Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Legal Notice and Disclaimer

This web site is provided as a public service by the National Cyber Security Alliance ("Alliance"); the information presented here is subject to the following legal notice and disclaimer.

Privacy

We do not collect personally identifiable information (e.g., name, address, phone number, email address) unless you provide it to us. No other attempts are made to identify individual users or their personal usage habits. We collect only aggregate information about the numbers of individuals who visit our web site and what those individuals look at. This web site uses industry-standard software to create summary statistics, which are used for such things as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this web site employs industry-standard methods to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this web site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Disclaimer

This web site includes information, documents and materials (collectively, the "Contents") that are subject to change without notice. The Alliance expressly disclaims any obligation to keep Contents up to date or free of errors or viruses, or to maintain uninterrupted access to this web site. This web site (including all Contents) is provided "AS IS." The Alliance disclaims any express or implied warranties related to the use of this web site (including all Contents and third party web sites), including, without limitation, merchantability, suitability, noninfringement, accuracy, or fitness for any particular purpose. The information provided on this web site should be used as advice; such information does not provide the user with any form of guaranteed protection and the user should not rely on the information to provide any form of guaranteed protection. The Alliance shall not be liable for any errors contained herein or for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to the use of this web site (including all Contents), including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, whether under a contract, tort or any other theory of liability, even if the Alliance is aware of the possibility of such errors or damages. This web site contains hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for visitors' convenience. The Alliance neither controls nor guarantees the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information. The Alliance is not responsible for any of the practices of these other sites and specifically disclaims any liability for their content. The inclusion of links or pointers to web sites is not intended to assign importance to those sites or the information contained therein, nor is it intended to endorse or recommend any views expressed, or products or services offered on these sites. The Alliance assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in any Contents, including Contents that are referenced by or linked (by hypertext links) to third party web sites. The Alliance makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever for the Contents or third party web sites or for any products or services mentioned or offered in the Contents or in third party web sites.

Reservation of Rights

All Contents (including, without limitation, the graphics, icons, and overall appearance of the web site and the Contents) are the property of the Alliance or its affiliates. Neither the Alliance nor its affiliates waive any of its proprietary rights therein including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. This web site and the Contents are intended only for the individual, non-commercial use of web site users. No user of this web site may resell, republish, print, download, copy, retransmit or display (by use of an html "frame" or otherwise) any portion of this web site or the Contents without the prior written consent of the Alliance, except that reasonable copying or printing of the Contents for individual, non-commercial use is permissible where permitted by law. The availability of any Contents through this web site shall under no circumstance constitute a transfer of any copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of the Alliance or its affiliates to any web site user or any third party. This web site and the Contents are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws, both as individual works and as a compilation.