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We are committed to protecting your privacy and securing the personal information made available to us when you visit FRRSdigital.com. The FRRS website is run by Fry Communications, Inc. (Fry) on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board).
We only collect personal information when you provide that information to us in connection with your online transactions (meaning account creation and online purchases) or when you ask us to contact you (for example, if you have an issue that you need assistance with). Personal information includes your name, email, mailing address, phone number, or other information that identifies you personally and which you provide to us.
We require you to provide personal information to create and access an account on our website and to order a subscription or replacement product. If you order a subscription or replacement product, we request personal information such as your name and shipping address, telephone number, and email address. We retain and use this information to process and verify your order. Disclosure of the information we request is voluntary, but if you don’t provide the information, you will be unable to order a subscription or replacement product. PayPal collects the payment information, which ensures that payment information is entered only on PayPal’s site and is not shared with our website. We (neither Fry nor the Board) receive your payment information including, for example, your credit card number. PayPal collects the payment under its own policies and has its own privacy policy, which details the safeguards that apply to the information you provide PayPal.
To ensure the security and confidentiality of personal information, we use security software on our website to prevent unauthorized access. We also conduct periodic tests of our security safeguards. We restrict the information we collect to Fry and Board staff who require access to the information as part of their official duties. We protect the information consistent with applicable legal requirements including the Privacy Act of 1974. The information we collect in connection with this site and the Board’s subscription service is part of the Board’s Systems of Records. The System of Records Notice (SORN) entitled BGFRS—40, “FRB—Board Subscription Services” sets forth the purposes of the collection and the permissible disclosure of the information (available at https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-40-Board-Subscription-Services.pdf).
We also collect your personal information when you ask us to contact you. As your comments, questions, and suggestions are important to us, please contact us by using the contact information provided on the Contact Us page. Before contacting us, there are a few things you should know.
You are not required to provide your name or any other personal information in order to contact us. However, if you want us to respond to a question or other inquiry you will need to provide sufficient information for us to contact you.
We may forward your correspondence, including any personal information you choose to send, to other government employees or government contractors to process your request or research and answer your questions.
We use cookies on our subscription ordering pages. A cookie is a small piece of textual information that is stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We do not use cookies to store personal information or to track your actions over time or across non-FRRSdigital.com web services.
We use transactional cookies when you order subscriptions or replacement products in order to retain information about items you intend to order until you have the opportunity to complete your transaction. Our use of cookies is intended primarily for your convenience. We do not retrieve any information from your computer other than the original cookie sent by us. You may configure your browser to accept or decline cookies, or to alert you when cookies are in use so you can decide whether or not to accept them. You are not obligated to accept cookies from us, but if you do not, some of the functions on our site may not be available to you.
When you access our site you are entering an Official United States Government System, which may be used only for authorized purposes. The Government may monitor and audit usage of this system, and all persons are hereby notified that use of this system constitutes consent to such monitoring and auditing. For site security purposes and to ensure that this site remains available to all users, we employ 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, as amended by the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030).
On our website, we provide links to the websites of other federal agencies, and in a few cases, links to private organizations. Before leaving our website, text will appear informing you that you are leaving our website. Once you link to another website, you are subject to the privacy and website policies of the new site. Any link to another website is provided solely for your convenience and does not constitute endorsement by Fry or the United States Government of that site or its information, products, or services. We (Fry and the Board) assume no responsibility for the content or operation of other websites.
