DoDEA Privacy Policy

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DoDEA Privacy and Security Notice
This web site is provided as a public service of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

Information presented on this web site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied, appropriate byline/photo/image credits requested. Creative works by DoDEA students remain the property of the student and may not be used without permission.

For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. This government communications system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used to determine which information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance and problem areas. No information is stored about individual users or their usage habits in "cookie" format.

For site security purposes and to insure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration General Schedule 20.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

The appearance of hyperlinks within the information contained in this Web site does not constitute endorsement, by the Federal Government, Department of Defense, or the Department of Defense Education Activity, of linked Web sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. The Department of Defense Education Activity does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at linked locations. External links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Web site.
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please forward them to:

webmaster@hq.dodea.edu or
DoDEA/Office of Communications
4040 N. Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22203
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Privacy and Security Notice
Last reviewed February 19, 2002