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Measuring Audiences
Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is used to gather broad
demographic information. Marine University logs IP addresses and browser types
for systems administration purposes. These logs are analyzed to constantly
improve the value of the materials available on the Affiliated Web Sites. Your
IP address also helps us to diagnose problems with our server and to administer
the Web Site. IP addresses do not provide us with any identifiable personal
information. This means your session will be tracked, but you will remain
anonymous to us.
Outside Links
This site contains links to sites other than the Web Sites with
which we have no affiliation. We are not responsible for the privacy practices,
or the content, of such other Web sites.
Our Affiliated Sites Include:
Submitting Personal Information
You can submit information to the Affiliated Web Sites in several
places. Contact information collected on the Affiliated Web Sites is used to
send responses or information requested by our customers. It is not our
practice to share this information with other organizations.
The ‘Registration’ form requires information so that an original
account can be created for each individual who wishes to take the Boater101
course. Personal information required includes fields of demographic
information as well as personal information that create unique combinations by
which an individual can be positively identified and access to their account
confirmed.
The ‘Payment’ form requires financial information (such as credit card
numbers), as well as email addresses/postal mailing addresses and personal
information related to billing for services rendered. It is not our practice to
share this information with other organizations. Security measures and
encryption are built into our Web Sites in an effort to preserve the safety of
your information, but we cannot guarantee that these protective measures will
be effective.
The ‘eMail List’ form requires the submission of an email address. The email
address provided will be included in our database upon subscription. Should you
request information from us to be sent to you via email, we will take
reasonable steps to maintain your information confidentially and we will allow
you to unsubscribe from such services.
Contests, Submissions, and Message Board forms, in which you send the original
materials to us, may require email addresses/postal mail addresses and other
personal information. Contest entries or submissions by people not eligible for
the contest winnings will not be considered or posted to the Web Sites.
Eligibility may be determined by age, location or other factors as explained in
the contest rules. Prizes distributed to contest winners cannot be resold or
distributed for any type of compensation.
Submitting Pictures, Graphics, or Other Information to Post to Web Sites Once a
picture, graphic or other information is posted to the Web Sites it is open to
public use. Although we do not allow web users to download any graphic material
on any of the Web Sites without our express written consent, there are no
security measures in place outside of our disclaimer. It is therefore possible
that users can download any material posted to the Web Sites and use it for
their own uses.
Site Security
The Web Sites have security measures in place in an effort to
protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
Information supplied to us by you is stored on secure servers with appropriate
encryption and firewall security measures in our endeavor to keep that
information secure. We caution you that these security measures may not be
adequate and that security can and may be breached at any time. We cannot
therefore accept any responsibility to maintain your information in confidence;
we can only assure you that we will not release it to the public intentionally.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of the Web Sites, your dealings with this Web site, or if you have
general comments you would like to send to us, feel free to contact us at:
info@marineuniversity.org
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