Privacy, Security and External Link Notice

This is a Department of Defense Computer System. This computer system, including all related equipment, networks, and network devices (specifically including Internet access and access to restricted sites) are provided only for authorized U.S. Government use. DoD computer systems may be monitored for all lawful purposes, including to ensure that their use is authorized, for management of the system, to facilitate protection against unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, survivability, and operational security. Monitoring includes active attacks by authorized DoD entities to test or verify the security of this system. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied and used for authorized purposes. All information, including personal information, placed or sent over this system may be monitored. Use of this DoD computer system, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to monitoring of this system. Unauthorized use may subject you to criminal prosecution. Evidence of unauthorized use collected during monitoring may be used for administrative, criminal, or other adverse action. Use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring for these purposes.

For site security purposes, and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1987 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

MESO will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit the MESO web site unless you choose to provide such information. Should you choose to send e-mail to the site webmaster or submit an online feedback form, any contact information provided will be used solely to respond to your request and not stored by MESO.

The appearance of hyperlinks to external web sites does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or the U.S. Navy of said web sites, or of the information, products or services contained therein. The Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy, and the Marine Environmental Support Office have no editorial control over, and assume no responsibility for, the contents of these sites. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of the MESO web site.

End of Notice.