If you visit our site to read or download information, such as
House committee jurisdictions or press releases, we collect and
store only the following information:
- The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for
example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online
account).
- The date and time you access our site.
- The Internet address of the web site from which you linked
directly to our site or the Internet address of the computer
used to link to our site.
This information is used for Site Management purposes. This
government computer system uses software programs to create summary
statistics using this information. These statistics are used for
such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different
sections of our site, what information is of most and least
interest, determining technical design specifications, and
identifying system performance or problem areas.
NOTICE: We will not obtain personally-identifying information
about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such
information.
If you send an E-mail message or complete a web form which
contains personal information, we collect and store the following
information:
- Any personally-identifying information which you choose to
provide. For example your mailing address, in an electronic mail
message or web form requesting information or commenting on
current legislative issues. Information collected in this manner
is used solely for information and, in some cases, to respond to
you. Please also see Security and Policy Notices posted on
individual Member, Committee and other House office web sites
for information on how individual offices may use the data you
choose to provide them via forms on their sites.
NOTICE: For site security purposes this Government computer
system employs software programs to monitor network traffic. Anyone
using this system consents to the monitoring of their use by system
or security personnel.
- Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification of this
system -- or its supporting hardware or software -- may violate
federal or other statutes and may subject the violator to
criminal and civil penalties. In the event of unauthorized
intrusion, all relevant information regarding possible violation
of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.
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