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Personally Identifiable Information: We consider any
information that could readily be used to identify you as personally identifying
information. Much of this information is the same as that identified in
Wisconsin's criminal statute prohibiting Identity Theft, Sec. 943.201, Wis.
Stats. It includes, but is not limited to:
- Your name
- Your address
- Your telephone number
- Your email address
- Your driver's license number
- Your Social Security number
- Bank account information
- Credit card information
- Any combination of data that could be used to identify you such as
your birth date, your zip code, your mother's maiden name and your
gender.
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Cookies: Occasionally, small text
files known as "cookies" are placed on consumers' hard drives by
websites for the purpose of monitoring their browsing behavior. These
cookies can be placed not only by the web site the consumer happens to be
visiting, but also by third parties who may not be evident to the user.
Cookies are used by the sites you visit to identify your computer,
especially upon return visits to the same site.
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Third-party cookies: Cookies
may also be used by third parties who have business arrangements with the
site the user has chosen to visit. Often, online advertising companies may
exchange cookie information with a consumer's computer as they deliver
banner ads to a page a consumer is viewing, without the consumer's
knowledge, even if the consumer does not click on the banner ad. Because
these online advertising services provide banner ads and other services to
thousands of the most popular web sites, the companies may be able to use
the cookies to compile a profile of the pages a user visits across different
web sites and over time.
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IP Address: This is the unique
identifying number assigned to each computer using the internet at any
particular time. Dial-up internet users are assigned a new IP Address by
their Internet Service Provider each time they connect to the internet. That
number will stay with them throughout that one particular dial-up session.
Computers permanently connected to the internet usually maintain the same IP
Address. An IP address is necessary in order to assure that the information
a user requests is sent to that person's computer via the Internet, rather
than to some other location in "cyberspace." An IP Address always
takes the form of four numbers, each between 0 and 255, separated by
"dots." For example, the IP address of the DOJ web server you are
visiting right now is 205.213.127.36.
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Microsoft Internet Information Server/Web
server: The Web server is the computer which actually holds a particular
web page that is available for viewing on the Internet. Our DOJ web server
is operated with a program referred to as Microsoft Internet Information
Server.
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Port: In a communications network
such as the Internet, this is a channel identified by its unique number.
Protocols used on the Internet use port numbers to facilitate communication
between two distinct networked computers. Each type of application is
traditionally assigned a different port number, so that Internet host
computers or web servers can define the precise types of activity which
outside users can conduct on that computer. For example, port 80 is normally
used for HTTP (World Wide Web) traffic.
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Browser: This is the program
operated by an Internet user's computer which facilitates viewing and
retrieving information from the World Wide Web. The most common browsers in
use today are Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, although
many others are available as well.
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Log files: These are computer files maintained by a
web server or other computer which routinely record data about the activities
occurring on that computer. DOJ's web server only maintain basic
information about the use of the website by visitors, and that material is
routinely overwritten within about two weeks.
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