PRIVACY NOTICE
The Army Records Management Directorate (ARMD) Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) website is provided by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). All information presented on the PIA website, not identified as protected by copyright, is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate by line, photo, and image credits is requested.For site management, we will not collect any personal information about you other than statistical information that can be used to make the site more effective. This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
Currently, ARMD is using DAP (Digital Analytics Program) to collect and analyze the Web traffic data. This information includes:
- Environmental information such as the location of your IP address, the language you are browsing in, and the technical specifications of the device and browser you are using.
- Behavioral information such as the date and time of your visit, the pages you visit, links you clicked on the site, and the name of the domain from which you access the Internet.
- Acquisition information such as the Internet address of the website you came from if it linked you directly to armypubs.army.mil.
If your browser accepts cookies, we may use a session cookie to learn how many different visitors come to pia.army.mil. We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful.
If you don’t want to accept cookies, you can edit your browser’s options to stop accepting persistent cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. Here’s how you can disable cookies and/or Google Demographic and Interests reports.
Learn more about how Google Analytics safeguards data.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, software programs are employed to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. When providing feedback, no specific information about the submitter is collected. Only the information provided on the form by the submitter will be retained for the purpose of determining how the site is being utilized by customers and assisting ARMD in how to make the site more beneficial to customers.
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 site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act (Section 1030 of Title 18, United States Code). The Vulnerability Disclosure Policy describes what systems and types of research are covered under this policy, how to send vulnerability reports, and how long we ask security researchers to wait before publicly disclosing vulnerabilities.
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact ARMD. PRIVACY PROGRAM PRINCIPLES PRIVACY PROGRAM PRINCIPLES The privacy of an individual is directly affected by the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal information by Federal agencies; The increasing use of computers and sophisticated information technology, while essential to the efficient operations of the Government, has greatly magnified the harm to individual privacy that can occur from any collection, maintenance, use, or dissemination of personal information; The opportunities for an individual to secure employment, insurance, and credit, and his or her right to due process, and other legal protections are endangered by the misuse of certain information systems; The right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by the Constitution of the United States; and In order to protect the privacy of individuals identified in information systems maintained by Federal agencies, it is necessary and proper for the Congress to regulate the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information by such agencies.`
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact ARMD.
