Division of Fish and
Wildlife Department of Planning
and Natural Resources
Government of the
Virgin Islands
Privacy, Disclaimer, Copyrights and Logo Use
Privacy Statement
Our privacy policy is the same as the standard Department of the Interior Privacy
Statement:
This is how we will handle information we learn about you from your
visit to our website. The information we receive depends upon what you
do when visiting our site. If you visit our site to read or download
information, such as consumer brochures or press releases:
We collect and store only the following information about you: the
name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example,
aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account, or
princeton.edu if you are connecting from Princeton University's domain);
the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the
website from which you linked directly to our site. We do not store any
personal identifiers. This information is not stored in any particular
fashion, but is part of a systems log file.
For site management, information is collected for statistical
purposes. This government computer system uses software programs to
create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing
what information is of most and least interest, determining technical
design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem
areas. We use the information we collect to measure the number of
visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our
site more useful to visitors. This information is only used internally,
does not contain personal identifiers, and will only be used for
internal management purposes.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail or filling out a
questionnaire or guestbook:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information,
for example, in an electronic mail message containing a complaint.
We use personally-identifying information from consumers in various
ways to further our customer'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.
Visit the Department's Talk
to Us page to learn what can happen to the information you
provide us when you send us e-mail or fill out a questionnaire or
guestbook.. 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.
We want to be very clear: We will not obtain
personally-identifying information about you when you visit our
site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Except as
might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive
with outside parties.
Especially For Kids! KIDS! Check this additional Privacy
notice Especially if you are under 13, please don't send us
e-mail. Instead, have an adult send the message. Have your parents, teachers and
school librarian contact us if you need further assistance. They may send
e-mail to Contact@vifishandwildlife.com
We will link to external sites that help us perform our mission -
"working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American
people."
Links to external servers do not imply any official U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service 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.
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 Service logo is restricted
to official publications (see below).
We will identify material we use from sources outside the Service, and request
others do the same when using information published by the Service. Credit can
be provided by including on the page (or via a link to a credits page) a
citation such as:
Credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service/photo by Robert Shallenberger (if
the artist is known)
USFWS/Elkins, WV (if originating office but not the artist is
known)
Restrictions on Using the VI Fish and Wildlife Logo on Web Pages
The
Service logo is our official "trademark" and not available for general
use.
Comments? Questions? Please check our answers to Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ's) before you contact
us at contact@vifishandwildlife.com
