Office of Science and Technology
Policy
Website Privacy and Security Policy
OSTP Internet Security Policy
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.
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
Information Collected and Stored
Automatically
Thank you for visiting the Office
of Science and Technology Policy's Website and reviewing our
privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect
no personal information about you when you visit our website
unless you choose to provide that information to us.
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. This information does not identify you personally.
We automatically collect and store only the following information
about your visit:
- The Internet
domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if
you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if
you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an
IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to
your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which
you access our website;
- 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 the OSTP website from another website, the address
of that website.
We use this information to help us
make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number
of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors
use. We do not track or record information about individuals and
their visits.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with
personal information -- by filling out a form with your personal
information and submitting it to us through our website --
we use that information to respond to your message and to help
us get you the information you have requested. We treat emails
the same way we treat letters sent to the White House. We are
required to maintain many documents under the Presidential
Records Act for historical purposes, but we do not
collect personal information for any purpose other than to
respond to you. We only share the information you give us with
another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency,
or as otherwise required by law. Moreover, we do not create
individual profiles with the information you provide or to
give it to any private organizations. OSTP does not collect
information for commercial marketing.
Links to Other Sites
Our Website 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.