WEB SITE INFORMATION
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DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
This
web site and the information it contains is provided as a public
service by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the
U.S. Coast Guard. This system is monitored to ensure proper
operation, to verify the functioning of applicable security
features, and for other like purposes. Anyone using this system
expressly consents to such monitoring. Unauthorized attempts to
modify any information stored on this system, to defeat or
circumvent security features, or to utilize this system for
other than its intended purposes are prohibited and may result
in criminal prosecution.
RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY
The DHS and U.S. Coast Guard make no claims, promises or
guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the
contents of this web site and expressly disclaims liability for
errors and omissions in the contents of this web site. No
warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory, including
but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third
party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect
to the contents of this web site or its hyperlinks to other
Internet resources. Reference in this web site to any specific
commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any
trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and
convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement,
recommendation, or favoring by DHS or the U.S. Coast Guard.
OWNERSHIP
Information presented on this web site is considered public
information and may be distributed or copied. However, all
information submitted to DHS and the U.S. Coast Guard via this
site shall be deemed and remain the property of DHS and the U.S.
Coast Guard, except those submissions made under separate legal
contract. DHS and the U.S. Coast Guard shall be free to use, for
any purpose, any ideas, concepts, or techniques contained in
information provided to DHS and the U.S. Coast Guard through
this site.
PRIVACY NOTICE
We collect no personal
information about you when you visit our website unless you
choose to provide this information to us. However, we collect
and store certain information automatically. Here is how we
handle information about your visit to our website.
What We Collect and Store Automatically
If you do nothing during your
visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download
information, we will gather and store certain information about
your visit automatically. This information does not identify you
personally. We automatically collect and store only the
following information about your visit:
- The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you
use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu"
if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address
(an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to
your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which
you access our website;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access
our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The pages you visit; and
- If you linked to our website from another website, the
address of that website.
We use the information we
collect to count the number and type of visitors to the
different pages on our site, and to help us make our site more
useful to visitors like you.
If You Send Us E-mail
You may choose to provide us
with personal information, as in e-mail with a comment or
question. We use the information to improve our service to you
or to respond to your request. Sometimes we forward your e-mail
to other government employees who may be better able to help
you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, we do
not share our e-mail with any other outside organizations.
Links to Other Sites
Our website has many links to
our partners, especially other federal agencies. In a few cases
we link to private organizations. When you link to another site,
you are no longer on our site and are subject to the privacy
policy of the new site.
WebMASTER
FSO-CS/DA US Coast Guard Auxiliary
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