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This web site is part of a Federal computer system used
to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy
monitors this web site for security purposes to ensure
it remains available to all users and to protect information
in the system. By accessing this web site, you are expressly
consenting to these monitoring activities.
Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security
features, to use the system for other than intended purposes,
to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain,
alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to
interfere with the system or its operation is prohibited.
Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement
authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-474)
and the National Information Infrastructure Protection
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-294), codified at section 1030
of Title 18 (18 U.S.C. 1030), of the United States Code,
or other applicable criminal laws.
This system is made available by an agency of the United
States Government. Neither the United States Government
nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes
any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal
liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness,
or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or
process disclosed, or represents that its use would not
infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any
specific commercial product, process, or service by trade
name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not
necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation,
or favoring by the United States Government or any agency
thereof. The views and opinions of originators expressed
herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the
United States Government or any agency thereof.
We collect no personal information about you when you
visit the YMP Web site unless you choose to provide this
information to us. However, we collect and store certain
information automatically. What we collect and store automatically
is: the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the domain from
which you access the Internet (i.e. 123.456.789.012),
whether yours individually or provided as a proxy by your
Internet Service Provider (ISP), the date and time you
access our site, the pages you peruse (recorded by the
text and graphics files that compose that page) and the
Internet address of the Web site from which you linked
directly to our site. We use this information to count
the number and types of visitors who use our site, how
our pages and links are used and, ultimately, to help
us make our site more useful to you. This information
is NOT shared with anyone beyond the support staff to
this Web site, except when required by Law Enforcement
investigation, and is used only as a source of anonymous
statistical information.
You may choose to provide us with personal information,
as in an e-mail message containing your comments or questions.
We use this information to improve our service to you
or to respond to your request. There are times when your
message is forwarded, as e-mail, to other Department of
Energy or contracted employees who may be better able
to help you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations,
we do not share our e-mail with any other outside organizations.
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