Privacy & Terms of Use

About This Site

The mission of the Fairy Tales Collection web site is to make its resources available and useful to the readers. Through its Web sites, FTC is offering broad public access to a wide range of information, including historical materials. Such materials must be viewed in the context of the relevant time period.

Security

For site security and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, deny service, otherwise cause damage, or access non-public information. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996. Information regarding possible violations of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.

Privacy & Cookies

For site management, this computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics that are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most or least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance areas. FTC  collects and stores the following information:

• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet
• The date and time you access our site
• The pages you peruse and files you access
• The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site

If you choose to provide us with personal information, as in an e-mail message, FTC will use this information to respond to your request. There are times when your e-mail is forwarded within the cooperative to individuals who are better able to assist you. FTC may also forward requests for assistance to another appropriate institution for response. Except for the foregoing exceptions and for authorized law enforcement activities, the Library does not share e-mail with outside organizations without obtaining your permission.

"Cookies" are small bits of text (letters and numbers) that are either used for the duration of a session, or saved on a user's computer in a file named "cookies.txt" in order to identify that user (or information about that user) the next time they log on to a Web site. It is FTC's general policy not to use cookies on its Web site.

General Disclaimer

The Fairy Tales Collection web site may links to other businesses, educational institutions  or government agencies. This linking does not constitute the FTC's endorsement of the content of their Web sites or of their policies or products.