Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how USGovInfo.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our website.

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information to provide and improve our service.

a) Information You Voluntarily Provide:

  • Contact Information: If you contact us via email at [email protected], we collect your email address and the contents of your message.

b) Information Collected Automatically:

  • Log Data: When you visit our site, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser, such as your IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, and the time and date of your visit.

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to analyze traffic to our website and understand how users interact with it. This helps us improve our content and user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To operate, maintain, and improve our website.

  • To respond to your comments and questions when you contact us.

  • To analyze how users interact with our content (e.g., which pages are most popular) using tools like Google Analytics.

  • To detect and prevent fraud and maintain the security of our website.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom (UK), we process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

  • Legitimate Interests: For operating and improving our website and analyzing our traffic.

  • Consent: For any specific purpose where we have explicitly asked for and obtained your consent.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating our website, such as our hosting provider and analytics provider, under strict confidentiality agreements.

  • Legal Obligations: If required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, or as required by law. Email correspondence will be deleted after it is no longer needed to fulfill your request.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.

  • Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.

  • Erasure: The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.

  • Object to Processing: The right to object to our processing of your personal data.

  • Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. Please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to other sites, primarily official U.S. government websites (.gov). We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our website is intended for a general audience and does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or your rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Email: [email protected]

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