Naval Vessel Register Privacy Policy

This is a World Wide Web site for official information about The Naval Vessel Register. It is provided as a public service by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in cooperation with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV).. The purpose is to provide information and news about the Naval Vessel Register to the general public. All information on this site is public domain and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this Web site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act. 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 investigation and to maintain required correspondence files, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs* are used to simply determine how many users are accessing the site, which pages are the most popular, and, from time to time, from which top level domain users are coming. This data is scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration guidelines.

Information Collected
The following are examples of information collected based on a standard request to the Naval Vessel Register web site:
  • The date and time of the request
  • The location of the requested file
  • The status of the request (was it successful)
  • The requesting IP address
  • The type of browser software used to access this web site.

Privacy Advisory
We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us. If you choose to send email to the site webmaster or submit an online feedback form, any contact information that you provide will be solely used to respond to your request and not stored.