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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. COAST GUARD
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY
RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY
OWNERSHIP
PRIVACY NOTICE
LINK POLICY
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.
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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, "X company.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.
U.S. Coast Guard Internet Link Policy
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