- Privacy Policy Summary
- Non-personal Information We Record
- Cookies
- Information from E-mail You Send to Us
- Information Collected from Interactive Forms
- Links to Other Sites
- Social Media
- Questions?
Thank you for visiting the Natonal Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our policy is simple: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party.
Some of our web pages (such as Jefferson Lecture ticket request form pages, peer review panelist nomination form pages, and web discussion forums) let you voluntarily submit personal information. In those cases, we will provide a specific notice before you begin submitting any personal information, explaining how your information will be safeguarded.
If you provide us with information about yourself via e-mail or our website, your information will be used only for the purposes described at the point of collection, such as to send you information or to respond to your questions or comments. If you provide contact information, NEH staff or our contractors or partners may contact you to clarify your comment or question.
If you apply online to NEH programs, we use the information you submit to determine eligibility, assist reviewers in evaluating the application, select successful applicants, and administer the award program. Some of the reviewers will be outside the agency; we will take appropriate security measures with the information that we share with them. The information otherwise would be disclosed only for a governmental purpose or as required by law.
We also may share information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency. In other limited circumstances, such as responses to requests from Congress and private individuals, we may be required by law to disclose information you submit.
If you want to know more about how we record non-personal information about your visit or how we use information that you voluntarily submit, read on.
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2. Non-personal Information We Record
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, our website's operating system will automatically record some general information.
During your visit, our web operating system will record:
- The Internet domain for your Internet service, such as "xcompany.com" or "xcompany.net" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a college or university domain.
- The type of browser (such as "Netscape version X" or "Internet Explorer version X") that you are using.
- The type of operating system that you use (such as Macintosh, Unix, or Windows).
- The date and time you visit our site, and the web pages that you visit on our site.
- The address of the previous website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website.
We use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This tracking system does not record information about individuals.
When you visit a page on NEH.gov, the internet browser on your computer may download and save a small file, commonly called a “cookie”, from NEH.gov so that the website can recognize your specific computer and browser when you use NEH.gov in the future. We use cookies to improve our website and to better understand how the public is using the website. We do not use cookies to track your interactions on non-NEH.gov websites.
Cookies fall into two categories, based on the length of time they remain active:
- Single-session cookies (also known as session cookies) last only as long as a web browser is open. Once the browser is closed, the data files on your computer are deleted.
- Multi-session cookies (also known as persistent cookies) last beyond a single session of browsing a website; this allows a website to recognize a computer or user for defined amount of time.
Our website uses both session and multi-session cookies. We use single-session cookies for technical purposes, such as enabling better navigation through our website. We use multi-session cookies to anonymously track how visitors interact with our website, including where they came from, what they did on the site, and whether they completed any pre-determined tasks while on the site. These multi-session cookies do not collect any personally identifiable information (PII). Under the framework of the Office of Management and Budget’s “Guidance on Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technology” (OMB M-10-22), our multi-session cookies qualify as Tier II use.
If you do not want cookies placed on your computer, you can set your browser to block them. Instructions on how to delete cookies is available at: http://www.usa.gov/optout-instructions.shtml.
We also use a third-party analytics provider (currently Google Analytics) to analyze the data collected through the session and persistent metrics cookies. The third-party analytics provider does not receive personally identifiable information through these cookies and does not combine, match, or cross-reference NEH.gov information with any other information. Please review the Google Analytics privacy policy for additional information. If you would like to opt-out of all Google Analytics measurements, you can download Google’s browser plug-in, which is available at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
For videos embedded in our website, a third-party video service provider (e.g., YouTube) sets a multi-session cookie when you click to play the video. These cookies are stored on your computer's hard drive and allow the third-party provider to record and track websites that you have visited and which videos you have played. The third-party provider uses this information, among other things, to maintain accurate statistics of video use and to customize the video service for individual users. If you want to block third-party provider cookies, you can again use the opt-out instructions available at: http://www.usa.gov/optout-instructions.shtml.
As of January 19, 2012, content or functionality from the following third parties may be present on some NEH.gov pages:
- YouTube
We will update this list on a regular basis to reflect the third party providers of content or functionality that are commonly used on our website. Further information about YouTube cookies is available at: http://www.youtube.com/static?hl=en&template=privacy. Information about Twitter cookies is available at: https://twitter.com/privacy.
4. Information from E-mail You Send to Us
If you decide to send us an electronic mail message (e-mail), the message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your request. In other limited circumstances, including requests from Congress, we may be required by law to disclose information that you submit.
Also, e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. Please send only information necessary to help us process your request.
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5. Information Collected from Interactive Forms
On some of our web pages we offer interactive forms that let you voluntarily submit personal information (such as your e-mail address, name, or organization). This occurs when you are ordering Jefferson Lecture tickets, asking for copies of brochures, or submitting comments to various web discussion forums. In those cases, all submitted information is used only for the expressed purposes for which it is intended and is not made available to any third party. However, when you submit a comment to an NEH web discussion forum, if you supply your name, e-mail address, or other personal information, that information is posted along with your comment.
Our policy discloses the privacy practices for the NEH website. But NEH provides links to other websites. When you leave the NEH website (www.neh.gov), you will be going to sites that are beyond our control. We try to ensure that links that leave our site are clearly labeled, usually with a icon. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. The privacy policies and procedures described here for NEH do not apply to any external links. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you link to from ours, especially if you share any personal information. Be informed. You are the person best qualified to protect your own privacy.
NEH is using third-party social media sites to provide NEH content in formats that may be useful or interesting. The Endowment cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by these or any other linked sites. Using these third-party sites does not constitute an endorsement by NEH or any of its employees of the sponsors of the sites or the information or products presented on the sites. Also, please be aware that the privacy protection provided at NEH.gov may not be available on these third-party sites. Please note that when NEH uses social media sites, NEH does not collect or in any way use personally identifiable information.
8. Questions?
If you have questions about this policy, please contact webmaster@neh.gov.
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