Security & Privacy
Thank you for visiting the Explosives Classification Tracking System (ECTS) website (nnsa-ecp.org) and reviewing our security and privacy policies. The following policies apply to all pages and sites in the nnsa-ecp.org domain, unless otherwise noted.
Security Notice
This website is part of a Federal computer system used to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy monitors this website for security purposes to ensure it remains available to all users and to protect information in the system. By accessing this website, you are expressly consenting to these monitoring activities.
Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation are prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-474) and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.
Privacy Notice
We collect no personal information about you without your knowledge when you visit this site, although you may choose to provide this information to us in specific instances. However, we do collect and store certain information automatically.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you browse, read pages, or download information in the nnsa-ecp.org domain, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This information never identifies who you are. The information we collect and store about your visit includes
- the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g., 123.456.789.012), whether yours individually or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- the type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) and operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site
- the date and time you access our site
- the pages you visit (recorded by the text and graphics files that compose that page)
- the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.
We use the summary statistics to help us make our site more useful to visitors, such as assessing what information is of most and least interest to visitors, and for other purposes such as determining the site's technical design specifications and identifying system performance or problem areas.
This information is NOT shared with anyone beyond the support staff for this website and other appropriate PNNL staff, except when required by computer security, law enforcement investigation or other authorized legal purpose, and is customarily used only as a source of anonymous statistical information.
Cookies
Websites in the nnsa-ecp.org domain use only non-persistent (per-session) cookies to aid users in setting browsing or navigation preferences. These cookies do not collect personal information on users and are erased as soon as you leave our website.
Per-session cookies serve technical purposes such as providing seamless navigation through ECTS websites. These cookies do not permanently record data and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. ECTS cookies are stored in memory and are only available during an active browser session.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information by registering for the site that information will be used only to complete the activity for which it was provided. This information may be used for the technical support of the website and its computer system, or to enhance, evaluate, or otherwise review the website or service. The information may also be used to contact an individual in response to a request for information.
Questions, Comments, and Disputes
Questions and comments, including disputes and/or complaints, about ECTS’s security and privacy policies should be addressed to nnsa-ecp@pnnl.gov
Your Rights under the Privacy Act and Other Privacy Laws
Additional information regarding your rights is available via the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Reference Materials posted by the Federal Consumer Information Center at http://www.FirstGov.gov/.