Privacy Policy for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC Training Institute Website

This Privacy Policy outlines the information we collect when you visit our website and how we use this information. Privacy Policy for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Web Site and Mobile App | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov)

We receive two types of information when you visit our site:

• Information automatically collected.
• Information you choose to provide.

I.      Information Collected and Stored Automatically

Our web servers, which are run by third party service providers, may collect certain information automatically, and some of this information is made available to us.  If you visit our site to read or download information, the following information is collected automatically by the web server. None of this information is used to identify you.

• The name of internet domain and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you are connected to a network, such as the Internet).  This information is used to help count the number of unique visits made to the site;
• The date and time that you access our site;
• The pages you visit (which helps us to determine what people are looking for);
• The web browser you use (which helps us to design our site to accommodate the broadest possible range of web browser software); and
• If you followed a link to get to us, the page you linked from (which helps us to determine how people are finding us, and how we can reach more people).

Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini programs that run on our Web site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Web site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly.

All of this information is used to help us make our site more useful to visitors like you. We do not track or record information about individuals.

Use of Cookies

“Cookies” are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of the session (“session cookies”) or saved on a user’s hard drive to identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a web site (“persistent cookies”).  EEOC’s websites do not use persistent cookies.  Session specific cookies may be used to improve the user experience and for basic web metrics.  These cookies expire in a very short time frame or when a browser window closes and are permitted by current federal guidelines.  The EEOC's main site, http://www.eeoc.gov/, uses session cookies to improve accessibility and make the site easier to use for people with limited vision or people who use alternative web access devices.

II.  Information Collected from a Registrant

Information collected consists of registrant name, employer electronic and physical mailing addresses and telephone number, job title, disability and diet needs if any, training history, marketing methods that led to registration for training, employer name, size, type, address, telephone number, and payment data consisting of method of preferred payment, purchase order and credit card data if applicable, billing address if called for by payment method, interagency billing and collection data from Federal employers, and tax identification data.

The information you provide is protected by the Privacy Act.  EEOC does not share the information you provide with anyone other than in accordance with the Act (routine uses include using information to send mailings to registrants and attendees to advertise future RF programs, providing information to a Congressional office where the registrant made an inquiry to the Congressional office, or providing information to a court, a party in litigation before a court, or in an administrative proceeding being conducted by a federal agency when the government is a party to the judicial or administrative proceeding   EEOC does not share information for commercial marketing.  We do not share our e-mail with any other organizations, unless we receive a request from an organization conducting a civil or criminal law enforcement investigation or receipt of a FOIA request (personal information is withheld).

Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the requirements of the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records retention schedules of the National Archives and Records Administration and in some cases may be covered by the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act.  A discussion of your rights under these laws can be found at www.USA.gov. 

The EEOC Training Institute uses the services of Certain software for event registration.  Certain is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under the Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf.  Certain complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, including the onward transfer liability provisions. 

With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, Certain is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.  In certain situations, Certain may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the requirements of the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records retention schedules of the National Archives and Records Administration and in some cases may be covered by the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act.  A discussion of your rights under these laws can be found at www.USA.gov. 

Links to Other Sites

We may have links to other outside web sites (both federal and non-federal) that we do not control.  We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies of these sites, and users should check those policies on such sites.

Reference in any referred (linked) website to commercial products, services, manufacturers, or companies does not constitute an endorsement by the EEOC.  EEOC is not responsible for the content on any pages referred from its websites.

Security

This site is maintained by the U.S. government and protected by various provisions of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. Violations of Title 18 are subject to criminal prosecution in federal court.  We maintain a variety of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the security of this web site and any personal information you provide to us.  For site security purposes and to ensure that the site remains available to all users, this Government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.  Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials.  Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

Changes to this policy:   EEOC will revise or update this policy if our practices change. You should refer back to this page often for the latest information and the effective date of any changes. If we decide to change this policy, we will post a new policy on our site and change the date at the bottom.

Eff. December 7, 2023