Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Statement

The National Safety Information Exchange has been developed in support of the emergency responder community. While the majority of site information and services are in the public domain, some content will be restricted to professional responders. Thus we have two levels of registration, one for public users and the other for responders. Registration is not required to utilize the public portion of the site. It is optionally available to public users, and is mandatory for those who desire professional responder status on the site. Personal information such as address, email, phone, etc. is requested for all registrants. In addition, users requesting responder status are required to provide a point of contact who can verify their status.

 No personal information on any NSIE user is ever provided to anyone or any organization outside of the NSIE base staff. Reciprocal sites are required to operate under this privacy policy with respect to personal information. Personal information on NSIE users is only used for the following purposes:

To directly contact a user if the need arises
To verify professional responder status
To verify eligibility to provide user opinions if a user volunteers as an opinion giver
To provide periodic email announcements on site progress.

Passwords chosen by NSIE users are not available to the NSIE staff. If a password is forgotten, it can be mailed to the email address on file through the forgotten password request feature. Session cookies are used during NSIE sessions, but no persistent cookies are used. Our session cookies terminate when you logout or your session times out. Each registered user is asked to select a functional "role" during registration. This role is used in some cases to help provide on-line functionality. Summary statistics on these roles will be published as part of operating site reports (e.g., showing the number of firefighters or patrol officers registered on the site) but these statistics will not be traceable to any individual. Finally, our staff will take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized access to the site and its personal data, including annual third-party vulnerability assessments and an active security program. We value your privacy, and will do everything we can to protect your information.