FS WEPP privacy disclosure statement

For site management, information is collected as the standard logging done by the server software. These records are used to create summary statistics for such analysis as assessing which pages are of most and least interest, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

We keep log files for each FS WEPP model run. These log files record the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which initiated the run, the date and time of the run, and the input parameters used. We use these logs to assess the interest in and distribution of use of the FS WEPP software and to aid users. Neither the user's name nor his or her e-mail address is recorded (nor are they available to us).

The WEPP:Road user's log (if the user requests one) is stored on our server for a period of time. This log contains only the information displayed in the log, and is associated with the user only by the IP address of the computer requesting the model run.

Each user may have several personal climates stored for a period of time on the server. These also are associated with the user only by the IP address of the computer requesting the model run.

At times there are input and output files for the model runs stored on the server. These are flushed out but may be captured during routine backups. These files can be connected to the IP address of the computer requesting the model run.

"Cookies" are used to attempt to distinguish between users in certain situations (which are sometimes encountered in group training sessions) or between groups of runs from the same computer.

We gather from the web site no other information on FS WEPP users except for the names and addresses optionally supplied by users in the comment forms.