U.S. House Privacy
Notice
If you
visit our site, the House of Representatives collects and stores
only the following information:
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The name of the domain
from which you access the Internet (for example,
aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online
account).
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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 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 email
message or complete a web form which contains personal
information, we collect and store the following
information:
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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 other 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.
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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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