Website Disclaimers

Website Disclaimers

General Disclaimer
The City of Duluth has made every effort to insure the accuracy of the information provided on its Web site. However, due to the possibility of unauthorized modification of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser incompatibilities, changes made since the last update to the web site or other aspects of electronic communication that are beyond the City's control, the City does not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided on its Web site and is not liable for reliance on this information. Please contact the City of Duluth at 218-730-5000 to verify the accuracy of data.

Purpose and Policy
The purpose of the City of Duluth's Web site is to provide the public with convenient and efficient access to information about Duluth agencies, programs and services. In order to provide the user with information about cultural, educational and recreational activities in the City, the City's Web site may contain links to other Web or computer sites that are not owned, regularly reviewed or controlled by the City. It is the policy of the City to limit these links to non-profit and government Web sites that provide information relevant to the functions and services provided by the City. The City's Web site does not provide direct links to external sites that are strictly commercial, political or religious in nature. The City's Web site is not intended to function as a public forum. The provision of these links should not be construed as an endorsement or sponsorship of these external Web sites, their content or their hosts. The City specifically disavows legal responsibility for what a user may find on another site, or for the personal opinions of individuals posted on any site, whether or not operated by the City. The views and opinions of the authors of documents published on or linked to the City's Web site do not necessarily state or reflect the opinion, policy or position of the City.

Privacy Statement
All City computer systems are subject to monitoring at all times to assure proper functioning of the systems, to provide security for the computer system's operation and the information contained therein, to prevent unauthorized use, and to deter and investigate violations of law. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in the use of this public computer system. If you send the City e-mail that contains personally identifiable information, it will use the information to respond to you. The City may also forward that e-mail to another government agency. Certain e-mail may constitute a public record and be subject to disclosure under state law. When you link to another Web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

Site Design
This site is designed to work best at screen resolutions of 1024x768 or greater. A 16 bit color depth (64,000+) colors is recommended. You can check and/or change your screen resolution as follows:

Our website employs technologies designed to ease your information and viewing experience. Some of these technologies may (generally, will not) require you to download a browser plug-in. We use only those plug-ins which statistics show are already available on the vast majority of our visitors' computers. The plug-ins and other technologies your Web browser should support to experience the entire site are as follows:

Adobe's Acrobat Reader is used to present printed pages in their original form (download Acrobat Reader)
JavaScript & jQuery is used on entire website. 

Site Comments
We appreciate questions, comments, and any other feedback that will help us serve you better. If your questions or comments are related to a specific document or piece of information, we encourage you to use the contact information or e-mail link listed in that document or a related document. Otherwise, please select an appropriate contact from the list below:

If there is something that is not on this Web site that you feel we should provide, or if you have suggestions on how to improve anything about this web site, please contact us. If you found something wrong with the information on this Web site, such as outdated or incorrect information, missing documents, or information located in the wrong place, please contact our webmaster. Please be sure to include the URL of the page when reporting a problem. For questions or comments of a technical or creative nature, including the architecture, development, design, and operation of this Web site, please use our general contact form.

Link Disclaimer 
The links provided by this Web Site are intended to provide a wide range of information to the public. The City of Duluth is not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users, links, or third parties and the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with the user. The provision of links from the City of Duluth on the World Wide Web to other sites does not constitute an endorsement of those links by the City of Duluth.

In general, our site currently links only to related government organizations and nonprofits -- specifically those that provide services and information that support the functions and services that the City provides.

Copyright
While the City of Duluth provides the information on this server to anyone, we retain copyright on all text, graphic images, and other content. This means that you may not: distribute the text or graphics to others without the express written permission of the City of Duluth; "mirror" this information on your server without our permission; or modify or re-use the text or graphics on this system. You may print copies of the information for your own personal use and; reference this server from your own documents. Commercial use of the materials is prohibited without the written permission of the City of Duluth. In all copies of this information, you must retain this notice and any other copyright notices originally included with such information.

The City of Duluth reserves all other rights.