This privacy policy governs the use of this mobile application (from hereon referred to as “application”) created by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (from hereon referred to as “Foundation”, “we,” or “us”).
NOAA’s Office of Communications, Heritage Program (from hereon referred to as “NOAA”) contributes content to this application, but the application is funded, managed, and otherwise controlled by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. NOAA does not collect, store, or control any information collected by this application, including the information described in this Privacy Policy.
The Foundation, publisher of this mobile application and its related content and services, believes that electronic privacy is crucial for the ongoing success of the Internet as a communications medium.
The application does not collect any personally identifiable (PI) information.
The application collects and stores certain information about your mobile device automatically. This information is anonymized and does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and temporarily store only the following information in raw data format that is not searchable and not identifiable to you:
You may choose to provide us (the Foundation) with personal information, as in email with a comment or question. This information will not be associated with the information collected on your mobile device. We use the information to improve our service to you or to respond to your request.
The application may have links to our partners, especially other federal agencies. In a few cases we link to private organizations. When you click one of these partner links, you are no longer viewing content from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation or NOAA and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. NOAA and the U.S. Department of Commerce do not endorse this website or the information, products or services contained therein.
This application does not ask for or collect personal individually identifiable information from children.
Be careful on the web!
This application is just a gateway to NOAA’s Heritage Program, its exhibits and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. That means that when you click on a link, you will be leaving our site. Government sites that we provide links to also have to follow special rules for their children’s sites, but non-government sites do not have to follow the same rules. You may click to a site that will ask you for personal information like your name, address, telephone number, or email address. Before you provide any information, show your parents or some other responsible adult what you are doing.
The Foundation will occasionally update this Statement of Policy to reflect customer feedback. When the Foundation posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word “updated” next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of the Site. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how the Foundation will use your personally identifiable information, The Foundation will post changes prior to implementing the change. The Foundation encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the Foundation is protecting your information.