The Federal Reserve of
Boston takes reasonable measures to ensure the quality of the data
and the other information made available on this web site. However,
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston does not guarantee, and assumes
no responsibility for, the accuracy, timeliness, correctness, completeness,
merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose of information
available through this web site. Any conclusions that users draw
from the information presented here are their own and are not to
be attributed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Legal Information
This is the web site of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
We respect your privacy. The web site and firewall are subject
to monitoring by Federal Reserve System personnel. Any and all
users expressly consent to such monitoring and are advised that
any evidence of criminal activity may be provided to law enforcement
officials.
Personal Information
You may access and browse our site without disclosing your
personal data. The personal information you choose to provide
us is voluntary. We do not require you to provide any information
about yourself that you do not wish to share.
You may choose to provide us with personal information if, for
example, you subscribe to our publications or mail lists, send
us questions through e-mail, answer our user surveys, register
for an event, apply for a job, or participate in our online activities.
If you participate in a user survey, your answers and personal
information will only be analyzed in aggregate. The information
will be used to help us tailor our web site, publications, and
services to our users' needs and to help us understand and better
serve our audience.
If you provide us with your postal or e-mail address or telephone
number, this information will only be used for the purpose for
which you provided it, such as to:
Provide you with the publications or information requested;
Clarify your order or request;
Register you for a conference or other event;
Respond to you regarding your job application;
Provide you with related information; or
Send you a token of appreciation through postal mail if you participate
in selected online activities.
When you fill out our online forms, they are returned to us via
electronic mail. Your responses are not encrypted. We cannot guarantee
the security of information sent via electronic mail.
Cookies
A cookie is a text file that a web site can send to your browser
and which may then be placed on your computer. We generally do not use cookies;
however, our Timeline uses a session cookie to facilitate navigation, and no personal information is collected. Sometimes a third-party vendor will use cookies on one of the
sites they create and manage for us. For example, our Employment
Opportunities site contains an on-line job application process
and uses session cookies, which are deleted when a candidate exits
the browser or completes the application process. You can set
your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving
you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it or not. You
can also set your browser to not accept cookies at all. If you
do so, however, some areas of some sites (including ours) may
not operate properly.
Information Collected Automatically
We collect statistical information about our users in aggregate.
We perform analyses on our web server's log files to identify,
among other things:
Our site's most popular pages;
The browsers and operating systems most often used by our visitors;
The sites and search engines that have referred visitors to our
site; and
The domains from which our users visit us.
This analysis does not involve personally identifiable information.
It is used only for the purpose of helping us understand and better
meet our audience's needs.
We also subscribe to the WebTrends Live tracking service, which
provides us with generic statistics regarding the manner in which
our web site is visited. You should refer to the WebTrends Live
privacy policy to learn how they collect and use information at
http://www.webtrendslive.com/privacy_policy.htm.
Disclosure of Information
Any information collected on this web site, whether individual
or aggregate, is for Federal Reserve use only. We do not rent,
sell or share personal information about you with other people
or nonaffiliated companies except to provide information you've
requested, when we have your permission, or under the following
circumstances:
We retain the services of outside contractors to provide services,
including mailing list administration and our Employment Opportunities
pages. We require that these contractors keep information obtained
through our web site secure and confidential. We also require
that these contractors use personal information obtained through
our web site only on behalf of the Federal Reserve.
We may be required to disclose your personal information to government
officials or otherwise as required by subpoenas, court orders,
legal process or other legal obligations and to establish or exercise
our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We will share
information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding
illegal activities, suspected fraud or as otherwise required by
law.
Children
To help achieve our goal of providing economic education to
the community, we have posted educational materials and online
learning opportunities on our web site. Some of these tools are
intended for use by children of middle school age and above. We
recognize the need to create a safe online environment for children
and, therefore, are committed to comply with applicable laws and
requirements, such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act.
We invite parents to read our Children's
Privacy Policy and contact us with any questions.
Information Security and Quality
We have implemented security measures consistent with our
internal information security practices to help us keep your information
secure. These measures include technical and procedural steps
to protect your data from misuse, access or disclosure, loss,
alteration or destruction. If you have voluntarily submitted personal
information to us and wish to review, update, correct or delete
it, please e-mail your request to Bos.Webmaster@bos.frb.org
Links
Our site contains links to other web sites. The Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston is not responsible for the privacy practices or
the content of such web sites.
Other Considerations
We may, from time to time, provide a discussion group or forum.
Please remember that information you submit in connection with
such a feature will be publicly viewable and not confidential.
There is a risk in such communication venues that information
will be collected and used by others.
Personal Information
Children may access our site without disclosing any personal information.
Some online activities require users to enter a name to participate,
but they may use a first name only or a made-up name. If a child
chooses to send us his/her full name or e-mail address, we will
use that information for its intended purpose (to send an e-mail
response) and then delete it from our records.
Cookies
We do not use cookies to store children's personal information.
We are not responsible for the practices of other web sites and,
therefore, sites to which we provide links may use cookies. You
can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie,
giving you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it or not.
You can also set your browser to not accept cookies at all, however,
please be aware that doing so may interfere with the operation
of some web sites.
Information Collected Automatically
We do not automatically collect children's personal information.
We subscribe to the WebTrends Live tracking service, which provides
us with generic statistics regarding the manner in which our web
site is visited. WebTrends recognizes users' domain names, but
it does not recognize e-mail addresses. For information about
WebTrends Live's privacy policy, please go to http://www.webtrendslive.com/privacy_policy.htm.
Use of Information
Any children's personal information disclosed to us is solely
for our one-time use. We do not provide or sell children's personal
information to third parties. Upon completion of an online activity
or generation of a response e-mail, children's personal information
is deleted from our records.
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time without
notice. If any change to our policy affects the way we use children's
personal information, we will provide an avenue for you to opt
out of such use.
