Information Collected and Stored Automatically

When you visit CCOPortal.org, we may store some or all of the following: the Internet address from which you access CCOPortal.org, date and time, the Internet address of the web site from which you linked to CCOPortal.org, the name of the file or words you searched, items clicked on a page, and the browser and operating system used.

This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas. We also use this information to help us develop the site, analyze patterns of usage, and to make the site more useful. This information is not used for associating search terms or patterns of site navigation with individual users. CCOPortal.org periodically deletes its Web logs. On occasion, CCOPortal.org may provide this information to third party entities it contracts with for the purposes of research analysis.

Cookies

When you visit some websites, their web servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Cookies are commonly used to recognize your computer in the future.

CCOPortal.org uses per-session cookies to serve technical purposes, like providing seamless navigation through CCOPortal.org. These cookies do not permanently record data and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. CCOPortal.org's session cookies are only available during an active browser session. When you close your browser, the session cookie disappears.

If You Send Us Personal Information

We do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to your request. The only personal information that we collect is what you decide to give us by signing up for a CCOPortal.org account in order to access our discussion forums.

We only share the information you give us with another government agency if your question relates to that agency, or as otherwise required by law. CCOPortal.org never collects information or creates individual profiles for commercial marketing.

Site Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs commercial software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

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 guidelines.

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.

External Links

CCOPortal.org links to many websites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. If you click a link to an outside website, such as Facebook or YouTube, you will leave the CCOPortal.org site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.

Prohibitions

CCOPortal.org will not link to any website that exhibits hate, bias, or discrimination. CCO reserves the right to deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with CCO's mission or policies.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

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

• The Center for Complex Operations (CCO) and CCOPortal.org do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked website.
• CCO and CCOPortal.org do not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.
• CCO and CCOPortal.org cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website.
• CCO and CCOPortal.org are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites.
• CCO and CCOPortal.org do not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508 (accessibility requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.