Battelle Web Site

The Battelle web site that is hosting information and links does not collect personally identifiable information about you except when you specifically provide this information on a voluntary basis.  Your personal information will not be provided to 3^rd parties but may be shared with organizers of the January 2004 Northeast Coastal Indicators Workshop to facilitate the workshop effort. No personal information will be used for non Workshop purposes. Survey responder name, address, and e-mail will not be made available via public access web site. Other survey data will be summarized and presented for public access via the Battelle web site.

Third Parties

The survey that is accessed from a link on the Battelle web site utilizes an online interface and data storage system provided and maintained by a third party hosting survey vendor (“The Vendor”). No other parties are granted access to your personal information. Note that it is possible, however unlikely, that other parties could intercept information during transit between your computer and The Vendor. Thus, do not submit any classified information.

Hosting Survey Vendor Privacy Statement:

Information Collection

The hosting survey vendor (“The Vendor”) will not use the information collected from your surveys in any way, shape, or form.

In addition, The Vendor does not collect personally identifiable information about you except when you specifically provide this information on a voluntary basis.   The Vendor will make every effort to ensure that whatever information you provide will be maintained in a secure environment.  

Information Use

The Vendor reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics.  The Vendor does this in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the website.

The Vendor collects IP addresses for system administration and record keeping.  Your IP address is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the World Wide Web.  The Vendor’s servers record incoming IP addresses.  The IP addresses are analyzed only in aggregate; no connection is made between you and your computer's IP address.  By tracking IP addresses, The Vendor can determine which sites refer the most people to The Vendor’s web site.  (Think of an IP address like your zip code; it tells us in general terms where you're from.)

Cookies

"Cookies" are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat users.  The Vendor uses cookies to recognize visitors and more quickly provide personalized content or grant you unimpeded access to the website.  With cookies enabled, you will not need to fill in password or contact information.  

Information gathered through cookies also helps The Vendor measure use of its website.  Cookie data allow The Vendor to track usage behavior and compile data that The Vendor can use to improve the site.   This data will be used in aggregate form; no specific users will be tracked.  

Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside of the Web site that he or she is visiting.   You can easily turn off cookies.  Most browsers have a feature that allows the user to refuse cookies or issues a warning when cookies are being sent.   However, The Vendor’s site will not function properly without cookies.  Enabling cookies ensures a smooth, efficient visit to The Vendor’s website.  

General Security Policy

The Vendor is aware of your privacy concerns and strives to collect only as much data as is required to make your survey experience as efficient and satisfying as possible, in the most unobtrusive manner as possible.