The United States Marine Corps Recruiting Command (“MCRC”) has created this supplemental privacy policy statement (the “Supplemental Policy”) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy in connection with the Why I Serve(d) and the Why it Matters programs (the “Programs”) for the web site located at http://our.marines.com (the “Site”). The following discloses our information gathering, use and dissemination practices solely for the Site and is in addition to and supplemental to our primary privacy policy statement located at www.marines.com (the “Primary Policy” and together with the Supplemental Policy, the “Privacy Policy”). By using or accessing the Site, you signify your assent to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this privacy policy you should not access or otherwise use this site.

When using the Site, in order to utilize some of the services, including the Programs, you may be asked to provide, or you may choose to upload, certain personally identifiable information (PII) about yourself. PII can include, without limitation, your name, address, e-mail address, rank, unit, and service information. In addition, we may also collect non-personally identifiable information, such as IP host address, pages viewed, browser type and other data, and may aggregate any information collected in a manner which does not identify any individual ("Aggregate Information").

Unless disclosed otherwise at the time of collection, we do not share any PII you submit through our Site with any unaffiliated third party, unless it is necessary to respond to your inquiry, or to comply with applicable law. If you have indicated that you are serving or have served in the United States Marine Corps, we will use your PII to confirm such service. We may use Aggregate Information to improve and enhance your experience on the Site and for our market research activities. For example, we may share Aggregate Information with unaffiliated third parties, such as business partners, manufacturers, distributors and retailers, in an aggregate, anonymous form, which means that the shared information will not contain nor be linked to any PII. We will never sell your PII to any third party not affiliated with MCRC without your consent.

Please note that we reserve the right to access and/or disclose PII and non-personal information we gather as required by courts or administrative agencies and to the extent required to permit us to investigate suspected fraud, harassment, or other violations of any law, rule, or regulation, the Site rules or policies, or the rights of third parties, or to investigate any suspected conduct which we deem improper.

You should be aware that personal information which you voluntarily include and transmit online in connection with the Programs will be viewed and used by others.In addition, any materials submitted by you in connection with the Programs, may be viewed and used by anyone with access to such forums. MCRC is unable to control such uses of your personal information, and by using such services you assume the risk that the personal information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties.

United States of America: Our Site is maintained in the United States of America. By using the Site, you authorize the export of PII to MCRC and its storage and use as specified in this Privacy Policy.

Effective Date: This Privacy Policy is effective and was last updated on September 19, 2007