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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
This web site and the
information it contains is provided as a public service by the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary, Flotilla 8-1 of the 7th Coast Guard District Auxiliary. 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.
The CONTENT
of all U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary world wide web pages is unofficial and
not authority for action with the following exception: Statements of
policy or procedure provided by members of the Chief Director's Office,
National Elected Officers or Department Chiefs posted on this web page
should be regarded as official statements. Views and opinions expressed
do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of
Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard or the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Information may be reprinted, except AP wire stories and articles
republished from other sources. Commercial use of Coast Guard Auxiliary
emblems, logos, or other graphics must be approved by the Commandant of
the U.S. Coast Guard. 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.
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 connivance of our site viisitors. 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.
RESTRICTION
OF LIABILITY
The DOT, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary or Flotilla 8-6 Venice Florida 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 DOT , U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary or Flotilla 8-6 Venice Florida.
OWNERSHIP
Information presented on this web
site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied.
However, all information submitted to DOT and the U.S. Coast Guard via
this site shall be deemed and remain the property of DOT ,U.S. Coast
Guard and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, except those submissions made
under separate legal contract. DOT and the U.S. Coast Guard shall be
free to use, for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, or techniques
contained in information provided to DOT and the U.S. Coast Guard and
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 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.