USAOnWatch's Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the National Sheriffs' Association Neighborhood Watch 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:

National Sheriffs' Association Neighborhood Watch Internet Security Policy

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this 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:

1. 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;
2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
3. The date and time you access our site;
4. The pages you visit; and
5. If you linked to the National Sheriffs' Association Neighborhood Watch Website from another website, the address of that website.

If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an e-mail or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through our website, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information that you request. We do not collect personal information for any other purposes. The information you provide is not given to any private organizations or private persons. The National Sheriffs' Association does not collect or use information for commercial marketing.

We would share your e-mail with government agencies only if your inquiry related to that agency or if we were required to do so by law.

Links to Other Sites

Our website has links to the websites of many federal agencies and other nonprofit organizations. In a few cases, we link to private organizations, with their permission. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.