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Website, Copyright, and External Link Policies
Security Policy
Privacy Policy
Copyright Policy
External Link Policy
Security Policy
This is a DoD computer system. Before processing classified information, check the security accreditation level of this system. Do not process, store, or transmit information classified above the accreditation level of this system. This computer system, including all related equipment, networks and network devices (includes internet access) are provided only for authorized U.S. government use. DoD computer systems may be monitored for all lawful purposes, to include ensuring that their use is authorized, for management of the system, to facilitate protection against unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, survivability, and operational security. Monitoring includes, but is not limited to, active attacks by authorized DOD entities to test or verify the security of this system. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes. All information, including personal information, placed on or sent over this system may be monitored.
Use of this DoD computer system, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to monitoring. Unauthorized use of this DOD computer system may subject you to criminal prosecution. Evidence of unauthorized use collected during monitoring may be used for administrative, criminal, or other adverse action. Use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring for all lawful purposes.
YOU ARE ACCESSING A U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) THAT IS PROVIDED FOR USG-AUTHORIZED USE ONLY.
By using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions:
- The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.
- At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.
- Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG authorized purpose.
- This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests--not for your personal benefit or privacy.
- Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details.
This website resides on an official United States Government System, which may be used only for authorized purposes. This site is protected by various provisions of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. Violations of Title 18 are subject to criminal prosecution in federal court.
For security purposes and to ensure 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, to cause damage, or to deny service to authorized users.
Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
Information presented on this server, except where specifically copyrighted, is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.
Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.
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.
We do not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or by statute.
Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
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 only the following information about your visit:
- The Internet domain (for example, ""youragency.com" if you connect from a government domain, "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain, or "yourcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account) 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 SSI website from another website, the address of that website
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an e-mail message, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through our website, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information that you request.
If You Create an Account
If you create an account we will store your personal information in a secure database. Your information will be linked to publications that you have ordered, to subscription topics you have requested, and to conference registrations. Whenever you delete an account with us, your personal information is deleted from the database associated with the website. However, we do maintain backups, in which case your historic information would only be accessible to those with access to the archives. It would never be made "live" again. We do not track pages you have viewed, publications you've downloaded, emails sent to colleagues, surveys completed, or searches you've performed. In summary, by using the control panel, you can edit all the information we have about you except for some administrative items that have no relevance to privacy. For example, we store the number of times you've logged in with the correct user name and password, whether or not you are approved to receive large quantities of publications, and whether or not you have confirmed the deletion of your account.
Copyright and Reprinting Policy
SSI studies hold no copyright. Current statutes prevent the U.S. government from copyrighting intellectual property since that property is paid for by the public and is therefore 'owned by the public'.
Reprinting - Since, at this time, there is no copyright policy, many organizations reprint our studies for classroom/seminar use. We do ask that you write us a message with the number of reprints and their intended use so that we can report this information for budgeting and resource allocation.
External Link Policy
The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the (Department of Defense/the U.S. Army/the U.S. Navy/the U.S. Air Force/the U.S. Marine Corps, etc.) of this Web site or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and Morale, Welfare and Recreation sites, the (Department of Defense/the U.S. Army/the U.S. Navy/the U.S. Air Force/the U.S. Marine Corps, etc.) does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this DoD Web site.Please let us know about existing external links which you believe are inappropriate.