of the request.
Referring Site - refers to
the last site a person visited, which indicates how people find this
website.
Browser Software -
identifies the type of browser software used to access the page, which
indicates what design parameters to use in constructing pages.
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