- Including Disclaimer & Limitation of
Liability
Division 33 is the sole owner of
information collected on this site. No information will be sold, shared, or
rented, in ways different than what is disclosed within this statement.
Division 33 collects information from our users at several points on this
website.
DISCLAIMER and LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
The U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary and Division 33 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 U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary or Division 33.
LINK NOTICE/DISCLAIMER:
Links to non-Coast Guard
entities are not under the control of the United States Coast Guard or the
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, and are provided for the convenience of our
customers. They do not, in any way, constitute an endorsement of the linked
pages or any commercial or private issues or products presented there. We cannot
make any warranty or representation concerning the content of these sites, or
secondary sites from the pages to which they link.
COOKIES:
Division 33 does not use
software tags called "cookies"
on our site.
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.
FORMS:
User submitted forms may be found
throughout the Division 33 site. These include requests for assistance or
information, notification, registration, and surveys. Some report submissions
are transferred to the recipient by way of email, while others produce online
database files. The information collected on all forms is considered
confidential, and will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided.
All forms information will be destroyed after its purpose has been fulfilled.
INFORMATION SECURITY:
All information gathered on the Division 33 site is stored
and maintained in secure facilities, maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary, that limit access to authorized personnel only. Strict control is
maintained on who is granted access authorization.
LINKS:
Division 33 contains links to other external Web sites.
If you decide to utilize any of the external links, you will be directed to a
site which is not covered by our privacy policies. We recommend that you to
read the privacy statements of these sites, since their policies may differ from
ours. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on this
Web site.
LOG FILES:
Division 33 maintains log files of the traffic that
visits, or posts materials on this site. Log files are used to record data
transmission loads and determine site utilization. Information collected on web
site viewers are limited to the URL of the visited sites, and the number of
bytes transferred. Users posting materials to a site will have their URL, the
posted URL, and the number of bytes transferred included in the log. This
information is maintained in a secure location, and access is limited to
authorized personnel.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES:
If the privacy policies of this site
are changed, a notification will be immediately posted on our Public Affairs
page. Information collected prior to the announcement of any policy change,
shall continue to be used in accordance with the applicable polices in effect,
when the information was collected.
UPLOADING OR ALTERING OF INFORMATION:
Unauthorized attempts to upload
information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and
may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the
National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
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