Applicable Law
This website is governed and controlled by the statutes and policies of the State of California and the Metro Gold Line Construction Authority (“Construction Authority”). Any use of the site shall conform with all State and Federal laws, rules and regulations. Unauthorized attempts to upload or alter information on this site are strictly prohibited. By visiting this site you agree that you will not use it for any unlawful activity or in any other way that would violate the terms set forth in this Policy.
Trademark, Copyright and Construction Authority Logo
The Construction Authority logo is a trademark of the Construction Authority. Any use of the Construction Authority logo or other materials stored on the Construction Authority's website is prohibited without the written permission of the Construction Authority. The Construction Authority retains all intellectual property rights including copyrights on all text, graphic images and other content. This means that the following acts or activities are prohibited without prior, written permission from the Construction Authority: 1) modifying and/or re-using text, images or other web content from a Construction Authority server; 2) distributing the Construction Authority's web content; or 3) “mirroring” the Construction Authority's information on a non-Construction Authority server.
Disclaimer
The materials and information contained on or obtained from this website, are distributed and transmitted “as is” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Information contained on this website, including information obtained from external links thereon, is provided without any representation of any kind as to accuracy and should be verified by the user. The Construction Authority is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the website and/or the materials contained on the site whether the materials contained on the website are provided by the Construction Authority, or a third party.
In addition, the Construction Authority does not warrant that the functions of this site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects will be corrected promptly. The Construction Authority does not warrant that the site or its server is free of viruses or other harmful components. The Construction Authority provides links to other Web resources solely as a public service. It does not endorse or recommend, and is not responsible for, any programs, activities, services, contents or products of any site to which it links.
Email and Public Notices
Communications made through electronic mail (email) and messaging systems shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice to the Construction Authority or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents or representatives with respect to any existing or potential claim or cause of action against the Construction Authority or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents or representatives where notice to the Construction Authority is required by any federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations.
External Links
The Construction Authority permits the establishment of links to external websites on the Construction Authority's official website solely in conformance with this policy. In establishing and maintaining its official website, the Construction Authority does not intend in any manner to create a forum or other means by which public discourse, exchange of opinions, or discussion on issues of any nature may occur. Rather, the sole and limited purpose of the Construction Authority's website and permitted external links is to provide non-political and non-religious information of a factual nature about the Construction Authority including various services and resources available from and around the Metro Gold Line, or as may be available from other governmental agencies. To avoid any perception that the Construction Authority endorses or provides favorable treatment to any private person or business enterprise, no corporate or commercial logos or direct links to vendor sites are allowed. Consistent with the foregoing policy, it is the Construction Authority's policy to limit external links to other governmental agencies.
Regardless of the foregoing, the Construction Authority reserves the right to remove any external link if the nature of the organization or business to which the link relates no longer complies with the Construction Authority's external link policy or to revise this policy without prior notice when to do so is deemed to be in the best interests of the Construction Authority.
Construction Authority Website Privacy Policy
When you visit this site our Web server automatically collects your IP address. This address does not identity you individually; it is your computer's address, which tells other computers where to send data. We do not make IP addresses available to anyone outside our Information Technology staff. We use the addresses to help diagnose problems with the server and to compile statistics on usage. The Construction Authority does not retain IP addresses in the ordinary course of business.
Some sections of this site may use cookies to collect information for statistical purposes as part of the interaction with your browser. Our cookies will not read information on your hard drive, and the information collected through cookies will not be used in combination with other personal information to determine your identity or your email address.
Our computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics which do not contain personal identifiers and are used only for internal management functions such as counting the visitors to different sections of the site, determining what information is of most and least interest, customizing technical design specifications, and assessing system performance or problems.
When you visit this site we do not obtain personally identifying information about you unless you choose to provide such information to us. In certain parts of the site you may be asked to provide information we need to process a request, such as your name, address, phone number, or credit card number. You may decline to provide this information, although doing so may limit our ability to serve you.
If you send us an email message or fill out an email form that contains personally identifying information, we may use that information to respond to you, or we may redirect your question to another person in the Construction Authority better able to answer it. We do not share information we receive with outside parties except as required by law.
Under the California Public Records Act, email is within the definition of a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. This includes information we collect in a questionnaire or a guest book. Email is also subject to disclosure as part of the discovery procedure in a civil lawsuit. Should disclosure of any information be required, the information will be handled in accordance with the requirements of the law to ensure the greatest protection of personal privacy.
The Construction Authority does not restrict children from visiting this site. The Construction Authority strongly urges that children give no information over the site until they get permission from their parents or guardians.
2/16/2007