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Thank you for visiting the Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
Website and reviewing our disclaimer and privacy policy.
PFEL Disclaimer
Although we try to keep the information presented on the Pacific
Fisheries Environmental Laboratory web site accurate and up to date, the accuracy
of some information is subject to change and cannot be guaranteed. Please
contact the webmaster or
the content creator responsible for the PFEL web page(s) to verify data
if necessary.
References to trade names or commercial entities do not imply
endorsement by the NMFS/PFEL.
Links to resources outside the Federal Government are provided
as a convenience and for informational purposes only and should not be
construed as an endorsement or approval by the NMFS/PFEL of information
provided through other sites and computer systems.
For more information, see the general NOAA
Disclaimer.
PFEL Privacy Policy and Statement
Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information
about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that
information to us.
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:
Information Collected and Stored 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:
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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;
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the type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
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the date and time you access our site;
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the pages you visit;
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if you linked to the PFEL website from another website, the address of
that website.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors
-- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology
our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals
and their visits.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information -- as
in an e-mail to the webmaster or any other individual listed on the site,
or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting
it to us through our website (such as the login registration box)
-- we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get
you the information you have requested. We treat emails the same way we
treat letters. We are required to maintain many documents for historical
purposes, but we do not collect personal information for any purpose other
than to respond to you. We only share the information you give us with
another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as
otherwise required by law. Moreover, we do not create individual profiles
with the information you provide or to give it to any private organizations.
PFEL does not collect information for commercial marketing.
Links to Other Sites
Our Website has links to many other federal agencies. In a
few cases we link to private organizations, with their permission. Once
you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the
new site.
For more information, see the general NOAA
Privacy Policy and Statement.
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