WIPP Privacy Policy and Disclaimers
NOTICE:
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Internet Server is provided as a service of the Department of Energy
(DOE) for
distribution of publicly available information and is maintained by the
WIPP for the National Transuranic Waste Program. The WIPP is an agency of the
Federal Government of the United States of America. Use of the WIPP Internet Server
is intended only for the retrieval of information available through WIPP
Internet documents. Only authorized WIPP administrators may make changes to the
information.
PRIVACY
POLICY:
We do not collect personal information when you
visit a DOE web site, unless otherwise stated, and unless you choose to provide
this information to us. However, we do collect and store certain information
automatically. What we collect and store automatically is:
- The Internet Protocol (IP) address of the domain
from which you access the Internet (i.e. 123.456.789.012), whether it is
your individual IP address, or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service
Provider (ISP).
- The date and time you access our site.
- The pages you peruse (recorded by the text and
graphics files that compose that page).
- The Internet address of the web site from which
you linked directly to our site.
We use the summary statistics to help us make our
site more useful to visitors, such as assessing what information is of most and
least interest to visitors, and for other purposes such as determining the
site's technical design specifications and identifying system performance or
problem areas.
This information is NOT shared with anyone other
than the support staff to this home page, except when required by Law
Enforcement investigation, and it is used only as a source of anonymous
statistical information.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY:
With respect to documents available from this
server, neither the United States Government nor its agents, representatives, or
contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Nor do they assume any
legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness
of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that
its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT:
Reference herein to any specific commercial
product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or
otherwise, does not necessarily form or imply its endorsement, recommendation,
or favoring by the United States Government or its agents, representatives, or
contractors. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not
necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or its
agents, representatives, or contractors, and should not be used for advertising
or product endorsement purposes.
COPYRIGHT STATUS:
The WIPP written documents are sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Energy. Accordingly, the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive,
royalty-free license to publish or reproduce these documents, or allow others to
do so, for U.S. Government purposes. All documents available from this server
may be protected under the U.S. and Foreign Copyright Laws. Permission to
reproduce may be required.
The WIPP is not responsible for the contents of any off
site pages referenced.
For questions about this page, contact:
John.Angelis@wipp.ws --
John Angelis, Information Security
