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Policy Statement

We hope that FMO will make your time online more efficient and productive. The information made available on and through this website can be applied in a variety of ways - teaching, research, advocacy, policy-making, etc. However, we'd like you to be aware of certain policies that may affect your use of FMO.

  • Here's our disclaimer regarding content, links and service.
  • We also have a copyright statement that covers both the content we've drafted ourselves and the content we've converted to digital format.
  • User feedback: We welcome and encourage your input and suggestions! But we can't guarantee that any particular resource you recommend will be included in FMO. All prospective resources are assessed for relevance according to our scope policy and collection management policy documents.
  • Request for links: The same procedure outlined above applies to any requests for links to be made from FMO to another website.
  • Privacy: If you send us a message or complete a feedback form, we will not pass on this information in any form to third parties, unless we request and receive your express permission to do so.
  • Statistics: Visits to www.forcedmigration.org are automatically logged for statistical purposes. The kind of information collected typically includes your IP address, country, referring site, browser type, and operating system. However, we do not log any details that can identify you personally.

One last note: This policy applies only to Forced Migration Online; it does not cover the sites and resources that are linked to from FMO. You should check the policies of such linked sites or e mail them, if you have privacy concerns regarding those sites.