FAA WEB SITE POLICIES and ISSUES
Online FAA Web Privacy Statement
At the FAA, we recognize the importance of privacy to our web
site visitors. This privacy policy explains what type of
information is collected from you when you visit, and how the
FAA uses it.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you visit the FAA Web site, we use automated tools to log
information about each visit. We process this information in the
aggregate to determine site performance issues, such as popular
pages, most frequently downloaded forms, and other site
performance characteristics. This information does not identify
you personally. We do not track or record information about
individuals and their visits
The specific data we collect are:
1. The Internet domain (example: www.columbia.edu) and the
assigned Internet protocol (IP) address. IP address is a number
that is assigned to your computer when you are surfing the Web).
2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our
site;
3. The date and time you access our site;
4. The pages that are viewed, and paths that are taken through
the Web site.
This aggregated log data is processed by software tool. The raw
log data is retained for three months, and is then destroyed.
About Web "Cookies"
On some FAA Web pages, "session " cookies are utilized to
enhance and improve your visit. "Session" cookies" expire when
you close your Web browser. On those Web pages that use
"persistent cookies", an advisory is posted on that page,
informing you what information is being collected, why it is
being collected, and how it is being used.
Information Collected from E-mail and Web Forms
You can contact us by postal mail, telephone, or electronically,
via an on-line form. Please do not send information that you
would not want a third party to read. For example, please do not
send your Social Security number or credit card information, as
it is unlikely this data is needed to respond to your e-mail.
The FAA may share the information that you provide to us via
e-mail within the agency to respond to your queries, but we do
not provide e-mail information to anyone unless required by law
to do so. We will not collect or sell your information for
commercial purposes.
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. This website and the information it
contains are provided as a public service by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA). This system is monitored to
ensure proper operation, to verify the functioning of applicable
security features, and for comparable purposes. Anyone using
this system expressly consents to such monitoring. Unauthorized
attempts to modify any information stored on this systems, to
defeat or circumvent security features, or to utilize this
system for other than its intended purposes are prohibited and
may result in criminal prosecution.
RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY
The FAA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the
accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this
website and expressly disclaims liability for errors and
omissions in the contents of this website. No warranty of any
kind, implied, expresses or statutory, including but not limited
to warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title,
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom
from computer virus, is given with respect to the contents of
this website or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources.
Reference in this website to any specific commercial products,
processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm or
corporation name is for the information and convenience of the
public, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or
favoring by FAA.
OWNERSHIP
Information presented on this website is considered public
information and may be distributed or copied. FAA shall have the
unlimited right to use for any purpose, free of any charge, all
information submitted to FAA via this site except those
submissions made under separate legal contract. FAA shall be
free to use, for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, or techniques
contained in information provided to FAA through this site.
Posted November 6, 2000 Federal Aviation Administration
Southwest Region Headquarters
2601 Meacham Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas 76137-4298
The content of these pages is unofficial and not authority for
action. Views, opinions and data
expressed or represented, do not necessarily reflect those
of the
U.S. Department of Transportation
or the Federal Aviation Administration.
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