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Embassy of the United States
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The U.S. Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela, provides a wide range of government and public information. Providing this information requires the collection and dissemination of personal information. This information is specifically protected from disclosure by applicable Federal Law, including, but not limited to, the Privacy Act of 1974, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Freedom of Information Act. It is also the policy of the U.S. Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela to follow the Principles of Providing and Using Personal Information ("Privacy Principles"), published by the Information Infrastructure Task Force on June 6, 1995.
Privacy Act Notice
For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. We use programs to create summary statistics for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest or identifying system performance or problem areas.
The following is the type of information collected about your visit to our web site:
If you choose to provide us with personal information in an e-mail message, we use it only to respond to your e-mail.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we use 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. Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement investigation. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on these web sites are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title 18 U.S.C. Sec.1001 and 1030.
Copyright Information
Links to the Embassy site are welcomed. Unless a copyright is indicated, information on our site is in the public domain and may be copied and distributed without permission.
Links to External Web Sites
Links to web sites outside the U.S. Federal Government or the use of trade, firm, or corporation names within the web site are for the convenience of the user. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the U.S. Embassy of any private sector web site, product, or service.
This page is produced and maintained by the Public Affairs Office of the Embassy of the United States in Caracas, Venezuela. Links to other sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.