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ALNAV 065/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/JUL//
SUBJ/DON POLICY FOR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WORLD WIDE WEB SITES//
REF/A/DOC/SECNAV/24OCT2003//
REF/B/DOC/CONGRESS/17DEC2002//
REF/C/MEMORANDUM/OMB/26SEP2003//
NARR/REF A IS SECNAVINST 5720.47A, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY POLICY FOR
CONTENT OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WORLD WIDE WEB SITES. (A COPY OF REF
A IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP:/NEDS.NEBT.DAPS.MIL/DIRECTIVES/5720.47A.PDF).  REF B IS
E-GOVERNMENT ACT OF 2002, SECTION 208, PRIVACY PROVISIONS (PUBLIC
LAW 107-347, 44 U.S.C. 36).  REQUIRES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO CARRY
OUT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN THE HANDLING OF INFORMATION IN
IDENTIFIABLE FORM (IIF) AND INFORM CITIZENS OF THE POLICIES AND
PRACTICES THAT APPLY TO ONLINE GOVERNMENT SERVICES.  REF C IS OFFICE



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OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) MEMORANDUM 03-22, GUIDANCE FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE PRIVACY PROVISIONS OF THE E-GOVERNMENT ACT OF 2002
(M-03-22) IS THE FINAL GUIDANCE ISSUED BY OMB FOR IMPLEMENTING REF A
AND DOES NOT APPLY TO NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS AS DEFINED BY 40
U.S.C. 11103.  REF C ALSO REPLACES OMB MEMORANDUM 99-18 (19990602),
OMB MEMORANDUM 00-13 (20000622), AND OMB GUIDANCE LETTER DATED 5
SEPTEMBER 2000.  (COPIES OF REFS B AND C ARE AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP:/WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/OMB/)//
POC/ALAN GOLDSTEIN/ACI TECHNOLOGY/CHINFO/LOC:WASHINGTON DC
/TEL:703-695-1887/TEL:DSN 227-1887/EMAIL:WEBMASTER@CHINFO.NAVY.MIL//
POC/PATRICIA HUGGINS/-/DON CIO/LOC:WASHINGTON DC/TEL:703-377-4202//
RMKS/1.  REF A, ENCL 2, PARA 2.B.(3) REQUIRES ALL DON PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE WEB SITES TO DISPLAY A PRIVACY AND SECURITY NOTICE.
EFFECTIVE RECEIPT OF THIS ALNAV, COMMANDS/ACTIVITIES WILL MAKE A PEN
AND INK CHANGE TO LOCAL COPIES OF REF A, CHANGING THE WORDS "PRIVACY
AND SECURITY NOTICE" TO "PRIVACY POLICY" AND WILL MAKE THE SAME
CHANGE TO THE TITLE OF AND THE LINKS TO THE POLICY ON THEIR
RESPECTIVE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEB SITES.  SUCH LINKS MUST APPEAR ON
ANY KNOWN MAJOR ENTRY POINTS TO THE COMMAND/ACTIVITY WEB SITE.
COMMAND/ACTIVITIES ARE REMINDED THAT EXCEPT FOR TEXT IN BRACKETS,



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THE COMMAND/ACTIVITY WEB SITE STATEMENT MUST BE VERBATIM AS FOUND IN
ENCL 2, REF A.  RESTRICTED ACCESS WEB SITES WILL MAINTAIN THE DOD
WARNING MESSAGE.  THIS CHANGE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT
REVISION TO REF A.
2.  REF B REQUIRES DON TO MONITOR USE OF PERSISTENT TRACKING
TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., PERSISTENT COOKIES, WEB BEACONS, WEB BUGS) AND
ENSURE THE USE OF SUCH TECHNOLOGIES COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL AND AGENCY
RESTRICTIONS.  REF C PROHIBITS TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES UNLESS APPROVED
PERSONALLY BY SECDEF.  IN THE EVENT TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES ARE
APPROVED, COMMANDS/ACTIVITIES MUST THEN PROVIDE CLEAR NOTICE IN THE
WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY OF:
     A.  THE NATURE OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED.
     B.  THE PURPOSE AND USE OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED.
     C.  WHETHER AND TO WHOM THE INFORMATION WILL BE DISCLOSED.
3.  ACTION: ALL DON COMMANDS/ACTIVITIES WILL CERTIFY BY 31 JULY 2004
VIA E-MAIL TO HUGGINS_PATRICIA@BAH.COM THAT:
     A.  WEB SITES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH REFS A-C.
     B.  PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT HAS BEEN RENAMED AND IS LINKED IAW
         PARAGRAPH 1 ABOVE.
     C. THERE IS NO USE OF TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES.



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4.  REF B REQUIRES THAT DON ADOPT MACHINE-READABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT
ALERTS WEB SITE VISITORS AUTOMATICALLY ABOUT WHETHER SITE PRIVACY
PRACTICES MATCH THEIR PERSONAL PRIVACY PREFERENCES.  DON CIO WILL
REVIEW TECHNICAL AND VENDOR OPTIONS FOR ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING A
MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT AND WILL DEVELOP A TIMETABLE FOR TRANSLATING
DON PRIVACY POLICY INTO THIS FORMAT.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//
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