NASA
Web Site Privacy and Security Notices, Web Site Disclaimer,
and Accessibility Statement
Thank you for visiting this NASA Web site and reviewing
our privacy and security notices.
NASA uses advanced technologies as part of its core
mission to discover and inform. Cookie technology may
be implemented at some NASA Web sites. At no time is
private information you have given us, whether stored
in cookies (persistent) or elsewhere, shared with third
parties that have no right to that information. If you
do not wish to have persistent cookies stored on your
machine, you can turn them off in your browser. However,
this may impact the functioning of some NASA sites.
Below are examples of what we do with your information:
When Reading or Downloading Web Site Information:
We may collect and store information for statistical
purposes. For example, we may count the number of visitors
to the different pages of our Web site to help make
them more useful to visitors. This information does
not identify you personally. We automatically collect
and store only the following information about your
visit:
- The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com"
if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu"
if you connect from a university's domain) and IP
address (an IP address is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing
the Web) from which you access our Web site;
- The type of browser and operating system used to
access our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The pages you visit; and
- If you visited this NASA Web site from a link on
another Web site, the address of that Web site.
Similar information is gathered for anonymous ftp,
remote account login, or for other comparable types
of connections.
The information that you provide on a NASA Web site
will be used only for its intended purpose, except as
required by law or if pertinent to judicial or governmental
investigations or proceedings.
When Sending Us E-Mail:
By sending us an electronic mail (e-mail) message,
you may be sending us personal information such as your
name, address, and e-mail address. We may store your
name, address, and e-mail address of the requester in
order to respond to your request or otherwise resolve
the subject matter of the e-mail. Under limited circumstances,
including requests from Congress or private individuals,
we may be required by law to disclose the information
you submit.
Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against
interception. If your communication is very sensitive,
or includes personal information like your Social Security
number, you might want to send it by postal mail instead.
When Registering:
Some of our Web sites ask visitors who request specific
information to fill out a registration form. For example,
vendors looking for marketing opportunities by visiting
our NASA Acquisition Internet Service site may be asked
to "register" to obtain email notices of business
opportunities. Other information collected at Web sites
through questionnaires, feedback forms, or other means,
enables us to determine visitors' interests, with the
goal of providing better service to our customers.
Regardless of the information being transmitted to
NASA, we will protect all such information consistent
with the principles of the Federal Records Act, the
Privacy Act, and as applicable, the Freedom of Information
Act.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this
Web service remains available to all users, this Government
computer system employs software programs that monitor
network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to
upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Anyone using this system 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 NASA servers 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.
Thank you for visiting this NASA Web site. NASA may
provide links to Web pages that are not part of the
NASA Web family or nasa.gov domain. These sites are
managed by organizations, companies, or individuals
and not under NASA control, and NASA is not responsible
for the information or links you may find there. NASA
provides links to these sites merely as a convenience
and the presence of these links is not a NASA endorsement
of the sites. NASA is not responsible for the information
collection practices of non-NASA sites. Once you link
to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy
of the new site, and you should read that site's policies
on privacy and information collection.
We have attempted to make the pages on this Web site
accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance
with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you have
any difficulty viewing any page with adaptive technology,
please contact the webmaster
for this site, or the Equal
Opportunities Program Office (EOPO).
Documents on NASA Web sites are presented in many formats.
These formats are generally accessible to users using
screen reading software. Some files on this Web site
may be posted as Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document
Format) files. Adobe provides their Acrobat
Reader software as a free download.
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