Collection and Use of Personal Information
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- You do not have to
provide OPIC with personal information to visit our web site.
- We
will not collect personal information from you when you visit our web site
unless you choose to provide that information to us.
- We will notify you, at the
point of collection, how information that personally identifies you will
be used, including whether such information may be transmitted to third
parties. The information will be used only for those described purposes.
- You have the option to send an e-mail to OPIC requesting
information or records from the Corporation. If you send an e-mail containing personally-identifying information (e.g., your
mailing address), the information you provide will be used only for responding to your request for information or records.
However, you should be aware that e-mail is not necessarily secure
against interception.
Collection and Use of Statistical Information
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OPIC automatically gathers and stores information about visits to our web site
to perform statistical analysis of the use of the site and enhance its utility to our
visitors. This information will not identify you personally.
The information we collect includes:
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The
IP address from which you access our web site;
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The
type of browser and operating system used to access the site;
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The
date and time you access the site;
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The
pages you visited;
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The
IP address of the referring web site, if you access our site directly from
another site;
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The
amount of data (bytes) transferred to you; and
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The
amount of time taken to transfer the data to you.
OPIC
does not place “cookies” onto user hard drives.
(A cookie is an entry placed in a file on your hard drive by a web site
that allows it to monitor your use of the web site, usually without your
knowledge.)
Links to Other Sites
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OPIC’s Internet web site is
linked to other government, quasi-government and private organizations.
When you leave OPIC’s web site via a link to another web site, you
become subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
Security and Intrusion Detection (top)
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation web site is hosted on a United States Government
computer system, and is provided only for authorized use. It may be monitored
for all lawful purposes, including management of the system and for
protection against unauthorized access.
During monitoring,
information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes.
All information, including personal information, placed on or sent over
OPIC’s web site or computer system may be monitored. Use of this system,
authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to monitoring of this system.
Unauthorized access or use may subject you to criminal
prosecution. Evidence of unauthorized use collected during monitoring may be
used for administrative, criminal or other adverse action.
Web Site Privacy Policy
