Privacy and Security Statement
Thank you for visiting the Midwest OSHA Education Center Web site and
reviewing our privacy and security statement. The Midwest OSHA Education
Center is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of your personal
information and the security of our computer systems. With respect to
the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, the Center
makes every effort to ensure compliance with applicable federal law,
including, but not limited to, The
Privacy Act of 1974, The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and The
Freedom of Information Act.
As a general rule, the Midwest OSHA Education Center does not collect
personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site,
unless you choose to provide such information to us. The information
we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.
 If you respond
to an online request for personal information:
Generally, the information requested by the Institute will be used
to respond to your inquiry or to provide you with the service associated
with the request. However, when this information is requested, the
reasons for collecting it with a description of the Institute's intended
use of the information will be fully described in a customized "Privacy
Notice." This Privacy Notice will either appear on the Web page
collecting the information or be accessible through a link prominently
displayed immediately preceding the information request.
If you visit
our site to read or download information, we collect and store the following
information:
- The name of the
domain from which you access the Internet (for example, dol.gov, if
you are connecting from the Department of Labor's computer account).
- The date and
time you access our site.
- The Internet
address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site.
- The above information
is used by software programs on our Web site to create summary statistics
which allow us to assess the number of visitors to the different sections
of our site, identify what information is of most and least interest,
determine technical design specifications, monitor system performance,
and help us make our site more useful to visitors.
If you identify
yourself by sending an e-mail containing personal information:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information,
for example your mailing address, in an electronic mail message requesting
that information be mailed to you. Information collected in this manner
is used solely for responding to requests for information or records.
We may forward your e-mail to other employees who are better able
to respond to you. Should you wish to file a request under FOIA, instructions
are provided at: http://www.dol.gov/dol/foia/main.htm
If you link
to other sites outside OTI:
Our Web site has many links to other sites. When you link to any
of these sites, you are no longer on our site and are subject to the
privacy policy of the new site.
Cookie Use Notice
This site does not use cookies to collect any personally-identifying
information from users or to track user activities.
Cookies are small pieces of temporary data that are exchanged between
a Web site and a user's computer which enable a "session,"
or "dialog," to be established between the two machines.
With the session established, the Department is able to tailor its
responses (i.e., identify and provide you with the information you
want) and help you traverse our Web pages in the most efficient and
effective manner possible.
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