Privacy Policy


Information presented on the IPPS-A world wide web service is considered public information and may be distributed or copied for non-commercial purposes. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits are requested.

This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for website planning and maintenance, determining technical design specifications, and analyzing system performance.

For security purposes, and to ensure that this service 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, to cause damage, or to deny service to authorized users.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Server logs are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration General Schedule 20.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

This site does not use Cookies of any sort. We place no information on your computer, nor do we attempt to read information that may have been stored on your system by others.

We link to many other government and commercial sites, we cannot assume any responsibility for their use of Cookies.

See also, Army Privacy Policy.