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| 2 | %h1 Priv acy Policy | |
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| 5 | Thank you for vi siting | |
| 6 | the De partment o f Veterans Affairs ( VA) Web si te and rev iewing our Web Page Privacy | |
| 7 | Policy . The VA a pplies lea ding priva cy practic es and adh eres to da ta | |
| 8 | stewar dship prin ciples in managing o ur Web use r data. Th e data ste wardship | |
| 9 | princi ples guidi ng our eff orts inclu de the fol lowing goa ls: | |
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| 11 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
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| 13 | prot ection of | |
| 14 | Web user priva cy; | |
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| 16 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 17 | main taining | |
| 18 | the confidenti ality of W eb user da ta; and | |
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| 20 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 21 | ensu ring | |
| 22 | appr opriate le vels of se curity for Web user data. | |
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| 24 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:12.0pt ;font-fami ly:\"Helve tica\",san s-serif"} | |
| 25 | This p olicy desc ribes how VA applies these pri nciples to the handl ing of per sonal | |
| 26 | inform ation you provide to us via a VA Web pag e and form s. | |
| 27 | Person al informa tion may i nclude you r name, em ail, busin ess addres s, phone n umbers, | |
| 28 | or oth er informa tion that identifies you perso nally. | |
| 29 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 30 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 31 | Key fe atures of our | |
| 32 | privac y policy i nclude: | |
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| 34 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
| 35 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 36 | This General | |
| 37 | Web Page Priva cy Policy (“General Policy”) a pplies to all VA Web pages. | |
| 38 | Some VA Web pa ges may pr ovide addi tional pol icy guidan ce on priv acy | |
| 39 | prac tices that is compat ible with this Gener al Policy. These add itional | |
| 40 | poli cy guidanc e document s are call ed “Limite d Privacy Policies.” Please | |
| 41 | revi ew any app ropriate L imited Pri vacy Polic y which ma y be prese nted to | |
| 42 | you prior to s ubmitting your infor mation on any VA Web page. | |
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| 44 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 45 | We w ill not | |
| 46 | requ ire you to register or provide personal informatio n in order to visit our | |
| 47 | Web site. Howe ver, certa in areas o f our site may requi re you to register | |
| 48 | or p rovide per sonal info rmation be fore you w ill be gra nted acces s. | |
| 49 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
| 50 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 51 | VA d oes not | |
| 52 | coll ect person al informa tion from Web users unless the personal | |
| 53 | info rmation is provided by you. A Limited Pr ivacy Poli cy will ap ply in | |
| 54 | each case wher e you may provide pe rsonal inf ormation t o VA throu gh our Web | |
| 55 | site . | |
| 56 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
| 57 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 58 | We w ill never | |
| 59 | sell or rent y our person al informa tion to ou tside part ies. | |
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| 61 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 62 | We u se Web | |
| 63 | anal ysis tools (e.g., co okies) for limited u ses author ized in th is policy. | |
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| 65 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 66 | This General | |
| 67 | Priv acy Policy and each Limited Pr ivacy Poli cy promote s the priv acy, | |
| 68 | conf identialit y, securit y, and res ponsible h andling of any infor mation | |
| 69 | coll ected by V A over the Web. | |
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| 73 | Priv acy | |
| 74 | Act Rights | |
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| 76 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 77 | VA fol lows the | |
| 78 | requir ements of the Privac y Act, whi ch protect s your per sonal info rmation th at | |
| 79 | VA mai ntains in “systems o f records” . A system of record s is a fil e, databas e, | |
| 80 | or pro gram from which pers onal infor mation is retrieved by name or other | |
| 81 | person al identif ier. The P rivacy Act provides a number o f protecti ons for yo ur | |
| 82 | person al informa tion. Thes e typicall y include how inform ation is c ollected, | |
| 83 | used, disclosed, stored, a nd dispose d. VA Syst em of Reco rds Notice s are | |
| 84 | availa ble at: | |
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| 86 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 87 | Depa rtment of | |
| 88 | Vete rans Affai rs Privacy Act Syste ms of Reco rds | |
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| 90 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 91 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 92 | This i s a Depart ment | |
| 93 | of Vet erans Affa irs comput er system. This comp uter syste m, includi ng all | |
| 94 | relate d equipmen t, network s, and net work devic es (specif ically inc luding | |
| 95 | Intern et access) are provi ded only f or authori zed uses. VA compute r systems may | |
| 96 | be mon itored for all lawfu l purposes , includin g ensuring that thei r use is | |
| 97 | author ized, mana ging the s ystem, pro tecting ag ainst unau thorized a ccess, and | |
| 98 | verify ing securi ty procedu res, survi vability, and operat ional secu rity. Duri ng | |
| 99 | monito ring, info rmation ma y be exami ned, recor ded, copie d and used for | |
| 100 | author ized purpo ses. | |
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| 102 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 103 | We wil l not disc lose | |
| 104 | your p ersonal in formation to third p arties out side VA wi thout your consent, | |
| 105 | except to facili tate the t ransaction , to act o n your beh alf at you r request, or | |
| 106 | as aut horized by law. | |
| 107 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 108 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 109 | When w e do colle ct | |
| 110 | person al informa tion from you online , we will tell you i n advance in any | |
| 111 | applic able Limit ed Privacy Policy’s Privacy Ac t Statemen t. The Pri vacy Act | |
| 112 | Statem ent will c ontain any additiona l privacy policies t hat apply to the | |
| 113 | inform ation coll ected on a particula r VA Web p age. The W eb pages t hat collec t | |
| 114 | person al informa tion will have a hyp erlink to the Limite d Privacy Policy tha t | |
| 115 | applie s to that particular Web page. | |
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| 118 | We wil l use your | |
| 119 | inform ation to p rocess req uests for VA service s or infor mation. Wh en VA | |
| 120 | collec ts informa tion from you, we wi ll referen ce the rel evant auth ority in t he | |
| 121 | approp riate Limi ted Privac y Policy. Providing the inform ation is g enerally v oluntary, | |
| 122 | but if it is not provided, we may no t be able to process your requ est and | |
| 123 | provid e you with electroni c services . When inf ormation i s required to proces s | |
| 124 | your r equest, we will advi se you of this fact in the app ropriate L imited | |
| 125 | Privac y Policy. | |
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| 129 | Info rmation | |
| 130 | Coll ected and Stored Aut omatically | |
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| 132 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 133 | We aut omatically | |
| 134 | collec t certain informatio n about yo ur visit t o VA Web p ages. We l imit the d ata | |
| 135 | collec ted to mee t specific business needs and to protect your priv acy. We ma y | |
| 136 | know w hat path(s ) you took on our We b sites, b ut we don’ t know who you are. We | |
| 137 | do not use this informatio n to ident ify you pe rsonally w ithout you r express | |
| 138 | consen t and an a uthorized purpose. | |
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| 141 | We aut omatically | |
| 142 | collec t and stor e the foll owing info rmation ab out your v isit to a VA Web sit e: | |
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| 145 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 146 | Gene ral log | |
| 147 | info rmation—Ex amples of general lo g informat ion includ e, but are not | |
| 148 | limi ted to: In ternet dom ain (for e xample, “x company.co m” or | |
| 149 | “you rschool.ed u”); Inter net Protoc ol (IP) ad dress; ope rating sys tem; the | |
| 150 | brow ser used t o access o ur Web sit e; the dat e and time you acces sed our | |
| 151 | site ; and the pages that you visit ed. | |
| 152 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
| 153 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 154 | Refe rral and | |
| 155 | stat istical in formation where we h ave links to or from the site you | |
| 156 | visi ted. Such data may i nclude agg regate dat a such as the number of | |
| 157 | offs ite links occurring during a v isit to a VA Web pag e. It may also | |
| 158 | incl ude specif ic data, s uch as the identity of the sit e that you visited | |
| 159 | imme diately be fore or af ter our si te. We do not use su ch data to identify | |
| 160 | you personally . | |
| 161 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 162 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 163 | We use the gener al log | |
| 164 | inform ation to h elp us mak e our Web sites more useful to visitors. We use it to | |
| 165 | learn about how locations on our sit e are bein g used, wh at informa tion is of | |
| 166 | most a nd least i nterest, a nd how we can enhanc e ease of use by ens uring our | |
| 167 | sites can interf ace with t he types o f technolo gy our vis itors use. We also u se | |
| 168 | such s tatistics to tell us of any po ssible sit e performa nce proble ms. Except | |
| 169 | for ov ersight, l aw enforce ment inves tigations, or protec tion of th e VA | |
| 170 | inform ation tech nology inf rastructur e as autho rized by l aw, no oth er attempt s | |
| 171 | are ma de to iden tify you o r your usa ge habits. | |
| 172 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 173 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 174 | Genera l logs are used | |
| 175 | for no other pur poses than the purpo ses descri bed above, and are s cheduled f or | |
| 176 | regula r destruct ion in acc ordance wi th General Records S chedules p ublished b y | |
| 177 | the Na tional Arc hives and Records Ad ministrati on (NARA) and agency record | |
| 178 | contro l schedule requireme nts. | |
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| 182 | Use | |
| 183 | of C ookies and Tracking Technologi es | |
| 184 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 185 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} What is a Cook ie? | |
| 186 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 187 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 188 | When y ou visit c ertain | |
| 189 | Web si tes, they send a sma ll piece o f informat ion called a “cookie ” to your | |
| 190 | comput er along w ith the We b page. | |
| 191 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 192 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 193 | There are two ki nds of | |
| 194 | cookie s. | |
| 195 | %ul{:type => "disc"} | |
| 196 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
| 197 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 198 | A Se ssion | |
| 199 | Cook ie is a li ne of text that is s tored temp orarily in your comp uter’s | |
| 200 | rand om access memory (RA M). A sess ion cookie is destro yed as soo n as you | |
| 201 | clos e your bro wser. | |
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| 203 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 204 | A | |
| 205 | Pers istent Coo kie is a l ine of tex t that is saved to a file on y our hard d rive | |
| 206 | and is called up the nex t time you visit tha t Web site . This let s the Web site | |
| 207 | reme mber infor mation abo ut your pr evious vis its and us e of the W eb site. | |
| 208 | Pers istent coo kies are g enerally n ot used by VA or oth er Federal governmen t Web | |
| 209 | site s, unless there is a compellin g and auth orized rea son for th eir use. I f any | |
| 210 | VA W eb page us es a Persi stent Cook ie, then t he Limited Privacy P olicy for that | |
| 211 | Web page will clearly st ate the pu rpose and legal auth ority for such use. | |
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| 213 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 214 | We use Session C ookies | |
| 215 | in the following manner: | |
| 216 | %ul{:type => "disc"} | |
| 217 | %li.MsoN ormal{:sty le => "col or:#222222 ;line-heig ht:normal" } | |
| 218 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 219 | Log- on and | |
| 220 | log- off proces s — You do not have to log-on and regist er to brow se our | |
| 221 | site . However, if you de cide to re gister wit h our site to use ou r online | |
| 222 | serv ices, sess ion cookie s help wit h the log- on and log -off proce ss. The | |
| 223 | cook ies enable us to rec ognize you r log-on I D when you log on so that we | |
| 224 | do n ot create a duplicat e log in o r registra tion recor d for you. | |
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| 226 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif" } | |
| 227 | Tran sactions | |
| 228 | and site usabi lity — We use Sessio n Cookies to improve how you n avigate | |
| 229 | thro ugh our We b site and conduct t ransaction s. Session Cookies a re used to | |
| 230 | main tain your online ses sion as yo u browse o ver severa l pages, o r to store | |
| 231 | and enter info rmation on a Web pag e so that you do not have to r eenter the | |
| 232 | same informati on, repeti tively. Se ssion Cook ies may al so be used to | |
| 233 | coll ect referr al statist ics when y ou click a link to o r from a V A Web | |
| 234 | page . | |
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| 238 | Regi stration | |
| 239 | and Log In | |
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| 241 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 242 | Certai n areas of the | |
| 243 | site t hat use pe rsonal inf ormation a nd VA reco rds, such as request ing access | |
| 244 | and en tering med ical evalu ation info rmation wi ll require an email address, | |
| 245 | passwo rd, and ad ditional m ethods for identific ation. | |
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| 249 | Pass word | |
| 250 | Prot ection | |
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| 253 | When y ou registe r for an | |
| 254 | accoun t, access to your pe rsonal inf ormation w ill be pro tected by multifacto r | |
| 255 | authen tication, which may include an email add ress, PIV card, or p assword. W e | |
| 256 | strong ly recomme nd that yo u do not d ivulge you r password to anyone and that you | |
| 257 | change it on a r egular bas is. | |
| 258 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 259 | %b | |
| 260 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 261 | Savi ng | |
| 262 | of P asswords b y Browser | |
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| 264 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 265 | Many I nternet br owsers | |
| 266 | allow users to s ave user i nformation , includin g password s. When pr ompted by a | |
| 267 | browse r to save your authe ntication credential s such as your email address a nd | |
| 268 | passwo rd, you sh ould decli ne this op tion. Savi ng this in formation could | |
| 269 | potent ially allo w persons who gain a ccess to a shared wo rkstation to access | |
| 270 | your p ersonal in formation, although you are pr otected to some exte nt in this | |
| 271 | case b y the requ irement fo r multifac tor authen tication b efore acce ssing your | |
| 272 | person al informa tion. | |
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| 275 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 276 | Logg ing | |
| 277 | Out | |
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| 279 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 280 | Please remember to log | |
| 281 | out wh en you are finished using pers onalized s ervices. L ogging out prevents | |
| 282 | someon e else fro m accessin g your per sonal info rmation if you leave , share, o r | |
| 283 | use a public com puter (i.e ., like a library, o r Internet café) and your sess ion | |
| 284 | hasn’t automatic ally “time d out” or shut down. You shoul d remember to log ou t. | |
| 285 | If you forget to log out o r 15 minut es of non- activity p ass, the s ession wil l | |
| 286 | time o ut. | |
| 287 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 288 | %b | |
| 289 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 290 | Info rmation | |
| 291 | Shar ing | |
| 292 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 293 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 294 | We do not sell, rent, | |
| 295 | or oth erwise pro vide your personal i nformation to outsid e marketer s. | |
| 296 | Inform ation coll ected may be shared with emplo yees, cont ractors, a nd other | |
| 297 | servic e provider s as neces sary to re spond to a request, provide a service, o r | |
| 298 | as oth erwise aut horized by law. If a ppropriate , addition al informa tion | |
| 299 | regard ing the us e and disc losure of informatio n collecte d on speci fic Web pa ges | |
| 300 | will b e posted i n the appr opriate Li mited Priv acy Policy for that Web page. | |
| 301 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 302 | %b | |
| 303 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} Secu rity | |
| 304 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 305 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 306 | In tho se instanc es | |
| 307 | where we secure your perso nal inform ation in t ransit to us over th e Internet , | |
| 308 | and up on our rec eipt, VA u ses indust ry-standar d encrypti on, includ ing Secure | |
| 309 | Socket Layer (SS L). The co nnection i con area o n your bro wser will change to | |
| 310 | “HTTPS ” instead of “HTTP” when this security f eature is invoked. Y our browse r | |
| 311 | may al so display a lock sy mbol on th e task bar at the bo ttom of yo ur screen to | |
| 312 | indica te this se cure trans mission is in place. You shoul d refer to the | |
| 313 | instru ctions for your part icular Int ernet brow ser softwa re to dete rmine how to | |
| 314 | examin e the secu rity certi ficate fro m our Web site to ve rify the s ecurity of | |
| 315 | the co nnection. | |
| 316 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 317 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 318 | For si te securit y | |
| 319 | purpos es and to ensure tha t VA Web p ages remai n availabl e to all u sers, VA | |
| 320 | employ s software programs to monitor network t raffic in order to i dentify | |
| 321 | unauth orized att empts to u pload or c hange info rmation, o r otherwis e cause | |
| 322 | damage . Except f or oversig ht or auth orized law enforceme nt investi gations, n o | |
| 323 | other attempts a re made to identify individual users or their usag e habits | |
| 324 | other than those uses iden tified in this polic y. | |
| 325 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 326 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 327 | Unauth orized att empts | |
| 328 | or act s to eithe r (1) acce ss, upload , change, or delete informatio n on this | |
| 329 | system , (2) modi fy this sy stem, (3) deny acces s to this system, or (4) accru e | |
| 330 | resour ces for un authorized use on th is system, are stric tly prohib ited and m ay | |
| 331 | be con sidered vi olations s ubject to criminal, civil, or administra tive | |
| 332 | penalt ies. | |
| 333 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 334 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 335 | VA tak es the sec urity | |
| 336 | of all personall y identifi able infor mation we receive ve ry serious ly. We | |
| 337 | implem ent variou s measures to protec t the secu rity and c onfidentia lity of | |
| 338 | person ally ident ifiable in formation. Such meas ures inclu de access controls | |
| 339 | design ed to limi t access t o personal ly identif iable info rmation to the exten t | |
| 340 | necess ary to acc omplish ou r mission. We also e mploy vari ous securi ty | |
| 341 | techno logies to protect pe rsonally i dentifiabl e informat ion stored on our | |
| 342 | system s. We test our secur ity measur es periodi cally to e nsure that they rema in | |
| 343 | operat ional. | |
| 344 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 345 | %b | |
| 346 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 347 | Link s | |
| 348 | to O ther Sites | |
| 349 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 350 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 351 | This W eb site pr ovides | |
| 352 | access to other Web sites outside ou r control and jurisd iction. Wh en you lin k | |
| 353 | to the se Web sit es, you le ave our We b site and your comm unications no longer | |
| 354 | are pr otected by our priva cy policie s. VA is n ot respons ible for t he privacy | |
| 355 | practi ces or the content o f non-VA W eb sites. We encoura ge you to review the | |
| 356 | privac y policy o r terms an d conditio ns of thos e sites to fully und erstand wh at | |
| 357 | inform ation is c ollected a nd how it is used. | |
| 358 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 359 | %b | |
| 360 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 361 | Cont act | |
| 362 | VA P rivacy Ser vice | |
| 363 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 364 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 365 | Please let us kn ow if | |
| 366 | you ha ve any que stions or concerns r egarding o ur privacy policy or use of yo ur | |
| 367 | inform ation. You can conta ct us onli ne at | |
| 368 | %a{:href = > " PII "} | |
| 369 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;\nfont- family:\"H elvetica\" ,sans-seri f"} Contac t VA Priva cy Service | |
| 370 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:12.0pt ;font-fami ly:\"Helve tica\",san s-serif;co lor:#22222 2"} | |
| 371 | , | |
| 372 | or you can mail us your qu estion or concern at Departmen t of Veter ans Affair s, | |
| 373 | Privac y Service, 810 Vermo nt Avenue, N.W. (005 R1A) Washi ngton, DC 20420. | |
| 374 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 375 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 376 | Your i nquiry wil l be | |
| 377 | treate d confiden tially and will not be shared with third parties, except as | |
| 378 | necess ary to res pond to yo ur inquiry and for o ther purpo ses as aut horized by | |
| 379 | the Pr ivacy Act and other relevant l egal autho rity. | |
| 380 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 381 | %span{:l ang => "EN ", :style => "font-s ize:\n12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 382 | The VA Privacy S ervice | |
| 383 | works to minimiz e the impa ct on vete ran’s priv acy, parti cularly ve teran’s | |
| 384 | person al informa tion and d ignity, wh ile achiev ing the mi ssion of t he Departm ent | |
| 385 | of Vet eran Affai rs. | |
| 386 | %p.MsoNorm al{:style => "line-h eight:norm al"} | |
| 387 | %i | |
| 388 | %span{ :lang => " EN", :styl e => "font -size:12.0 pt;font-fa mily:\"Hel vetica\",s ans-serif; color:#222 222"} | |
| 389 | Revi ewed/Updat ed | |
| 390 | May 23, 2017 | |
| 391 | %p.MsoNorm al |
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