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Security
Notice
This web site is part of a Federal computer system used to
accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy monitors this
web site for security purposes to ensure it remains available to all
users and to protect information in the system. By accessing this
web site, you are expressly consenting to these monitoring
activities.
Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to
use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to
authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy
information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its
operation are prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to
law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-474) and the
National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L.
104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.
Privacy Notice
We collect no personal information about you without your knowledge
when you visit this site, although you may choose to provide this
information to us in specific instances. However, we do collect and
store certain information automatically:
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the
Internet Protocol (IP) address of the domain from which you
access the Internet (e.g., 123.456.789.012), whether yours
individually or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service
Provider (ISP)
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the
date and time you access our site
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the
pages you visit (recorded by the text and graphics files that
compose that page)
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the
Internet address of the web site from which you linked
directly to our site.
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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 beyond the support staff
for this web site, except when required by law enforcement
investigation, and is used only as a source of anonymous statistical
information.
Comments Sent by E-Mail
You may choose to provide us with personal information, as in an
e-mail message containing your comments or questions. We use this
information to improve our service to you or to respond to your
request. There are times when your message is forwarded, as e-mail,
to other employees who may be better able to help you. Except as
required by authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not
share our e-mail with outside organizations.
Web Site Accessibility (Section 508) Disclaimer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is
committed to creating high-quality Internet publications that are
easily accessible to all users. If you encounter any difficulty
accessing our public online information, please let us know by
emailing the
Webmaster. No accessibility warranty or guarantee is made
for sites outside the PNNL network to which our web sites link, as
such is beyond our scope or control.
Note: PNNL is committed to meeting the
needs of all web site users. In some cases, however, the huge amount
of data being sorted require dynamically-generated web sites that
depict data graphically. PNNL strives to limit these sites to
instances where the graphical interface is the only way to represent
the data clearly and understandably.
General Disclaimer
This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an
agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States
Government nor any agency thereof, nor Battelle Memorial Institute,
nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied,
or assumes 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. Reference herein to any specific commercial
product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer,
or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its
endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States
Government or any agency thereof, or Battelle Memorial Institute.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not
necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government
or any agency thereof.
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