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Privacy
Policy
Thank you for visiting an International
Trade Administration (ITA) web site. ITA promotes
U.S. exports and American manufacturing and services
industries, protects U.S.
business interests abroad, safeguards American industries
and jobs against unfair trade, and enforces U.S.
trade laws. In support of these activities, ITA operates
the Export.Gov trade portal and other websites that
occasionally collect business or personal information
from our customers. We do not collect this type of
information without the voluntary consent of the site
visitor. ITA and the Department of Commerce extends
the same protection to business identifiable information
that is afforded to personally identifiable information.
The
main purpose of this policy is to inform our visitors
that you have rights under the Privacy Act, that all
business or personal information provided to ITA is
on a voluntary basis, and that information provided
will be protected to the extent permitted by the Privacy
Act of 1974 and the Freedom
of Information Act of 1966. At each location where
information is collected, we make every effort to
explain explicitly how the information you provide
will be used, and we allow you to determine if you
consent to provide such information.
For more information on the
Freedom of Information Act and your rights under the
Privacy Act please visit the Federal
Citizen Information
Center
site at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/foia.htm.
All information submitted
by visitors is voluntary. Submitting information
constitutes your consent for ITA to use the information
for the purpose stated and indicates to us you are
aware of ITA's Privacy Policy provisions. The specific
practices outlined in this privacy statement apply
to websites maintained by or on behalf of ITA. Generally,
ITA websites do not provide content for children and
we do not collect personally identifiable information
from children. Other organizations in the Federal
government and the Department of Commerce may have
slightly different practices, though the over arching
commitment to your privacy will always be the same.
As you follow links on our website to visit other
trade-related websites, you are encouraged to review
their privacy policies. When you follow a link to
another site, you are subject to the privacy policies
of the new site.
Our sites do not use "persistent
cookies" or any persistent tracking technologies
that can identify a specific visitor, or information
about that visitor, over multiple visits. However,
some ITA websites do use "session cookies"
that identify the visitor for the duration of a browsing
session. Session cookies are deleted from our Web
servers when your session ends.
ITA
does collect certain non-personal information to help
us better service our site visitors. Information collected
includes for example: the IP (Internet Protocol) address
from which you accessed our site; the IP address of
the website from which you linked to us; the name
of your domain; the type of browser and operating
system you are using; the date and time our site is
accessed; and the pages visited. This information
does not identify you personally.
Information Collected from
E-Mail, Forms and through Site Registration: Information
you submit may be viewed by various people within
the ITA and other Federal agencies actively involved
with international trade. If you register on one of
our web sites to obtain a benefit, report a trade
complaint or use any of our services, you may submit
personally identifiable information, such as name,
title, name/size of company, or address. Certain ITA
services are reserved for U.S. firms and
we may use the registration information to contact
you for verification purposes before allowing access
to the requested service. Information collected from
the public on our websites has been authorized by
The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)as required
under the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
Security, Intrusion, and
Detection: Unauthorized attempts to upload or
change information, or otherwise cause damage to our
websites, are strictly prohibited and may be punishable
under applicable Federal law. Data traffic is monitored
in order to identify unauthorized activities and to
help ensure that ITA Web services remain available
to our users.
Links to Other Web Sites:Our
websites contain links to other federal agencies and
private organizations. Websites of those organizations
may contain links to outside organizations. This linking
does not constitute an endorsement by ITA. These links
are provided for user convenience only.
For more information, please
review the Department of Commerce Privacy Policy Statement
at http://www.commerce.gov/privacystatement.html.
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