TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s involvement in this website should not be construed as an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of any organization or position they may take by the U.S. Government or the United States Department of the Treasury. This website is meant to provide general information and is not meant to substitute for, or supersede, professional or legal advice.
PRIVACY POLICY
Introduction
Thank you for visiting www.ControlYourCredit.gov and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: Unless you choose to provide additional information to us, we will collect no personal information about you other than statistical information that can be used to make the site more effective for all our visitors.
Privacy Policy - General
If you visit ControlYourCredit.gov to read or download information, we collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, xcompany.com if you are using a private internet access account) and/or the name and Internet Protocol address of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, 123.456.789.012); the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you voluntarily choose to provide such information to us. We do not give, sell or transfer personal information to third parties unless required by law, such as the Freedom of Information Act.
For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. Computer software programs are used to create summary statistics about visits to the web site 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. No information subject to the Privacy Act, such as name and address, is collected or used for this analysis. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration Guidance. We do not use cookies or tracking mechanisms that collect personally-identifying information on our web site.
For more information on the Privacy Act visit the Federal Citizen Information Center.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Generally, individuals are strongly discouraged from sending any personal information, like a social security number, to any “Contact Us” link or any government e-mail address. It may be necessary to collect personally identifiable information (name and address), but only if specifically and knowingly provided by you.
Notice of Monitoring
You are entering an Official United States Government System which may be used only for authorized purposes. The Government may monitor and audit usage of this system, and all persons are hereby notified that use of this system constitutes consent to such monitoring and auditing.
Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on this web site are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and 18 U.S.C. §§1001 and 1030.