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Privacy Policy

Your viewing of the V-REMS website does not result in the collection of any personal information.  Please be assured that the privacy of our visitors is of utmost importance to us. We collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide that information to us.

We want to inform you that, for each HTTP request (which is what your Web browser generates when you request a page or part of a page from a Web site) received, we collect and store only the following information, in what is called a log file:
  • the date and time  
  • the originating Internet Provider address (IPA) (this address can refer to a specific computer; more frequently, commercial Internet providers use a temporary IPA which does not link to a specific computer)  
  • the type of browser and operating system used (if provided by the browser)  
  • the URL of the referring page (if provided by the browser)  
  • the object requested  
  • completion status of the request  
  • pages visited
We use the information that we automatically collect to measure the number of visitors to the different areas of our sites, and to help us make our pages more useful to visitors. This includes analyzing these logs periodically to determine the traffic through our servers, the number of pages served, and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest.

Cookies
Cookies are small files that Web servers place on a user's hard drive.  V-REMS does not use "persistent cookies" or any other persistent tracking methods to collect personally identifiable information about visitors to our Web pages. However, some EPA pages have “session cookies,” to facilitate use of that particular page. These disappear when the Web user terminates a Web session and closes the browser.

To protect your privacy, be sure to close your browser completely after you have finished conducting business with a Web site that does use cookies. If you are concerned about the potential use of the information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can set your browser to prompt you before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet browsers have settings that let you identify and/or reject cookies.

Other Information Collection
In addition to the information automatically collected by the server, V-REMS may collect other information from online visitors. Before collecting personally identifiable information through our Web pages, we will prominently disclose:
  • why V-REMS is collecting the information;  
  • what information is to be collected;  
  • the intended use of the information;  
  • how it will be protected/secured;  
  • if it will be shared within or outside EPA, including on publicly available Web sites;  
  • if shared, with whom;  
  • the opportunity to consent to, or reject, the collection and/or sharing, and  
  • when it will be destroyed.
How e-mail is Handled
By sending us an electronic mail message, you may be sending us personally-identifying information, such as name and address. In these cases, we may retain the information as long as necessary to respond to your request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of your e-mail.

Personal Information via Forms
Some of our pages provide forms allowing visitors to submit search engine queries, questionnaires, feedback, or other information. Some of these forms may request personally identifiable information (e.g., name, address, e-mail address) for specific purposes, such as when the submitter is requesting a personal response, registering for a conference, or subscribing to a mailing list. All information submitted by visitors is voluntary.

Security Policy 
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, V-REMS employs monitors and filters to identify and block unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage to the information on our Web pages. Unauthorized attempts to upload 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.  Except for these authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.

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