State of Missouri Internet Privacy & Security Policy

Thank you for visiting the Office of the Adjutant General's website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our policy is simple: we collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide it. We do not give or sell personal information to others. For details about how we safeguard personal information, please read below.

Browsing
While you browse the website, our operating system will automatically record the following information:

• The name of the domain from which you accessed our website. For example, if you are connecting from an America Online account, the fact that someone who visited this website uses AOL as an Internet service provider will be known, but the individual email address of the user will not be known.

• The date and time any page on our site was accessed.

• The address (also called the URL) of the website from which any page on this site was linked. For example, if you clicked on a hyperlink on the website for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers to reach the Office of Information Technology's website, that fact is recorded. However, as discussed above, your identity remains unknown.

• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site.

• This tracking system does NOT record information about individuals. This information is used to monitor traffic and improve this site. To ensure that our system remains available to all visitors, our operating system tracks unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Cookies
Cookies are NOT used on any portion of this site. A cookie is a small file that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk, usually to keep track of you while you are connected to that site.

Web Forms
We request information when you fill out web forms, and correspond with us. Forms that request information from you will clearly indicate information that is required, such as name and mailing address, and any information that is optional. It will be clear when you are on a part of our site that requires personal information, because we will ask you for it.

Email
If you send us email, the message will usually contain your return address. If you include personal information in your email, we may use that information in responding to your request. Email is not necessarily secure or confidential. Send only the information that is necessary for us to answer your question or process your request.

Links to Other Sites
Our site provides links to other websites. The privacy policies described here do NOT apply to any external sites. Read the privacy policies of other sites you visit. Be informed. You are the person best qualified to protect your own privacy.

Missouri Sunshine Law
As a state governmental agency, the Office of the Adjutant General is not subject to Chapter 610 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, commonly known as the Sunshine Law.

Global Hyperlink Disclaimer

Support Software Disclaimer

U.S. Government Internet Privacy & Security  Policy

MoGuard.com is the official World Wide Web site of the Missouri National Guard, and is provided as a public service by the Missouri National Guard Offices of  The Adjutant General, Information Management, and Public Affairs.

Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:

Security Policy
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.

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 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Information Collected Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically.  This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

• The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain).
• IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website.
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site.
• The date and time you access our site.
• The pages you visit.
• If you linked to MoGuard.com from another website, the address of that website.

 We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

If You Send Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending e-mail, or by filling out a web form with your personal information and submitting it through our website, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information that you request.  We do not collect personal information for any other purposes. The information you provide is not given to any private organizations or private persons. The Missouri National Guard (MoGuard.com) does not collect or use information for commercial marketing.

We would only share your e-mail with another federal government agency only if your inquiry related to that agency or if we were required to do so by law.

Links To Other Sites
Our website has links to the websites of many other federal agencies. In a few cases, we link to private organizations, with their permission.  Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
The Freedom Of Information Act, which is known by its legal cite as 5 U.S.C. § 552, along with the Department of Defense (DoD) Regulation, governs how requests will be processed within the DoD.  DoD Regulation 5400.7-R, "Department of Defense Freedom of Information Act Program," can be found at Part 286 of Chapter 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which is available in most libraries.