Privacy Policy
Information Collected And Stored Automatically
- The information we learn about you from your visit to our website depends upon what functions you perform when visiting our site.
- For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. This computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
- If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store 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 website;
- 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 linked to the USCC website from another website, the address of that website.
Children’s Privacy
Certain areas of USCC’s website provide disaster-related educational content for children. USCC is committed to complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and does not use its website to collect personal information from children under the age of 13 years old. In instances where a child under the age of 13 submits a question or comment, USCC will only use the child’s e-mail address to respond to the inquiry and will delete the message in accordance with its approved records schedule. For more information, please contact info@uschaplaincorps.us
The United States Chaplain Corps and its affiliates has enabled Google Analytics on USCC’s Website(s). Google Analytics is a tool that helps the Department gather feedback using non-identifiable aggregated data such as number of unique visitors to a page and the navigation the visitor took to get to a specific piece of content. The Department will use this data to make modifications to the website to improve the user experience and monitor the traffic on the website.In order to use this tool, Google sets a cookie on your machine or device. While this cookie is set automatically, you may chose not to have the cookie placed on your machine or device without any modifications to the appearance or functionality of the website by following the instructions below. You may also delete the cookie at any time through the options tab on your browser also outlined below. The cookie monitors your navigation through the website and records:
- What content was viewed.
- How you arrived at the specific content.
- Your ISP provider including the ISP provider’s geographic information.
- The time spent viewing a specific piece of content.
- The time spent on the entire website.
- The path taken to access the website.
- The connection speed of the session.
Google Analytics does not tell the Agency who you are or allow the Agency to determine your identity nor does the cookie monitor or record your web usage after you leave the Agency’s website(s).The data is automatically sent from the cookie on your machine or device to Google’s system which immediately aggregates the data. Neither the Agency nor Google will ever have access to the specifics of your particular session. What the Agency will see is the aggregate data from all users for a particular time period.The Agency is gathering this information for internal purposes and has chosen to not share the aggregate data with Google. We may use the aggregated data to share with our partners and contractors to help improve the user experience. The Agency will retain the aggregated data as long as required per our records retention policy.The Agency has taken great efforts to protect your privacy. To opt out of having the cookie installed on your machine or device, you may need to adjust your internet browser’s cookie settings. If you use multiple browsers on your machine or device, you will need to complete this process for each browser used. Please visit the internet for instructions for common browsers. If you have any questions about our use of Google Analytics please contact the the USCS administration office.
Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation is prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this agency computer system employs software programs to monitor host and 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 archives and records administration guidelines.
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.”
All USCC text messages are sent from our dedicated number. We will never charge you for text message alerts, but carrier message and data rates may apply. Your carrier may collect additional data elements, please see their privacy policies for further details.We will not use your phone number to track, reverse look up, or for any type of commercial marketing.