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- Disclaimer of Liability
- Disclaimer of Warranties
- Disclaimer of Accuracy of Data
- Disclaimer for Endorsement
- Disclaimer for External Links
- Disclaimer of Duty to Continue Provision of Data
- Security Measures
- Copyright
- Linking to the Terror-Alert.com's Web Site
- Choice of Law
- Information Collected and How It is Used
- Personal Information and Choice
- Disclosure
- Cookies
- Contact Information
Disclaimer of Liability
Neither Terror-Alert.com nor any of its employees, shall be held liable
for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained
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by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect,
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under any other cause of action.
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be reliable, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding
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Changes may be made periodically to the information herein;
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and that the originator of the data or information be contacted with
any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or
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or error free. The documents, including tax forms and publications,
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typographical errors. Changes may be made periodically to the tax laws,
administrative rules, tax releases and similar materials; these changes
may or may not be incorporated in any new materials on the web site.
However, existing documents will not be revised to incorporate changes
occurring after the publication date. If you have obtained information
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be aware that electronic data can be altered subsequent to original
distribution. Data can also quickly become out-of-date. It is recommended
that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data associated
with a file, and that the originator of the data or information be
contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find
any errors or omissions, we encourage you to report them to Terror-Alert.com's
webmaster.
Disclaimer for Endorsement
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by third parties and users. Any opinions, advice, statements, services,
offers, or other information or content expressed or made available
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be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. Reference
herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by
trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute
or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the State.
Disclaimer for External Links
Terror-Alert.com is not responsible for the contents of any
off-site pages referenced. The user specifically acknowledges that
Terror-Alert.com is not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal
conduct of other users, links, or third parties and that the risk
of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with the user. Links from
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do not constitute an endorsement from Terror-Alert.com. These links
are provided as an information service only. It is the responsibility
of the web user to evaluate the content and usefulness of information
obtained from other sites. Since Terror-Alert.com's is not responsible
for the availability of these outside resources or their contents,
you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to its
site administrator or webmaster.
When you link to another site, you are no longer on Terror-Alert.com's
web site and this Privacy Notice will not apply. When you link to
another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new
site.
disclaimer of duty to continue provision of data
Due to the dynamic nature of the Internet, resources that are free
and publicly available one day may require a fee or restricted access
the next, and the location of items may change as menus, homepages,
and files are reorganized. The user expressly agrees that use of Terror-Alert.com's
web site is at the user's sole risk. Terror-Alert.com does not warrant
that the service will be uninterrupted or error free. The documents
and related graphics published on this server could contain technical
inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added
to the information herein. Terror-Alert.com may make improvements
and/or changes in the information and/or programs described herein
at any time.
Security Measures
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service
remains available to all users, Terror-Alert.com's computer system
employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify
unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause
damage.
Copyright
The material on Terror-Alert.com's web site is for the noncommercial
use of the general public. The fair use guidelines of the U.S. copyright
statutes apply to all material on this web site. Terror-Alert.com
shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and
interest in and to all copyrighted information created and posted
for inclusion in this system. Photographs and graphics on the web
site are the property of Terror-Alert.com. For a copy or use of information
on Terror-Alert.com web site that is outside of the fair use provisions
of copyright law, please seek permission from the individual listed
as responsible for the page. If you have any questions on using material
on Terror-Alert.com's web site, please e-mail the webmaster with requests
for information or permission. If permission to reproduce or redistribute
is granted, the following statement shall be included, "Reproduced
with permission from Terror-Alert.com".
Linking to the Terror-Alert.com Web Site
Links to Terror-Alert.com's web site are permissible, if Terror-Alert.com's
Terms of Use are followed. However, we do ask that links point to
the home page (http://www.terror-alert.com) rather than to a specific
page as those links may change.
Choice of Law
Construction of the disclaimers above and resolution of disputes
thereof are governed by the laws of the State of New York. The laws
of the state of New York, shall apply to all uses of this data and
this system. By use of this system and any data contained therein,
the user agrees that use shall conform to all applicable laws and
regulations and user shall not violate the rights of any third parties.
Information Collected and How It is Used
If you do nothing during your visit to Terror-Alert.com's web site
but browse or download information, we automatically collect and store
the following information about your visit:
1. The Internet Protocol address and domain name used but not
the e-mail address. The Internet Protocol address is a numerical identifier
assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your
computer. We use the Internet Protocol Address to direct Internet
traffic to you;
2. The type of browser and operating system you used and your
connection speed;
3. The date and time you visited this site;
4. The web pages or services you accessed at this site; and
5. The web site you visited prior to coming to this web site.
The information we automatically collect or store is used to improve
the content of our web services and to help us understand how people
are using our services. Terror-Alert.com analyzes our web site logs
to continually improve the value of the materials available on our
site. Our web site logs are not personally identifiable, and we make
no attempt to link them with the individuals that browse Terror-Alert.com's
web site.
If during your visit to Terror-Alert.com's web site you participate
in a survey, service or send an e-mail, the following additional information
will be collected:
1. E-mail correspondence: The e-mail address and contents of
the e-mail;
2. Surveys : Any information you volunteered in response to a
survey.
3. Service: The e-mail address and website URL.
The information is retained in accordance with our records
retention and disclosure laws. We use your e-mail to respond appropriately.
This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to
further improve our web site, or to forward the e-mail to another
agency for appropriate action. Survey information is used for the
purpose designated.
Personal Information and Choice
"Personal information" is information about an individual that is
readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information
includes personal identifiers such as an individual's name, address,
and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not
considered personal information.
We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily
participate in an activity that asks for information (i.e. sending
an e-mail or participating in a survey, etc.). If you choose not to
participate in these activities, your choice will in no way affect your
ability to use any other feature of Terror-Alert.com's web site.
If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered
by the user, state law and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 may protect
it. However, this information is a public record once you provide
it, and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected
by federal or state law.
Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information
requested from or volunteered by children on-line or by e-mail will
be treated the same as information given by an adult and may be subject
to public access.
If you identify yourself by sending an e-mail message containing
personal information: You may decide to send Terror-Alert.com personally-identifying
information, for example your Social Security Number or mailing address,
in an e-mail message requesting that information or records be mailed
to you. Information collected in this manner is used by Terror-Alert.com
solely for responding to requests for information or records.
If you choose to send e-mail to Terror-Alert.com containing
personally-identifying information, you should be aware that such
communications are not secure and, in theory, could be viewed by anyone
with access to the Internet.
Disclosure
We strive to protect personally identifiable information by
collecting only information necessary to deliver our services. All
information collected at this site remains private, unless an exemption
in law exists.
Cookies –What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous
unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's
computers and may either be used only during your session (a "session"
cookie) or may be stored on your computer's hard drive (a "persistent"
cookie). Cookies can contain data about user movement during the visit
to the web site. If your browser software is set to allow cookies,
a web site can send its own cookie to you. A web site that has set
a cookie can only access those cookies it has sent to you, it cannot
access cookies sent to you by other sites.
Why are Cookies Used on Web Sites?
Cookies are one mechanism for maintaining continuity during
a user's visit to a web site. They allow data to be maintained for
users' benefit as they navigate a site. This is referred to as "session"
or "state management" cookie. These cookies go away when you terminate
your visit to the web site as they are maintained only in your browser's
active memory during your session. Cookies may be also be stored on
your computer to so that you can be recognized by a web site on subsequent
visits. They can be read by the web site that set them whenever you
enter the web site. They are often used on web sites that require
you to log in to save you entering all of your log-in information.
They may store information on your unique identifier and the areas
of the web site you have visited before. These cookies are stored
on your computer's hard drive after you have left your web site visit
and consequently are often referred to as "persistent" cookies.
Choices about Cookies
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject
all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is
different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to
change your cookie preferences.)
Terror-Alert.com 's Practices Regarding Cookies
Terror-Alert.com uses only session cookies. The information
on these cookies is retained by Terror-Alert.com only while the user's
session is active in a table that lists the unique identifiers of
those currently using the site.
Contact Information
To offer comments about this web site or to comment about
the information presented in this Privacy Notice, please contact us
at: privacy (at) terror-alert.com
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