To create a P3P policy for your home page, simply copy the text below and paste it into a text editor (Notepad will do). Replace the generic placeholders with the information from your office and web site. (The placeholders are highlighted in red, but will not be highlighted in your text editor.) If you would like to see an example of a valid House policy, click here for Rep. Adam Smith's P3P policy.
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<POLICY xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/12/P3Pv1"
discuri="written_policy_URL"
name="Privacy Policy for Rep. Firstname
Lastname">
<!-- Expiry information for this policy -->
<EXPIRY date="Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00
GMT"/>
<!-- Description of the entity making this policy
statement. -->
<ENTITY>
<DATA-GROUP>
<DATA ref="#business.name">Office of Rep. Firstname Lastname</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.online.email">contact_email_address</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.online.uri">home_page_URL</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.telecom.telephone.number">office_phone_number</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.organization">Office
of Rep. Firstname Lastname</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.street">office_number_and_building House Office
Building</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.city">Washington</DATA>
<DATA
ref="#business.contact-info.postal.stateprov">DC</DATA>
<DATA
ref="#business.contact-info.postal.postalcode">20515</DATA>
</DATA-GROUP>
</ENTITY>
<!-- Disclosure -->
<ACCESS><ident-contact/></ACCESS>
<!-- Disputes -->
<DISPUTES-GROUP>
<DISPUTES
resolution-type="service" service="written_policy_URL"
short-description="Incorrect Information">
<LONG-DESCRIPTION>If we have incorrect information about you, such as
misspelling your name, please contact us and we will correct
it.</LONG-DESCRIPTION>
<REMEDIES><correct/></REMEDIES>
</DISPUTES>
</DISPUTES-GROUP>
<!-- Statement for group "Technical
Information" -->
<STATEMENT>
<EXTENSION optional="yes">
<GROUP-INFO
xmlns="http://www.software.ibm.com/P3P/editor/extension-1.0.html"
name="Technical Information"/>
</EXTENSION>
<!-- Consequence -->
<CONSEQUENCE>
This information is collected by the House of Representatives computer system
and used to analyze how the web site is used and to identify
problems.</CONSEQUENCE>
<!-- Use (purpose) -->
<PURPOSE><admin/><current/><develop/></PURPOSE>
<!-- Recipients -->
<RECIPIENT><ours/></RECIPIENT>
<!-- Retention -->
<RETENTION><stated-purpose/></RETENTION>
<!-- Base dataschema elements. -->
<DATA-GROUP>
<DATA
ref="#dynamic.clickstream.clientip.hostname"/>
<DATA ref="#dynamic.clickstream.timestamp"/>
<DATA ref="#dynamic.clickstream.uri"/>
</DATA-GROUP>
</STATEMENT>
<!-- End of policy -->
</POLICY>