Thank you for visiting the Defense Property Accountability System website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: we do not collect personal information unless provided by the customer we are seeking to assist. After resolving the customer's request, the privacy information is purged.
Please review our Disclaimer information.
1. The DPAS web is provided as a public service by the Defense Property Accountability System.
2. Information presented on DPAS web is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.
3. For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes, see example below. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 records disposition schedules governing the investigation function of the law enforcement body.
6. 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 1987 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
7. Your disclosure of any contact or personal information is voluntary. It is solicited for the sole purpose of responding to your comment or request. If not provided, we cannot respond.
8. Cookie Disclaimer - DPAS web does not use persistent cookies (persistent tokens that pass information back and forth from the client machine to the server). DPAS web may use session cookies (tokens that remain active only until you close your browser) in order to make the site easier to use. The Department of Defense DOES NOT keep a database of information obtained from these cookies.
DPAS web does not require cookies to be viewed. The help information in your browser software should provide you with instruction on how to disable cookies. Cookies that have been created while on DPAS web do not contain personal information and do not compromise the user's privacy or security.
9. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please
Example Information Collected for Statistical Purposes
Below is an example of the information collected based on a standard request for a World Wide Web document:
xxx.yyy.com - - [28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] "GET /DPAS/news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0" 200 16704 Mozilla 3.0/www.altavista.digital.com
xxx.yyy.com (or 123.123.23.12)-- this is the host name (or IP address) associated with the requester (you as the visitor). In this case, (....com) the requester is coming from a commercial address. Depending on the requester’s method of network connection, the host name (or IP address) may or may not identify a specific computer. Connections via many Internet Service Providers assign different IP addresses for each session, so the host name identifies only the ISP. The host name (or IP address) will identify a specific computer if that computer has a fixed IP address.
[28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] -- this is the date and time of the request
"GET /DPAS/news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0" -- this is the location of the requested file on DPAS web
200 -- this is the status code - 200 is OK - the request was filled
16704 -- this is the size of the requested file in bytes
Mozilla 3.0 -- this identifies the type of browser software used to access the page, which indicates what design parameters to use in constructing the pages
www.altavista.digital.com - this indicates the last site the person visited, which indicates how people find the site
Requests for other types of documents use similar information. No personally-identifying information is collected.
