Security and Privacy Notice

Attention

This site is provided as a public service by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District - Spatial Data Branch.

Information presented on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.

Privacy Act Statement - If you choose to provide us with personal information – like filling out a Contact Us form with e-mail and/or postal addresses – we only use that information to respond to your message or request. We will only share the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as otherwise required by law. We never create individual profiles or give it to any private organizations. This site never collects information for commercial marketing. While you must provide an e-mail address or postal address for a response other than those generated automatially in response to questions or comments that you may submit, we recommend that you NOT include any other personal information, especially Social Security numbers. The Social Security Administration offers additional guidance on sharing your Social Security number.

For site management, information collected at this site is for statistical purposes. These government computer systems use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, these government computer systems employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with Modern Army Record Keeping System (MARKS). All data collection activities are in strict accordance with Department of Defense Directive 5240.1 (reference (p)).

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on these services are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1987 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please forward them to Webmaster@sam.usace.army.mil.