The TSP Web site (www.tsp.gov) is provided as a public service by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. The following information explains the TSP Web site's privacy policy:
This Web site does not use "cookies." In addition, we do not collect personal information about you when you browse the public (non-secure) sections of this Web site. However, if you choose to access your account in the secure section of this Web site, we do request your SSN in order to identify your account. Read the Privacy Act Notice on the Account Access Login page.
This Government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used to assess what information is of most and least interest, determine technical design specifications, and identify system performance or problem areas.
Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this Web site are strictly prohibited and may be in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
To ensure that the TSP Web site is secure and that this Web site is available to all users, this Government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic in order to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or damage the functioning of the Web site.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are routinely destroyed in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration General Schedule 20.