Privacy
This notice provides the Future of Land Imaging Working Group policy regarding the nature, purpose, use and
sharing of any information collected via this Web site. The information you
provide on this site will be used only for its intended
purpose. We will protect your information consistent with the principles
of the Privacy Act, the e-Government act of 2002, the Federal Records Act,
and as applicable, the Freedom of Information Act.
Submitting information is strictly voluntary. By doing so, you are
giving the Future of Land Imaging Working Group your permission to use the information for the intended purpose. If
you do not want to give the Future of Land Imaging Working Group permission to use your information, simply do
not provide it. However, not providing certain information may result in the Working Group
inability to provide you with the information or services you desire.
There are several types of information we collect. These include:
- Automatically Collected Information
- Personal Information
The Working Group never collects information for commercial marketing. We will only share
your information with another government agency if it relates to that agency,
or as otherwise required by law. The Working Group never creates individual profiles or
gives your information to any private organization.
Automatically Collected Information
We collect and temporarily store certain technical information about your
visit for use in site management and security purposes. This information includes:
- The Internet domain from which you access our Web site (for example, "xcompany.com" if
you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if
you connect from an educational domain);
- The IP address (a unique number for each computer connected to the Internet)
from which you access our Web site;
- The type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) used to access
our site;
- The operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The URLs of the pages you visit;
- Your username, if it was used to log in to the Web site; and
- If you visited this Web site from another Web site, the URL of the
forwarding site.
This information is only used to help us make our site more useful for you.
With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types
of technology our visitors use.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts are made
to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are retained
temporarily as required for security and site management purposes only.
Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information, through sending us an email, we will use that information to
respond to your message and to help us get you the information or services
you have requested.
Remember that email isn't necessarily secure. You should never
send sensitive or personal information like your Social Security number in
an email. Use postal mail or secure Web sites instead.
Web Site Security Notice
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,. 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 under the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection
Act of 1996.
Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement
This site links to many Web sites created and maintained by other public and/or
private organizations. The Working Group provides links to these sites as a service to our
users. The presence of a link is not an endorsement of the site.
When users follow a link to an outside Web site, they are leaving the Working Group Web site and
are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of
the outside Web site(s). The Working Group is not responsible for the information collection
practices of these sites.
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