United States Military Academy Privacy Policy

The United States Military Academy (USMA) website is provided as a public service by the United States Military Academy.

Information presented on westpoint.edu is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.

Privacy Act Statement

If you choose to provide us with personal information, such as filling out a Contact Us form with email and/or postal addresses, we only use that information to respond to your message or request. We will only share the information with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as otherwise required by law. We never create individual profiles or give it to any private organizations. Westpoint.edu never collects information for commercial marketing. When provide an email address or postal address for a response other than those generated automatically in response to questions or comments, we recommend that you NOT include any other personal information, especially Social Security numbers. The Social Security Administration offers additional guidance on sharing your Social Security number.

Web measurement and customization technologies (WMCT) may be used on this site to remember your online interactions, to conduct measurement and analysis of usage, or to customize your experience. Google Analytics (Tier II WMCT. Multi-session without Personally Identifiable Information (PII)) is one technology that is used and is enabled by default. The Department of Defense does not use the information associated with WMCT to track individual user activity on the Internet outside of Defense Department websites, nor does it share the data obtained through such technologies, without your explicit consent, with other departments or agencies. The Department of Defense does not keep a database of information obtained from the use of WMCT. General instructions for how you may opt out of some of the most commonly used WMCT is available at https://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml, and for Google Analytics, specifically at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptou. Opting out still permits users to access comparable information or services.

For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes only. This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site 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, or otherwise cause damage.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration guidelines.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008, and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please email privacy@westpoint.edu