Terms and Conditions

Privacy, Disclaimer, Copyrights and Logo Use 


PRIVACY STATEMENT

Acousticals.org is committed to maintaining a web site that represents the majority of people interested in acoustics and/or working in the field of acoustics. We do not require personal information from our visitors, nor do we collect any personally identifying information (name, email address, Social Security number, or other unique identifier) unless you knowingly provide it. Likewise, we do not give, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party except as might be required by law . 

Data Collection for Statistics
To aid in web site management, certain information is collected for statistical purposes. The Service uses specialized software to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest to our customers, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

We collect only the following information about your visit:

The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, "harvard.edu" if you are connecting from Harvard University’s domain, or "aol.com" if you are connecting from an America Online account); 
The web site from which you linked directly to our web site, if you have used another web site to reach our site; 
The operating system and web browser you use to view pages; 
The date and time you access our web site. 
We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our web site, allowing us to make our web site more useful and accessible to visitors. We do not store any personal identifiers. 

Information Collected from E-mails and Forms
You may decide to send us personally identifying information through e-mail messages or through on-line forms. Electronic communication allows us to collect information that will improve our web site for you, and we encourage it. We use personally-identifying information from visitors in various ways to further our visitor's protection and to provide better service. This may be to correct broken links that you have identified or provide additional information that you have requested. 

Any information that we collect via a questionnaire or a guestbook may be subject to disclosure, but will be handled in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act to ensure the greatest protection of personal privacy in the face of any required disclosure. 

Security Checks 
For web site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor network traffic, identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this web site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Cookies 
When you visit some Web sites, their web servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Some cookies collect personal information to recognize your computer in the future. This is not the case at www.acousticals.org, where we only use non-persistent cookies or "per-session cookies." These cookies do not collect personal information on users and they are erased as soon as you leave our Web site.


Per-session cookies serve technical purposes like providing seamless navigation through www.acousticals.org. These cookies do not permanently record data and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. www.acousticals.org cookies are stored in memory and are only available during an active browser session. Again, once you close your browser, the cookie disappears.


For Kids!
Please don't send us e-mail, Especially if you are under 13. Instead, have an adult send the message. Have your parents, teachers and school librarian contact us if you need further assistance. 

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STANDARD DISCLAIMER

We can link to external sites that help us perform our mission - "make more people aware of noise and the hazards of it as well of the beauty of it, to, finally, create a more harmonious environment for everybody". 

Links to external servers do not imply any official acousticals.org endorsement of the opinions or ideas expressed therein, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to commercial sites are in no way an endorsement of any vendor's products or services. 
Links will be provided to external servers that are managed in a professional manner (i.e., it is fully operational, is available most of the time, does not serve inaccurate information or obscene graphics, etc.). 
This server will not link to external servers if such a link would appear to provide an official endorsement of fundraising efforts or lobbying for a political agenda. 

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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

Please note: 

You are welcome to make a link to any of the Web pages the Service has published on the Internet. There is no need to request permission. 
Not all the information on our site is in the public domain. Some images/graphics are licensed for use under the copyright law, and the use of the Acousticals.org logo is restricted to official publications. 
We will identify material we use from sources outside acousticals.org, and request others do the same when using information published by acousticals.org. Credit can be provided by including on the page (or via a link to a credits page) a citation such as:

Credit: Acousticals.org

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