GOVSCOOP.ORG values the privacy of individuals who visit our website. This statement sets forth important details about how we collect and use personal information from website visitors.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
GOVSCOOP.ORG collects the following information from you:
- Mailing Lists. When you sign up to any of our mailing lists, GOVSCOOP.ORG collects your email address and other contact information that you provide to us. We will also collect email addresses and other contact information provided by you as part of your use of the features and functions of the website. By submitting an email address and other contact information you consent (or warrant that the owner of such email address and other contact information has expressly consented) to being placed on our mailing lists and thereby receive email and other correspondence from GOVSCOOP.ORG, including newsletters, event advertisements, and website updates. You may remove your email address from the applicable mailing list at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email from GOVSCOOP.ORG. Although GOVSCOOP.ORG will promptly remove your email address from its mailing list, you may still receive any emails that are initiated before your email address is removed from the list.
- Logfiles and other website tracking information. As part of your use of the website GOVSCOOP.ORG collects non-personally identifiable information about you through your IP address, computer settings or most recently visited URL.
- Other collections. From time to time, we may also ask you to provide certain non-personally identifiable information about yourself.
COOKIES
A cookie is a small data file that websites commonly write to the site visitor’s hard drive when a site is visited. A cookie file contains information that can identify a return visitor each time he or she visits our site. The data is encrypted for added security. Our web site may use cookies as a way to measure activity and traffic patterns on the site in order to continually improve the visitor’s experience. Cookies also provide visitors the convenience of not having to log in a password more than once when visiting our site, thereby saving time for our repeat visitors.
A browser can be set to warn the users before accepting cookies. Users can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in the browser. Users do not need to have cookies turned on to visit our website, but will need them to use certain customizable features on the site that we may launch in the future.
CHILDREN AND PRIVACY
GOVSCOOP.ORG does not knowingly collect information from or about children age 13 and under.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Our site contains links to other Internet websites, and GOVSCOOP.ORG is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any linked sites.
CHANGES TO POLICY
If GOVSCOOP.ORG decides to change its privacy policies and practices, we will post those changes to our Privacy Policy on our website in advance of the changes taking effect, so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we can use their information in this different manner. We will continue to be able to use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was originally collected.
UNSUBSCRIBE
To unsubscribe from any GOVSCOOP.ORG electronic newsletter, please send an email request to team@govscoop.org and type the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
QUESTIONS
Any questions regarding this statement should be directed to our us via email at team@govscoop.org.
GOVSCOOP.ORG operates this website (“website”) for the education and personal enjoyment of our visitors. Use of this website is conditioned on the User’s acceptance of these GOVSCOOP.ORG Terms and Conditions, including the Privacy Policy and disclaimers set forth below. If you do not agree with or accept these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, please exit this website.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK INFORMATION
All materials on this website are protected by copyrights, trademarks, and/or other intellectual property rights. These materials are either owned by GOVSCOOP.ORG or its affiliates, or are used with permission of their owners or as otherwise authorized by law. Such materials include, but are not limited to, the photographs, images, illustrations, text, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, trademarks, trade dress, and other materials contained in this website. All rights are reserved, worldwide.
Users may print or reproduce discrete portions of GOVSCOOP.ORG materials published on this site, for purposes of commentary or the user’s personal noncommercial use and enjoyment, so long as proper credit is given to GOVSCOOP.ORG. If more than two sentences from an GOVSCOOP.ORG article are reproduced, the credit line should include a copyright notice in the GOVSCOOP.ORG of GOVSCOOP.ORG. No user is authorized to change the material or the meaning of the GOVSCOOP.ORG material. If these conditions are observed, GOVSCOOP.ORG will consider the reproduction to be “fair use.” Use or review of this website does not give any User a license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property or personal right of GOVSCOOP.ORG or any third party. No GOVSCOOP.ORG trademark may be used in advertising or other commercial materials without the prior express permission of GOVSCOOP.ORG. You also agree to observe the privacy of all other Users and not to use the personal information of any other User for any commercial, promotional, or other purpose. GOVSCOOP.ORG does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of the material or data on this website or any other site, or available through links from this site. GOVSCOOP.ORG may provide links to third party websites. Links to other websites are provided as a convenience only. GOVSCOOP.ORG does not endorse, is not responsible for, and does not control these third party sites, their services, or their software.
POSTINGS OR COMMENTS
GOVSCOOP.ORG is pleased to receive postings or comments from Users. User or third party submissions or postings are the views of the author or poster. They do not reflect the views of GOVSCOOP.ORG. GOVSCOOP.ORG reserves the right to monitor and edit any postings or material submitted to it, for any reason. GOVSCOOP.ORG also reserves the right to remove or permanently delete any posting without User’s consent if the posting violates any law, advocates illegal or violent acts, is obscene or explicit, or if the posting degrades others on the basis of age, race, gender, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, or disability or for any other reason in the sole discretion of GOVSCOOP.ORG. GOVSCOOP.ORG has the sole discretion to publish, edit, or delete any material submitted to GOVSCOOP.ORG. By submitting any postings, comments, or other messages to GOVSCOOP.ORG, the commenter gives GOVSCOOP.ORG an irrevocable and perpetual license to the material and authorizes GOVSCOOP.ORG to publish the material in any media now known or hereafter developed, and to use, adapt, recast, distribute, display, perform, or transmit it in any way, as GOVSCOOP.ORG may determine in its sole discretion. By submitting your GOVSCOOP.ORG, address, photo, or other identifying data with a posting or other submission, you give GOVSCOOP.ORG the right to publish those data, and to use those data for promotional or any other purpose. Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary, or copyrighted material without authorization of the owner. Submission of any material that is obscene, defamatory, or that infringes any trademark, copyright, privacy right, or other legal right is prohibited.
GOVSCOOP.ORG does not represent, warrant, guaranty, or endorse the accuracy or reliability for messages submitted to the Comments section or other forums. GOVSCOOP.ORG does not undertake to review those messages and has no responsibility for their content. GOVSCOOP.ORG reserves the right to review or edit such messages, and to restrict or deny access to the Comments section or other part of the Website. GOVSCOOP.ORG does not collect or seek any data or submissions from people under the age of 13.
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NOTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE TAX ADVICE OR OTHER LEGAL ADVICE OF ANY SORT AND NOTHING ON THIS WEBSITE MAY BE USED OR RELIED UPON AS TAX ADVICE OR OTHER LEGAL ADVICE. GOVSCOOP.ORG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOSS OF PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR THE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS, OR SOFTWARE HEREIN, EVEN IF GOVSCOOP.ORG HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANOTHER PARTY. GOVSCOOP.ORG DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE OF INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, NOR DOES GOVSCOOP.ORG WARRANT THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS.
A User’s use of this website, and any reliance on any material published or transmitted by this website, is at the User’s own risk. You agree that you hereby release GOVSCOOP.ORG and its affiliates, advertisers, supporters, and authors from any and all liability or obligations arising from the access or use of this website, or any public forum or other area of this website. A User’s sole remedy for any problem or concern is to exit this website. You agree that you will indemnify and hold GOVSCOOP.ORG harmless for any loss, damages, or liability suffered by GOVSCOOP.ORG as a result of your use of this website, or your submission of any material to GOVSCOOP.ORG or this website. GOVSCOOP.ORG reserves the right to restrict or limit access to this website.
Copyright Violations: If you believe that any material on this website infringes your copyright, please notify us as follows, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). To notify us, the DMCA requires that you:
Send an email notice to GOVSCOOP.ORG to: team@govscoop.org
Include the following information in your email:
a. Identify of the copyrighted work(s) you claim is infringed;
b. Identify the material you claim is infringing the copyright(s), and give enough information for GOVSCOOP.ORG to locate that material;
c. Include a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf (the “Claimant”);
d. Include the Claimant’s GOVSCOOP.ORG, address, and telephone number(s);
e. Include a statement that the Claimant has a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner or his agent; and
f. Include a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification of copyright infringement is accurate and that the Claimant is the copyright owner or is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner