DISCLAIMERS


Security Notice

This web site is part of a Federal computer system used to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy monitors this web site for security purposes to ensure it remains available to all users and to protect information in the system. By accessing this web site, you are expressly consenting to these monitoring activities.

Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation is prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.

Disclaimer of Liability

Documents available from the web server were prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, or any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Further, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages referenced.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

Reference to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of document authors do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof.

Copyright Status

Documents provided from the web server were sponsored by a contractor of the U.S. Government under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Accordingly, the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce these documents, or to allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. These documents may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and educational purposes.

Photographs of vehicles displayed on this web site were supplied by the manufacturer or by Ward's Communications and are used with their permission. The photographs are owned by the manufacturer and are protected by United States Copyright laws. For further information regarding the use of these photographs, please contact the manufacturer or Ward's communication.

Unauthorized Access

Oak Ridge National Laboratory web users are authorized to access only the documents listed on its menus. Users who attempt to gain unauthorized access to other data are subject to criminal and civil penalties under federal laws (including but not limited to PL 83-703 and 99-474).

Privacy Notice

We collect no personal information about you without your knowledge when you visit this site, although you may choose to provide this information to us in specific instances. However, we do collect and store certain information automatically:

We use the summary statistics to help us make our site more useful to visitors, such as assessing what information is of most and least interest to visitors, and for other purposes such as determining the site's technical design specifications and identifying system performance or problem areas. This information is NOT shared with anyone beyond the support staff for this web site, except when required by law enforcement investigation, and is used only as a source of anonymous statistical information.

Comment Sent by E-Mail

You may choose to provide us with personal information, as in an e-mail message containing your comments or questions. We use this information to improve our service to you or to respond to your request. There are times when your message is forwarded, as e-mail, to other Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy, or Environmental Protection Agency employees who may be better able to help you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not share our e-mail with any other outside organizations.

Cookies

The Find and Compare Cars section of FuelEconomy.gov uses a "session cookie" to temporarily keep track of your preferences and vehicle selections. This session cookie automatically expire in 30 minutes or when you close your browser. We retain no information regarding your preferences or selections; all of the information is discarded and non-retrievable.

Optionally, FuelEconomy.gov provides a persistent cookie to remember personalized settings that effect fuel economy estimates. All persistent cookies used by FuelEconomy.gov are classified as Tier 2 by OMB Memorandum 10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies. This means that these cookies do not collect users' personal information.

Although persistent cookies improve user experience, FuelEconomy.gov will function properly without them. Users can remove, disable, or be warned before accepting persistent cookies by enabling their browser settings. Instructions on how to do that are provided at http://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml.


RETURN TO FUEL ECONOMY SITE