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International Trade Administration Web Site Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 3, 2001

Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting an International Trade Administration (ITA) web site, an official site of the U. S. Department of Commerce. ITA promotes U.S. exports, protects U.S. business interests abroad and enforces U.S. trade laws. In the course of doing our job we sometimes are required to collect business or personal information from our customers. We do not disclose, sell or transfer any information we collect from this public web site. However, ITA can only protect the information we collect to the extent permitted by the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Freedom of Information Act of 1966.

We do not collect or store information that can be used to personally identify visitors to our web sites without their permission. Our sites do not use "web bugs" and if we use "persistent cookies" to improve the functionality of our sites, we will notify our visitors of their use. Here is how ITA will handle information we gather about you from your visit:

This information does not identify you personally. This information is used to provide better services to our site visitors.

For more information, please review the Department of Commerce Privacy Statement at http://204.193.246.62/public.nsf/docs/privacy-statement.