Website Policies
This page explains website policies, procedures, and required links for Department of Navy websites.
Accessibility Policy
We are committed to providing access to all individuals—with or without disabilities—seeking information on our site. This website was built to conform to the Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (as amended), which requires that all individuals with disabilities (whether federal employees or members of the general public) have access to, and use of, information and data comparable to that provided to individuals without disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the Department of Navy.
Linking Policy
This site contains links to information created and maintained by other public or private organizations. These links are provided solely for your information and convenience. If you select a link to an outside website, you are leaving the navytechtransfer.navy.mil website and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the external website.
Links to other websites
This website links to publicly available websites that are government-owned or government sponsored, including domains ending in .gov, .mil and .us. There are also links to quasi-government agencies and websites created by public/private partnerships; state and local government sites, and government-sponsored websites that end in .com, .org, or .net.
This website may link to non-government websites, if they provide relevant information that is not available on an official government website. These links are provided as a public service only; the U.S. government, including Department of Navy, neither endorses nor guarantees in any way the external organizations, services, advice, or products included in these website links. Furthermore, the U.S. government neither controls nor guarantees the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of the information contained in non-government website links.
Disclaimer of endorsement
The Department of Navy Technology Transfer website includes hypertext links, or pointers, to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. We provide these links and pointers only for your information and convenience. When you select a link to an outside website, you are leaving the navytechtransfer.navy.mil site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.
- The Department of Navy Technology Transfer Program Office (DON T2 PMO) does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked website.
- The DON T2 PMO does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites, nor does it endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.
- The content of external, non-Federal websites is not subject to Federal information quality, privacy, security, and related guidelines.
- The DON T2 PMO cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website.
- The DON T2 PMO is not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites.
- The DON T2 PMO does not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508 (accessibility requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.
Prohibitions
The Department of Navy will not link to any website that exhibits hate, bias, or discrimination. Furthermore, reserves the right to deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with the Department of Navy’s mission or policies.
Privacy and Security
The Department of the Navy will collect no personal information about you other than statistical information that can be used to make the site more effective.
Information We Gather
This website uses Google Analytics to collect and store information about your visit to our site. This information includes:
- Environmental information such as the location of your IP address, the language you are browsing in, and the technical specifications of the device and browser you are using;
- Behavioral information such as the date and time of your visit, the pages you visit, links you clicked on the site, and the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e., DHS.gov if you are connecting from a DHS account, or GMU.edu if you are connecting from George Mason University’s domain); and
- Acquisition information such as the Internet address of the website you came from if it linked you directly to navytechtransfer.navy.mil.
Learn more about how Google Analytics safeguards data.
Information You Send Us
When you send us personal information (e.g., in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment), we only use this information to respond to your request. Such application information is carefully protected by the agency and not available in or retained by web tracking software. We may forward your email to the government employee who can best answer your questions. We do not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or statute.
We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide that information to us. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, or as otherwise required by law, we do not share any information we receive with anyone else.
Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, our web servers use 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 Department of Navy servers 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.
Reuse and Copyright
Most information on this site is public domain and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline and photo/image credits is requested.
Check to see if there is a copyright or photo credit. You will need to request permission from the original source to use this material. Find out more about copyright and other rights pertaining to U.S. Government works.
If you have any questions about these policies, please contact us.
Social Media Sites
The DON T2 PMO manages a presence on social media sites to share government information and engage with our audience, but does not collect any personally identifiable information through those sites. Personal information made available by the third-party sites is not used. If you submit a question or comment to us via a social media tool or platform, government employees may reply directly to you via that platform, but the DON T2 PMO does not track or record any information about individuals who use or interact with us via those platforms.