Privacy and Security Notice
(as per AFI 33-129)
1. Homestead-Services.com is provided as a public service by 482nd Services
2. Information presented on the Homestead Services Website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.
3. Information concerning visitors’, use of this site is collected for analytical and statistical purposes, such 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. Raw data logs will only be used to identify individual users and their usage habits for authorized law enforcement investigations or national security purposes. These logs are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration Guidelines.
6. Unauthorized attempts to deny service, upload information, change information, or to attempt to access a non-public site from this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code to include the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
7. No persistant or third party cookies are used to gather information.
8. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please forward them to webmaster@homestead-services.com
| Sample Collected Information- xxx.yyy.com - - [28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] "GET /homestead-services/index.html HTTP/1.0" 200 16704 Mozilla 3.0/http://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 ServiceProviders 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 /homestead-services/index.html HTTP/1.0" -- this is the location of the requested file on homestead-services web site. |
| 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. |
| http://www.altavista.digital.com - this indicates the last site the person visited, which indicates how people find Homestead Services web site(s). |
| Requests for other types of documents use similar information. No personally-identifying information is collected. |