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Web Policy

Policy statements for the NSF ATE CREATE website.

Copyright:

Copyrighted material, including without limitation software, graphics, text, photographs, sound, video and musical recordings, may not be placed on the Site without the express permission of the owner of the copyright in the material, or other legal entitlement to use the material.

User may download material from the CREATE Sites only for the User's own personal, non-commercial use, or used in an educational environment. User may not otherwise copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit or otherwise transfer any material. The burden of determining that use of any information, software or any other content on the Site is permissible rests with the User.

CREATE respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe your copyright has been violated on a CREATE site, please give notice by contacting CREATE's DMCA Designated Agent, Dr. Kathy Alfano. Helpful link on copyright. http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

Disclaimer:

CREATE does not warrant, and hereby disclaims any warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any Site, information obtained from a Site, or link to a Site. CREATE does not warrant that Sites will operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner or that Sites are free of viruses or other harmful components. Use of information obtained from or through these Sites is at your own risk.

CREATE sites may include unmoderated forums containing the personal opinions and other expressions of the persons who post entries on a wide range of topics. Neither the content of these Sites, nor the links to other web sites, are screened, approved, reviewed or endorsed by CREATE.

The National Science Foundation web policies.

Privacy:

CREATE recognizes that respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost importance. This privacy statement is designed to provide information about the privacy and data collection practices for the site: http://www.create-california.org. The Site is operated by CREATE.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our Director at kathleen.alfano@canyons.edu or by postal mail to:

CREATE
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, California USA
91355

Identifying Information. In general, you can visit the Site without telling us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the Site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an order, offer services that require registration, assist you with technical support issues or to follow up with you. Generally, CREATE requests identifying information when you:

1. Register on any of our websites.
2. Place an order or request for materials.
3. Provide feedback to an online survey or tell us about an idea or suggestion.
4. Participate in a program, workshop, or other function.
5. Request a SPECIAL SERVICE
6. Request information or files from our site, members, or support team.

In these instances, CREATE will ask for your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other appropriate information needed to provide you with these services. In all instances, if you receive a newsletter, brochure or other mailing from us, you will always be able to "unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.

What CREATE Will Do With Your Information. If you choose to give us personal information for any of the purposes above, this information is retained by CREATE and will only be used by CREATE, the grant, to support your relationship with us. We will not add you to a mailing list, or newsletter without your registration for this service. We will only contact you if further information is required from you to complete a service.

What Others May Do With Your Information. CREATE does not share, rent, or sell any personally identifying information provided through our Site (such as your name or email address) to any outside organization for use in its marketing or solicitations. From time to time CREATE may use agents or contractors who will have access to your personal information to perform services for CREATE(such as DATABASE MAINTENANCE), however, they are required by us to keep the information confidential and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services for CREATE. In addition, CREATE may also share aggregate information about members and its web site visitors to other NFS grants, industry partners, education institutions and other third parties. For example, we might share that our users are x percent PCs users and y percent Macintosh users. None of this information, however, will contain personal, identifying information about our users.

CREATE FORUM. The CREATE On-line forum is designed to give you options concerning the privacy of your identifying information. If you choose, you can set up an account. This will allow you to have a customized forum experience. To protect your privacy, we have designed the Sites to include certain steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections in an account. You will always have access to this account information and can view it, update it or correct it at any time. To access your information, you will need to use a password.

Third Party Links. CREATE cannot control, and has no responsibility for, the privacy policies or data collection activities at another site.

Cookies. At times, we will use a feature on your web browser to send your computer a "cookie". We do not use cookies to retrieve any personal information from your computer. We only use cookies to learn ways to enhance our Sites, and to give you better, more personalized service while in our web site. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent. However, some functions of the Sites will not function if you refuse cookies. These areas of our web site will have information posted about cookies, and when a cookie will be uploaded to your computer.

Children's Privacy Protection. CREATE is sensitive to the heightened need to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13. The vast majority of the material on our web site is not intended for children and is not targeted to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children and, if we learn that we have received personal data from a child, we will remove this information from our database.

Changes to this Policy. CREATE may from time to time revise its privacy policy. You should therefore periodically visit this page, so you are aware of any such revisions. We will not, however, use your existing information in a manner not previously disclosed. You will be advised and have the opportunity to opt out of any new use of your information.

Credit Card Security. We know visitors are concerned about credit card security. CREATE does not use or request credit card information from any visitor.