Sample P3P Policy for House Web Sites

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>