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CSREES Privacy Policy Thank you for visiting the CSREES Web site and reviewing our privacy statement. Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our Web site unless you choose to provide that information to us. Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site: Information Collected and Stored Automatically If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site, 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:
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 are using. 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, as in an e-mail to the Secretary of Agriculture or someone else or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our Web site, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us locate for you the information you have requested. We treat e-mails the same way that we regard letters sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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. USDA does not collect information for commercial marketing. When You Visit USDA Agency/Staff Office Web Sites Please read the USDA Agency/Staff Office Privacy Statement when you visit those Web sites. Where necessary, an Agency/Staff Office may have additional privacy criteria, conditions, or information that you should know. Information Systems Security Program Manager (ISSPM) The CSREES ISSPM is part of the Information Systems and Technology Management Unit Links to Other Sites Our Web site has links to many other federal agencies. In a few cases we link to private organizations, with their permission. Once you access another site through a link that we provide, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. Web Site Security Information presented on the USDA Web site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.
Children's Online Privacy Information on children's online privacy protection can be found at the following site: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. |
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Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service | Last Updated May 4, 2004 |