STANDARD MANDATORY NOTICE AND CONSENT PROVISION
FOR ALL DOD INFORMATION SYSTEM USER AGREEMENTS
By signing this document, you acknowledge and consent that when you access Department of Defense(DoD) information systems:
You are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) information system (IS) (which includes any device attachedto this information system) that is provided for U.S. Government‐ authorized use only.
.You consent to the following conditions:o The U.S. Government routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this information systemfor purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, communications security (COMSEC)
monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), andcounterintelligence (CI) investigations.
o At any time, the U.S. Government may inspect and seize data stored on this information system.
o Communications using, or data stored on, this information system are not private, are subject toroutine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any U.S. Government‐
authorized purpose.
o This information system includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) toprotect U.S. Government interests‐‐not for your personal benefit or privacy.
o Notwithstanding the above, using an information system does not constitute consent to personnel
misconduct, law enforcement, or counterintelligence investigative searching or monitoring of thecontent of privileged communications or data (including work product) that are related to personal
representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Under thesecircumstances, such communications and work product are private and confidential, as further
explained below:‐ Nothing in this User Agreement shall be interpreted to limit the user's consent to, or in any other way
restrict or affect, any U.S. Government actions for purposes of network administration, operation,protection, or defense, or for communications security. This includes all communications and data on an
information system, regardless of any applicable privilege or confidentiality.
‐ The user consents to interception/capture and seizure of ALL communications and data for any
authorized purpose (including personnel misconduct, law enforcement, or counterintelligence
investigation). However, consent to interception/capture or seizure of communications and data is notconsent to the use of privileged communications or data for personnel misconduct, law enforcement, orcounterintelligence investigation against any party and does not negate any applicable privilege or
confidentiality that otherwise applies.

‐ Whether any particular communication or data qualifies for the protection of a privilege, or is coveredby a duty of confidentiality, is determined in accordance with established legal standards and DoD
policy. Users are strongly encouraged to seek personal legal counsel on such matters prior to using an
information system if the user intends to rely on the protections of a privilege or confidentiality.
‐ Users should take reasonable steps to identify such communications or data that the user asserts areprotected by any such privilege or confidentiality. However, the user's identification or assertion of aprivilege or confidentiality is not sufficient to create such protection where none exists underestablished legal standards and DoD policy.
‐ A user's failure to take reasonable steps to identify such communications or data as privileged orconfidential does not waive the privilege or confidentiality if such protections otherwise exist underestablished legal standards and DoD policy. However, in such cases the U.S. Government is authorized totake reasonable actions to identify such communication or data as being subject to a privilege or
confidentiality, and such actions do not negate any applicable privilege or confidentiality.
‐ These conditions preserve the confidentiality of the communication or data, and the legal protections
regarding the use and disclosure of privileged information, and thus such communications and data are
private and confidential. Further, the U.S. Government shall take all reasonable measures to protect thecontent of captured/seized privileged communications and data to ensure they are appropriatelyprotected.
o In cases when the user has consented to content searching or monitoring of communications or datafor personnel misconduct, law enforcement, or counterintelligence investigative searching, (ie., for allcommunications and data other than privileged communications or data that are related to personal
representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants), the U.S.
Government may, solely at its discretion and in accordance with DoD policy, elect to apply a privilege orother restriction on the U.S. Government's otherwise‐authorized use or disclosure of such information.
o All of the above conditions apply regardless of whether the access or use of an information system
includes the display of a Notice and Consent Banner ("banner"). When a banner is used, the banner
functions to remind the user of the conditions that are set forth in this User Agreement, regardless ofwhether the banner describes these conditions in full detail or provides a summary of such conditions,and regardless of whether the banner expressly references this User Agreement.
AFI 33‐129, para 5.2.3 states:
The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Air Force or the information,
products, or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges
and morale, welfare and recreation sites, the U.S. Air Force does not exercise any editorial control overthe information you may find at these locations. Such links provided are consistent with the statedpurpose of this DOD Web site.