Joint Base Andrews is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Joint Base Andrews site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Joint Base Andrews site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Joint Base Andrews collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Joint Base Andrews also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Joint Base Andrews. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Joint Base Andrews for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Joint Base Andrews site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Joint Base Andrews public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Joint Base Andrews does not read any of your private online communications.

Joint Base Andrews encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Joint Base Andrews so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Joint Base Andrews is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Joint Base Andrews and Joint Base Andrews family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Joint Base Andrews collects and uses your personal information to operate the Joint Base Andrews Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Joint Base Andrews also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Joint Base Andrews and its affiliates. Joint Base Andrews may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Joint Base Andrews does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Joint Base Andrews may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Joint Base Andrews may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Joint Base Andrews, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Joint Base Andrews does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Joint Base Andrews keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Joint Base Andrews, in order to determine what Joint Base Andrews services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Joint Base Andrews to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Joint Base Andrews Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Joint Base Andrews or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Joint Base Andrews; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Joint Base Andrews, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Joint Base Andrews Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Joint Base Andrews pages, or register with Joint Base Andrews site or services, a cookie helps Joint Base Andrews to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Joint Base Andrews Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Joint Base Andrews features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Joint Base Andrews services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Joint Base Andrews secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Joint Base Andrews secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Joint Base Andrews will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Joint Base Andrews encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Joint Base Andrews is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Joint Base Andrews welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Joint Base Andrews has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Joint Base Andrews at noreply@dma.mil. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.