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Terms and Conditions
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stated at the time of your use. You should contact ReefBase to determine the current
terms and conditions to which you are bound.
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without prior, written authorization from the ReefBase Project Leader. When using
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original source(s), is required.
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of, or inability to use, this data, or resulting form any errors or omissions in
the data content.
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and are not necessarily those of the ReefBase Project or the WorldFish Center.
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- The ReefBase Web site contains links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites
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responsible for the contents and/or privacy policies of any of the linked sites
or any link contained in a linked site. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement
of the linked site by the ReefBase Project.
Privacy Policy
- ReefBase collects personal information when you register, when you visit the ReefBase
website and when you contact us via email. When you register we ask for information
such as your name, email address, occupation, and your educational/professional
background.
- ReefBase does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other
people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've
requested (such as our E-Newsletter), when we have your permission (as specified
by the user during the registration process). Users can request and/or make changes
to, and/or deactivate all their User Registration Information by using the tools
on the Web site available after login.
- ReefBase automatically records information on its server logs from the user's browser,
including IP address, ReefBase cookie information, the page(s) requested, and files
downloaded. ReefBase uses this information to customize the content the user sees,
fulfill the user's requests for products and services, improve its services, contact
the user, conduct analysis and research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal
and external purposes.
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