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Created on: 06/03/2003 Last Updated on: 01/06/2004 Introduction This Website is operated and maintained by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (referred to as the "California ISO" herein). All materials and information contained on this Website are made available subject to the Terms of Use, which must be agreed to by users as a condition to the use of this Website. The California ISO maintains a secured section on this Website to distribute and make available certain material and information that requires access control restrictions. Validated users that demonstrate a verifiable need-to-know will be granted access privileges to such secured section in accordance with the California ISO security procedures. Such security procedures require that potential users provide the California ISO with some personal information for access review, security background check, and secured section use purposes. Safeguarding the privacy of individuals seeking access to and visiting the secured section of this Website is of the utmost importance to California ISO. Information Collected and Stored If you require access to the secured section of this Website, you must complete the Application Access Request Form indicating, among other things, the reason for your need. If you meet the access requirements, you will be granted access privileges. You must agree to comply with the terms set forth in the Website’s Terms of Use. The information collected on the Access Request Form includes: The Requestor's: Company Name Name and Title Address Email Telephone Number The Requestor Supervisor’s: Name and Title Address Email Telephone Number. Additional Information: Employment Verification Contact Name and Telephone Number (individual or HR Department) Job Function (requestor’s job function, e.g., Grid Planner, Transmission Planner, etc.) Need to Know Reason (Detailed explanation of why you need access to restricted information.) This information is primarily collected to allow the California ISO to assess your need to access the secured section and to determine whether or not to grant you access privileges. The California ISO will store the collected information on a secured system with access control restrictions to protect its privacy. The California ISO will take additional steps, such as a background check, to validate and verify your identity based on the collected information. The California ISO will not divulge or share this information with any other individual or entity. Security, Intrusion, and Detection For site security purposes, and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, all network traffic is monitored in order to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage or conduct criminal activity. To protect the system from unauthorized use and to ensure that the system is functioning properly, individuals accessing the secured section are subject to having all of their activities monitored and recorded by personnel authorized to do so by the Information Security Service Department of the California ISO (and such monitoring and recording will be conducted). Anyone accessing the secured section expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, system personnel may provide the results of such monitoring to appropriate law enforcement agencies. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on, or otherwise cause damage to, this the secured section, are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under applicable federal and state laws and regulations.