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Privacy PolicyUSE OF INFORMATIONAny information you provide through the on-line complaint form may be used by the California Group, the New York Group, the Department of Justice, or the Technical Committee to investigate or respond to your complaint or inquiry. If you do not wish your information shared with other government agencies you must either 1) specify in writing which agencies you wish to view your information; or 2) submit your complaint directly only to those agencies you wish to receive your information. Pursuant to Amended Final Judgment Implementation Order No. 1 [pdf], any Enforcement Investigation Materials (as defined by that order, e.g., information you provide through the on-line complaint form) that you provide will be treated confidentially. This means that such information will not be provided to Microsoft or to other persons or entities (unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction). For example, California will object to any request for such information under the Public Records Act (California Government Code section 6250 et seq.) NOTICE This Web site may collect information about your browser type, browser version, operating system and IP address, which is technical information typically relayed by the visitor's browser and is never stored permanently. We may also collect information on which documents you request and the number of pages you view at this site. This information is used only as anonymous aggregate user data to determine whether improvements can be made in our service. For instance, we may keep a total count on the number of people visiting a certain web page, but do not keep personal information on the identity of an individual visitor. SECURITY Any transmission you make on the Internet is not secure. Therefore, you should always be concerned about any personally identifiable information that you submit on the Internet. Do not send sensitive information, such as credit card or Social Security numbers. If you consider it necessary to provide such sensitive information in connection with a complaint, please send the materials by regular mail only. PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION We do not collect any personally identifiable information, except as needed to respond to your requests or the filing of a complaint. In such cases, we will ask for your name, street address, city, county, state, zip code, e-mail address and may request your telephone number. In the case of mailing lists, we may ask for your e-mail address. You are able to unsubscribe at any time from the mailing list. Personally identifying information includes, but is not limited to your: * Name * Address * E-mail Address * Telephone numbers * Any combination of information that could identify you: birthdate, zip code, gender COOKIES Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, often without your knowledge, while visiting certain sites on the Internet used to identify your computer. For example, cookies are used by some sites to greet you personally, to post a list of your favorite books to purchase, to remember what you had in your shopping basket the last time you visited. On this Web site, a temporary cookie may be placed on your computer for applications such as online complaint forms. The session cookies are used to facilitate the interaction between you and the fields in the form. The cookies are not used to collect or store information on you and does not track you if you return to our Web site. The cookie is temporary and will be deleted when you exit your browser. You can prevent cookies from being placed on your computer by accessing your browser's preferences menu and deleting existing cookies. There also are commercial programs available to help you manage cookies. Before taking such steps, you should be aware that some Web sites may not work properly if you choose to block the placement of cookies on your computer. You will need to decide whether enabling cookies outweigh privacy concerns. NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN As a general note, we encourage parents and children to talk about protections of privacy on the Internet to avoid the release of personal information without a parent's permission. Safe and responsible use of personal information is important in protecting your privacy. CHANGES Any changes in this privacy policy will be posted at least 30 days prior to the change taking effect. Any information collected under this current policy will remain bound by the terms of this privacy policy. All new information collected, if any, would be subject to the revised privacy policy. CONTACT If you have questions about this policy or feel that we have acted in violation of this policy, please contact us at privacy@microsoft-antitrust.gov or: Coordinated State Enforcement of Microsoft Antitrust Judgments c/o California Office of the Attorney General 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102
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