Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the Louisiana Probation Office's website. Our privacy policy outlines the types of information we learn when you visit our site and how such information will be used.

Information Routinely Collected and Stored

If you visit our site to view or download information, we collect and store the following information:

The name of the domain from which you accessed the Internet; for example, "aol.com" if you use America Online.
The IP address from which you accessed the Louisiana Eastern Probation's website. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the World Wide Web.
The date and time you access our site.
The type of browser and operating system used to access the Louisiana Eastern Probation's site.
The pages you visit.
If you linked to the Louisiana Eastern Probation's website from another website, the address of the originating site.

This information is used solely for the purpose of evaluating and maintaining our site. From this information, we learn what users like and need; what kind of technology they are using; how often they visit; and other valuable information that helps us to offer our visitors the best site possible.

Information You Provide

If you choose to provide us with personal information, perhaps to be placed on our mailing list or to request additional information via our webmaster e-mailbox, it will be used only for the purpose(s) you state. We collect such information only to respond to your requests. We do not share that information with others, and we do not collect information for commercial marketing.

Security Notice

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this Government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

Visiting Official Federal Judiciary Pages on Third-Party Websites

The U.S. Probation Office maintains official social media accounts on third-party websites, including Vimeo, and Twitter, to broadcast information about Louisiana Eastern Probation Office to a wider audience.

When you visit official federal Judiciary social media pages, the Probation Office does not request, collect, or record personally identifiable information. Information collected by the Probation Office will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating and maintaining those accounts. Please be aware that privacy policies of third-party websites may not be the same as the privacy policy governing laep.uscourts.gov.

Retweets, likes, or follows of any person or organization on any social media page are not endorsements. Promoted Tweets on Twitter are not authorized or controlled by the Probation Office.

Twitter Comment Policy

The Probation Office does not control, moderate, endorse, or respond to the comments, direct messages, or opinions provided by visitors to Twitter.