Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

Thank you for visiting the Conflict Sensitivity Integration Hub (CSIH) website. Your privacy and security are very important to us. Please be aware that CSIH does not collect personal information when you visit our website, unless you choose to provide that information. However, we do collect some technical information about your visit to the site.

We would like to make you aware of a law that provides to you with certain rights concerning your personal information. This is described in the Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended by 5 U.S.C. 552a) governing Federal Records. This law concerns any information held in a Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) that can be retrieved by a personal identifier such as name, social security number, or other identifying number or symbol. An individual is entitled to access to his or her records and to request correction of these records if applicable. The Privacy Act prohibits disclosure of these records without the written consent of the individual(s) to whom the records pertain unless one of the twelve disclosure exceptions enumerated in the Act applies. The actual Act can be found at this link: http://www.justice.gov/opcl/privstat.htm.

This is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site:

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

When you visit the site, we may store some or all of the following:

• the IP address from which you accessed our site

• the date and time

• the URL of the website from which you linked to our site

• the name of the file or words you searched for

• the pages you visited on our site

• the items clicked on a page

• the browser and operating system used

We do not collect or track any personal information through these processes. We use this information, in the aggregate, to make our website more useful to visitors - to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology used, to detect operational problems, and to improve the website's overall security.

Information You Provide to Conflict Sensitivity Integration Hub (CSIH)

You do not have to provide any personal information to view this website.

You may choose to provide your contact information or email to CSIH in order to receive information such as our newsletter or access to the document repository.

CSIH will only use your personal information for the purpose for which it was provided, such as to respond to your message or to provide subscriptions you have chosen or to provide access to the document repository. 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.

Some of our newsletters are sent using third-party email distribution systems. In these cases, the email privacy policy will be available to you at the time you sign up for the newsletter. A link will be provided at the bottom of each newsletter with instructions on how to unsubscribe.

In certain instances, such as blog comments or discussion groups, the information you provide may be visible to the public. Please do not share any personal information that you do not want made available to the public. CSIH is not responsible for how other participants may use your information.

When you voluntarily submit information, it constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the purpose stated.

Security Notice

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 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 (Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030).

If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files sent to your computer or device when you visit a website. They store information about how you interact with the websites you visit. For more information, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Types of cookies we use and how we use them

We uses cookies to:

• Learn how you interact with our content

• Help us improve your experience when visiting our websites

• Identify errors and resolve them

• Analyze how our websites are performing

Cookies may also be set by the following third-party providers on CSIH site.

• Google Analytics: A tier 2 cookie sets when the page is loaded - used to improve web metrics capabilities.

Please refer to the following policies on Google’s website for more information:

• Google's Privacy Policy

• Google Privacy Tools

• Cookies & Google Analytics on Websites

• Opt out of Google Analytics Cookies

Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. You can remove or block cookies by changing the settings of your browser. For Opt-out instructions relating to cookies, please visit: http://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml.

General Disclaimer & Copyright Notice

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 CSIH 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 CSIH data be acquired directly from this website 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.

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 CSIH, their employees and contractors make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutorily, 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 CSIH website or other internet resources linked to or from it.

Additionally, neither the U.S. Government nor CSIH 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.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

The information posted on CSIH site includes links to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. This site provides these links solely for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving CSIH site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website. The managers of this site:

• Do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked website;

• Do not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites, and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer;

• Cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website;

• Are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites;

• Do not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.

We strongly recommend that you review the policies of any outside websites you visit from this site, since you will be subject to the privacy and security policies of those other sites, once you leave CSIH site.