Policies

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Museum of Air Traffic Control Policies

Web Site Policy: Reliance upon Information, Copyright, Privacy, and Terms of Use

These policies were last updated 10 November 2005 and continue to be developed.

Terms of Use

READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THESE SERVICES. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES INDICATES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPTED THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Continued use of the information, services and products offered at this website is expressly conditioned upon acceptance of these terms and conditions. This agreement represents the entire agreement between you and the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. and supersedes any and all other communications, prior, contemporaneous or subsequent, and any course of performance or course of dealing, except as modified by revision of this page or in writing signed by an authorized agent of the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc., which reserves sole discretion in revising these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this page.

The Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. grants users a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display the contents of this website. You agree that the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. does not have any liability for any delays, omissions, inaccuracies or failures relating to products or services not directly provided by the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc.

Neither the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. nor any of its online service providers shall have any liability for the actions of advertisers, partners or users of the site, or for the contents of any advertisements or user comments, or for assertions or omissions therein. None of the foregoing parties shall be liable for any third-party claims or losses of any nature, including, but not limited to, lost profits, punitive or consequential damages.

The Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. will use reasonable efforts to include only accurate and up to date information on this website, but it makes no warranties or representations about accuracy. Neither the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. nor any of its agents makes any warranties, express or implied, about results obtained from use of any information found on this website.

THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OF IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT.

All users agree that access and use of the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. and the content thereof is at their own risk and that users will be solely responsible for information transmitted, whether by email or this website. Neither the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. nor any other party involved in providing this website to the Internet community shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages or damages of any kind arising out of anyone's access, use or inability to use the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc, or any errors or omissions in the content found therein. In jurisdictions that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc’s total liability to any one user for all damages, losses, or causes of action shall not exceed $100.00. Users agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc, its owners and agents from and against any and all liability and costs incurred in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs. the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. is not responsible for any damages, including damages that result from, but are not limited to, negligence.

Interpretation and enforcement of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of California. You consent to personal jurisdiction in the federal and state courts of Sacramento County, California, USA, for any action arising out of or relating to your use of this web site and agree that the federal and state courts of Sacramento County, California, USA, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such actions. In any such action, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all legal expenses incurred in connection with the action, including, but not limited to, its costs, both taxable and non-taxable, and reasonable attorneys' fees.

In the event any portion of this agreement is held unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Should other information on this web page be found to be in conflict with these Terms of Use, the provisions which afford the greatest protection to the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc., shall apply.

You agree that any communication or material transmitted to the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. via this website or Internet email is not confidential and that your communications may be read or intercepted by others. Communication or material sent to the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc, its owners or agents may be used in any manner it sees fit, whether posting, publication, reproduction, broadcast or submission to proper legal authorities.

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Do not rely upon information which is published on or linked-to from this site

All information contained within or linked-to from this site (information) is for informational use only. Do not use this information for navigation or in any circumstances which have the potential to implicate safety or financial risk. Although reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the material contained within this website is correct at the time of publishing, no claim is made as to the accuracy or authenticity of the information provided. Accordingly, we do not guarantee or warrant the accuracy or completeness of any information and are not responsible for any errors or omissions. This information is provided as a general educational resource and, in providing this information, we are not rendering any professional service. Users of this information must independently verify the accuracy and authenticity of the information.

The information on this site is provided on an “as is” basis. We specifically make no representations or warranties of any kind regarding the accuracy, completeness, applicability, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose of the content herein, even if we has been informed in advance of such intended purpose. We shall not be liable to any person or entity with respect to any damage or loss whatever, whether direct or indirect, whether incidental or consequential, resulting or alleged to have resulted from the use of the information on this site.

Peer Review

It is our intent to subject all information on this site to peer review and to avoid posting information which has not withstood rigorous review. We highly encourage individuals and organizations with ATC expertise to become peer reviewers for the Museum of Air Traffic Control. If you would like to contribute in this way, please contact us.

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Copyright and Trademark

This web site is protected under United States and international copyright law. No part of it may be reproduced, distributed, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc.

Subject to the exceptions noted below, all materials and information, including, but not limited to all files, code, and applications which underlie the information presented on this site, is Copyright © 1998-2005 Aviation Policy Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.

All trademarks and service marks used in this material are the property of their respective owners. All names and other terms used that are believed to be trademarks or service marks have been treated as proper nouns to distinguish them from non-trademarked terms. No claim is made or implied regarding the trademark status of any term based on its use.

No claim is made to materials presented here for which copyright is held by another. No claim is made to original works of the United States, Canadian, or UK Governments.

When copyrighted materials are used on this site it is for the “fair use” limited and transformative purposes of comment, criticism, scholarship, research and/or news reporting. If you believe that we have used material on this site to which you hold the copyright in a manner which does not reflect fair use, please contact us immediately.

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Privacy

If we collect information from you we will use it only for the purposes for which it was collected, and the other reasons noted in the “Types of information collected” section below. This section is subject to change so please be sure to review it from time-to-time.

Links

This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Cookies

We may use "cookies" to determine whether you have visited our site previously and to save and remember any preferences that you set while using our site. If a user has disabled cookies in his or her web browser or if cookies are rejected by the user, it may not be possible to utilize certain services on this site.

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Types of information collected

We collect some non-personally identifiable information automatically and some in our registration forms and online surveys. Non-personally identifiable information might include your IP address, the type of browser or operating system you use, the domain name from which you linked to our site, your zip code, your age, your income level and other general demographic information. We use this non-personally identifiable information to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site; and we may share it with our affiliates, or with out other business partners on an aggregated basis.

Our site's registration form and online surveys may also request or require users to give us personally identifiable information (like their name, telephone number, home address and e-mail address). Further, if you elect to contribute to this site we obviously require personally identifiable information. We may use the information from our registration forms and surveys to contact the user. We will not sell or disclose your personally identifiable data to any third party unless :

1. We first obtain permission from you;;
2. We need to share it with agents or contractors who perform services for us; or,
3. We are required by law to disclose it.

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Donate to the Museum of Air Traffic Control/Aviation Policy Institute

*The links on the left side of the page are based upon graphics and do not change when the page is translated. Therefore, we have provided these text-based links which will translate when the Babel Fish™ translation is used.

The Museum of Air Traffic Control (www.atcmuseum.org) is a service of the Aviation Policy Institute, Inc.,
a Federally-recognized, IRS 501(c)(3), not-for-profit educational organization.

All information contained within or linked-to from this site is for informational use only.
Do not use this information for navigation or in any circumstances which implicate safety or financial risk.
Please see our Policy page for more information.