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USAID Privacy Policy |
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This section of the page explains how the U.S. Agency for International
Development will handle information we learn about you from your visit
to our web site. The information we receive depends upon what you do
when visiting our site.
If you visit our site to read or download information, such as country information or information about one of our projects:
- We collect and store only the following information about you:
the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example,
aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account, or
iowa.edu if you are connecting from the University of Iowa's domain);
the date and time you access our site, the Internet address of the web
site from which you linked directly to our site; and what information
you view while you visit our web site.
- We use the information we collect to measure the number of
visitors to the different sections of our site, find out what
information is the most viewed, and to help us make our web site more
useful to visitors. This gathering and storing of information is
separate from the activity described as monitoring in our Security
Notice.
- The information gathered is used for two purposes: site
management and, in the case of suspected unauthorized activity, for law
enforcement and possible criminal prosecution (see Security Notice).
- If you identify yourself by sending us a comment using our contact page or an E-mail:
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- You also may decide to send us personally-identifying
information, for example, in an electronic mail message asking a
question or providing us with a comment or suggestion. We use
personally-identifying information to respond to your comment or
suggestion, and to count the number of people sending us comments. In
certain instances, your comment or suggestion may be forwarded to other
U.S. government agencies or departments if they are in the best
position to respond to your message.
- We want to be very clear: We will not obtain
personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site,
unless you choose to provide such information to us. We maintain the
information we collect in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974,
where applicable.
Cookies and other information stored on your computer
In general, this site does NOT use the "cookies" that some Web sites
use to gather and store information about your visits to their sites.
Cookies are essentially tokens of information, such as preferences and
passwords, which some Web servers collect from you when you access
them. That data is stored on your hard drive-not on the Web site's
server. Whenever you visit a "cookie" site, the server looks for its
cookie on your hard drive and, if found, then reads the information it
stored there. Cookies generally are stored in your browser's directory
or folder in a file named cookie.txt (MagicCookie on a Macintosh).
However, you should be aware that on a limited number of pages, the
USAID web site uses persistent "cookies" to only authenticate the
identity of the user. You will also receive a specific notice about
this "cookie" on the page BEFORE the "cookie" is used or "set." USAID
uses this technology in order to:
maintain the integrity of the information presented; and
authenticate the identity of the individual user.
USAID takes the safeguarding of any personally identifying information
very seriously. Any information collected using the "cookies"
associated with this section of the USAID web site will be used only in
connection with the administration of this discussion group.
We collect this information only to authenticate your identity while
you are these limited sections of the USAID web site. The "cookie" has
no other function, and USAID will not share any information associated
with this "cookie" with individuals not connected with the
administration of this section of the USAID web site, or with anyone
outside USAID.
Further, some of the links on the USAID web site point to non-USAID
sites which may place cookies on your computer. You can expect to be
notified that you are leaving the USAID site when you select one of
these links. However, you should know that the non-USAID site may still
place a cookie on your computer while you are reading the warning
message.
If you want to avoid such cookies, we encourage you to set your browser
to notify you when cookies are being set and allow you to reject them.
Your system's help files will explain how to do this.
For SITE 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, or otherwise cause damage.
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.
We generally will not obtain personally identifying information about
you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such
information to us. See also Privacy Act Notice.
If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.
General Disclaimer
Information presented on this Web site is considered public information
and may be distributed or copied freely unless identified as being
subject to copyright protection. In return, we request only that USAID
be cited as the source of any information, photos, and images copied
from this site and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly
credited to the photographer or author.
We strongly recommend that USAID data be acquired directly from this
Web site and not through other sources that may change the information
in some way or exclude material crucial to the understanding of that
information. While we make every effort to provide accurate and
complete information, some information may change between site updates.
Substantive changes may be noted when content is next updated.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
The documents posted on this Web site may contain hypertext links or
pointers to information created and maintained by other public and
private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for
visitors' convenience. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy,
relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information.
Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to Web sites other than a
USAID-managed Web site is not intended to assign importance to those
sites and the information contained therein, nor is it intended to
endorse, recommend, or favor any views expressed, or commercial
products or services offered on these outside sites, or the
organizations sponsoring the sites, by trade name, trademark,
manufacture, or otherwise.
Reference in this Web site to any specific commercial products,
processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation
name is for the information and convenience of the site's visitor's,
and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the
United States Government or USAID.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily
state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or the USAID, and shall
not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
Disclaimer of Liability
Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information.
However, with the thousands of documents available, often uploaded
within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no
errors. We make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy,
completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this Web site and
expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents
of this Web site.
With respect to the content of this site, neither the United States
Government, nor USAID, nor their employees and contractors make any
warranty, expressed or implied or statutory, including but not limited
to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, and
the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
with respect to content available from this USAID Web site or other
Internet resources linked from it. Additionally, neither the U.S.
Government nor USAID assume any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process
disclosed herein nor freedom from computer virus, and do not represent
that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on
privately owned rights.
Links to this Web Site or Its Contents
You may freely link to this Web site or any of its content. We ask only
that you identify that the link is to an Internet resource.
Links to Other Sites
Our Web site has links to other United States Government agencies and
to private organizations, who we believe are relevant to our agency's
mission. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the
disclaimers and security and privacy policies of the new site.
Copyright Notice
Unless a copyright is indicated, information on this Web site is in the
public domain and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used
without USAID's permission. We request that USAID be cited as the
source of the information and that any photo credits or bylines be
similarly credited to the photographer or author or USAID, as
appropriate.
If a copyright is indicated on a photo, graphic, or any other material,
permission to copy these materials must be obtained from the original
source.
This copyright notice does not pertain to information at Web sites other than this Web site.
Verification or Hard Copy of Content
If you would like verification or a hard copy of information released on this USAID Web site, contact our staff:
Strategic Development Office
USAID/Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador
Phone: 5932-2-232-100
Fax: 593-2-500-379
For More Information
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented
here, please contact USAID at the address or phone or fax numbers
listed above or e-mail us to:
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