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Privacy Policy

FRASER® is a web site of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Bank respects your privacy.

Personal Information

You may access and browse our site without disclosing your personal data. Any personal information you choose to provide us is voluntary. We do not require you to provide any information about yourself that you do not wish to share.

You may choose to provide us with personal information if, for example, you subscribe to our publications or mail lists, send us questions through e-mail, answer our user surveys, register for an event or user account, apply for a job or participate in our online activities.

If you participate in a user survey, your answers and personal information will only be analyzed in aggregate. The information will be used to help us tailor our web site, publications, and services to our users' needs and to help us understand our audience.

If you provide us with your postal or e-mail address or telephone number, this information will only be used for the purpose for which you provided it, such as to:

• Provide you with the information requested;
  
  
• Clarify or respond to your request or suggestion

We may also file your comments to improve the site, or review and discard the information.

When you fill out our online forms, they are returned to us via electronic mail. Your responses are not encrypted. We cannot guarantee the security of information sent via electronic mail.

Cookies

We do not use cookies on the FRASER site. We do use cookies in other areas of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis web site, including the FRED® site, so please consult the applicable privacy policy if you direct your browser away from the FRASER site to FRED® or other areas of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis web site.

Disclosure of Information

Any information collected on this web site, whether individual or aggregate, is for Federal Reserve use only. We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except under any of the following circumstances:

• When we have your permission;
  
  
• The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis monitors this site for unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, to defeat or circumvent security measures, or to utilize this site for other than its intended purposes. By using this site you expressly consent to such monitoring and you are advised that if such monitoring reveals possible evidence of criminal activity, we will provide the evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials;
  
  
• We may be required to disclose your personal information to government officials or otherwise as required by subpoenas, court orders, legal process or other legal obligations and to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We will share information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud or as otherwise required by law.

Children

Our site is not directed toward children under 13. Nonetheless, we are committed to comply with applicable laws and requirements, such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. Minor children should always obtain parental consent before releasing personal information to any web site.

Information Security and Quality

We have implemented security measures consistent with our internal information security practices to help us keep your information secure. These measures include technical and procedural steps to protect your data from misuse, access or disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction.

If you have voluntarily submitted personal information to us and wish to review, update, correct or delete it, please email your request to webmaster@fraser.stlouisfed.org

Contact Information

Questions or comments about the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's privacy policy for the FRASER site may be directed to our web site administrators at webmaster@fraser.stlouisfed.org or by writing to Public Affairs, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63102