SECURITY NOTICE

This web site is part of a Federal computer system and is the property of the United States Government. It is for authorized use only. The Department of Energy monitors this web site for security purposes to ensure it remains available and to protect information in the system. The Department of Energy uses software programs and additional equipment to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to access, obtain, alter, damage or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation. Any and all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized site managers, Department of Energy and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign.

Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation is prohibited.  Any attempt to use e-mail for malicious purposes may be regarded as cyber-terrorism.  Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities resulting in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996, codified at section 1030 of Title 18 of the United States Code, or other applicable laws.

By continuing to use this system you indicate your awareness of and consent to these terms and conditions of use.

PRIVACY NOTICE

This is how the EOTA handles information about your visit to our website:

All information provided by you during your account registration and when registering for a specific course will be retained for recordkeeping purposes including, but not limited to, course enrollments, course completions, various e-mail notifications, or to notify you about other pertinent academy information. To receive a course certificate you may be required to complete an evaluation survey. These surveys are anonymous unless you specifically request a response, in which case we will only capture the contact information provided by you. The submitted evaluation survey information is used as a data source, which assists the EOTA in its efforts to continuously improve the overall learning experience for our visitors.

We automatically collect and store the following information about your subsequent visits to our web site:

1. Your login account information. e.g. password, and access information for the course(s) you are taking.
2. Course completion, course evaluation survey, and certificates issued.
3. The bookmark location in the course where you were if you logged out without completing the course.

The EOTA Web Site does not collect information for commercial marketing.