Thank you for visiting 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. The
following text details how we handle information about your visit.
If you visit our site to read or download information, we may collect and store the
following information about your visit. (This information does not identify you
personally.)
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The name of the Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a
private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you are connecting from
a university's domain) and the IP address (a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which you
access our site;
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The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
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The date and time you access our site;
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The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our
site; and
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The pages you visit and the information you request.
This information is primarily collected for statistical analysis and technical
improvements to the site. This computer uses software programs to create
summary statistics, which may be used for such purposes as assessing what
information is of most and least interest, determining technical design
specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. In certain
circumstances, however, additional steps made be made to identify you based on
this information and we may share this information, including your identity,
with other government agencies.
If you choose to provide personal information
by filling out a form with your personal
information and submitting it, please note that the
material you submit may be seen by various people. We use submitted information
to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information that you
request. The information you provide is not given to any private organizations
or private persons without your prior permission. This site does not
collect or use information for commercial marketing.
We may share information you give us with contractors acting on behalf of a
sponsoring government agency or with another government agency if your inquiry
relates to that agency. In other limited circumstances, such as responses to
requests from Congress and private individuals, we may be required by law to
disclose information you submit.
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a
session ("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard drive in order to
identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs
on to a Web site ("persistent cookies"). Biometrics.gov does not use persistent
cookies. However, some sections of this site may use session cookies to provide
streamlined navigation and for statistical analysis. These session cookies are
deleted from the biometrics.gov server soon after your session ends and are not
collected or saved. You can configure your Web browser to inform you when
cookies are set or to prevent cookies from being set.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to
all users, this computer employs software programs to monitor network traffic
to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise
cause damage. Anyone visiting biometrics.gov expressly consents to such
monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible
abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law
enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on
this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information
Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.
There may be links to websites created and maintained by other public
and/or private organizations. When you navigate to another site,
you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.