http://www.whitehouse.gov/privacy.html
No need to fret about that alarmist cookie thing
White House Website Privacy and Security Policy
En Espaøol
Thank you for visiting the White House Website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:
White House Internet Security Policy
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 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.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website;
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
The date and time you access our site;
The pages you visit; and
If you linked to the White House website from another website, the address of that website.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors – to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.
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(((Well, I know this protestation has got ME all reassured.
Why shouldn't that settle the matter?
There's no way the WH webmaster is gonna go back on
his word there, and sneakily install some double-secret cookies
without informing the courts or Congress.)))
(((So, even though I went to all the trouble today to
install a whole bunch of cutthroat 35-year NSA cookies
on BEYOND THE BEYOND, I've decided to unilaterally
deactivate 'em, and, henceforth install only cookies that make
my site more useful and friendly to YOU. Relax!)))
