1. Endorsement
2. Accessibility
3. Linking
4. Prohibitions
5. Collection of Information
6. Personal Information/Privacy
7. Security
Endorsement
Disclaimer of Endorsement
The information posted on the ET.gov website includes hypertext links to
information created and maintained by other public and/or private
organizations. ET.gov provides these links solely for the information and
convenience of our users. When users select links to other websites, they are
leaving the ET.gov site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of
the owners/sponsors of the linked websites.
ET.gov does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or
completeness of information contained on linked websites.
ET.gov does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites nor do we
endorse the views they express or the components, products or services they
offer.
ET.gov cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked
websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked
website. However, as a matter of principle, we will not knowingly link to
materials that are copyrighted. The presence of such material may be cause for
us not to link to a page and/or to remove any link as soon as we become aware
of the presence of such material on that page.
ET.gov does not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508
(Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act. However, we will not
knowingly link to any page that does not comply with accessibility
requirements, and the lack of such compliance may be cause for removal of any
such links from our site.
Accessibility
ET.gov Accessibility Policy
We are committed to providing access to all individuals, regardless of physical
abilities, seeking information on the ET.gov site. The site has been designed
and built to comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (as amended).
Section 508 requires that individuals with disabilities (whether federal
employees or members of the general public) be given access to and use of
information and data comparable to that provided to individuals without
disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on us.
Linking
ET.gov Linking Policy
The ET.gov site links to Web pages containing Extensible Markup Language (XML)
instance documents conforming to (validating against) the XML schema (XSD)
specified for indexing on our site. We may also link to Web-based services
providing enhanced capabilities for our stakeholders to discover and
subsequently form communities of practice (CoPs) for collaboration around
proposed emerging technology components identified on the site. However, we do
not endorse and make no guarantees about any such services, and any links on
the ET.gov site are provided solely for informational purposes as a convenience
to our users.
Prohibitions
Prohibitions
ET.gov will not link to any website that exhibits hate, bias, or
discrimination. Furthermore, ET.gov reserves the right to deny or remove any
link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is
determined to be in conflict with ET.gov's mission or policies.
Prohibited Conduct
You may only use the ET.gov site and the services offered through the site in
accordance with the Use Policy set forth herein. You may only submit for
indexing on the site content that is: (i) owned by you, or (ii) submitted with
the express permission of the owner, and (iii) in the public domain, i.e.,
openly available on the World Wide Web. In addition, all information you post
on the Web for indexing on the ET.gov site must be: a) relevant to the
specified emerging technology component, and b) in good taste as determined by
common sense and the most restrictive community standards. The ET.gov site may
not be used to establish links to any data or content that:
1. is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy,
hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
2. may harm minors in any way;
3. impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with a person or entity;
4. violates any law or violates the personal, proprietary, or intellectual
property rights or other rights of any third party;
5. may subject users to any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes,"
or any other form of solicitation;
6. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
7. may interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers or networks connected to
the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of
networks connected to the Site;
8. collects or stores personal data about other users; or
9. promotes or provides instructional information about illegal activities,
promotes physical harm or injury against any group or individual.
We reserve the right to remove links to any content that fails to comply with
these prohibitions. We further reserve the right to investigate complaints or
reported violations of these policies, and to take any appropriate action,
including, without limitation, reporting and providing information of any
suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other
third parties.
Collection of Information
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you browse, read pages or download information on ET.gov, we automatically
gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This
information never identifies who you are. The information we collect and store
about your visit is listed below:
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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 (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) and operating system
(Windows, Unix) 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; and
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If you linked to the ET.gov website from another website, the address of that
website.
This information is only used to help us make the site more useful for you.
With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types
of technology our visitors use. We never track or record information about
individuals and their visits.
Personal Information/Privacy
Personal Information
To protect the integrity of the ET.gov site and guard against false
impersonation, if you choose to identify a proposed ET component, you must
provide a valid e-mail address to be used solely to authenticate that you are
actually the person submitting the Web address (URL) of the XML instance
document describing your proposed component. E-mail addresses are not captured
or maintained on ET.gov site.
If you choose to use it, a form on ET.gov does allow you to create a valid XML
instance document containing contact information, including optional personal
data, in the event you may wish to make such information available on your own
website or the site of any intermediary you may choose to use. Whether you
choose to provide any such information is solely at your discretion.
If you do post contact information elsewhere on the Web and provide the Web
address (URL) for the valid XML instance document, a hypertext link will be
provided on the ET.gov site for the benefit of users who may wish to contact
you. ET.gov does not capture, index, or store the information entered on the
contact information form. ET.gov never creates individual profiles or shares
personal information. ET.gov never collects information for marketing purposes,
nor will we knowingly link to any site that does so as a direct result of
visiting a page to which we link. The collection of such information may be
cause for us to remove a link to any such page.
Security
Site Security
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For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to
all users, this government computer system employs commercial software programs
to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or
change information, or otherwise cause damage.
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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 National Archives and Records Administration guidelines.
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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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