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About This Site

The mission of the website of Guyana, USA is to make its resources available and useful to the Guyanese and the American people. Through its websites, the Guyana, USA is offering broad public access to a wide range of information.

Security

For site security and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, deny service, otherwise cause damage, or access non-public information. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996. Information regarding possible violations of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.

Privacy

For site management, this computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics that are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most or least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance areas. Guyana, USA collects and stores the following information:

• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet
• The date and time you access our site
• The pages you peruse and files you access
• The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site

If you choose to provide us with personal information, as in an email message, Guyana, USA will use this information to respond to your request. There are times when your email is forwarded within the Guyana, USA to employees who are better able to assist you. Guyana, USA may also forward requests for assistance to another appropriate institution for response. Except for the foregoing exceptions and for authorized law enforcement activities, Guyana, USA not share email with outside organizations without obtaining your permission.

General Disclaimer

Guyana, USA’s websites have links to other sites. We also link to other organizations’ websites when there is a reason to do so. This linking does not constitute the Guyana, USA’s endorsement of the content of their websites or of their policies or products.

About Copyright

Whenever possible, Guyana, USA provides factual information about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids, and other texts that accompany collections. Guyana, USA does not charge permission fees for use of such material and generally does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Permission and possible fees may be required from the copyright owner independently of Guyana, USA.

It is the researcher’s obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing material founds in the website. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Researchers must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use. More information about U.S. copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) is provided by the Copyright Office.

Guyana, USA wants to hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified on this website so that we may make the necessary corrections.