General:

The Geological Survey Shop maintains this website.  We are committed to protecting our visitors’ privacy, and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any personal information.  This policy may be updated periodically.

Except for account numbers, most information received in the course of doing state business is a matter of public record and is subject to public inspection.

Cookies:

There is a technology called "cookies" which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then store it on your computer.  Some of the Geological Survey web pages may use cookies to assist in your navigation of web based applications. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the opportunity to accept or reject it. If you choose not to accept the cookie, you may not be able to use these web applications, but you will still be able to browse the majority of the Geological Survey's website.

Credit Card Information:

If you submit a request to purchase information, products, and/or services, that the Geological Survey offers for sale, all credit card transactions are provided by Yahoo! Store using secure transaction technologies.  Yahoo! Store's policies govern credit card numbers and other personally identifiable information submitted to the store.  You may reference their privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/.