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The authorized use of this data is limited to informational and educational purposes only, and NOT for operational or commercial purposes. THESE DATA ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND IN NO EVENT SHALL THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, ITS AGENCIES OR REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LIMITATIONS IN THE DATA, ACCURACY OF THE DATA, LOST DATA OR LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, THE COSTS OF RECOVERING SUCH DATA, THE COSTS OF SUBSTITUTE DATA, CLAIMS BY THIRD PARTIES OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR COSTS, OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE DATA. The accuracy or reliability of the data is not guaranteed or warranted in any way and the State of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University, its Agencies and Representatives disclaim liability of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, liability for quality, accuracy, precision, performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose arising out of the use, or inability to use the data on this site.

The State of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University and its agencies are and shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interest in and to all lists, libraries, databases, maps, graphics, compilations, files and other data created and posted for inclusion in this system, including ownership of any trade secrets or copyright pertaining thereto, except as specifically noted.  The data are to be used at your own risk.

Linkage to this system by state agencies, or any South Carolina governmental or educational entity is authorized and encouraged. Linkage to this system by any other person, engineer, engineering firm, organization or entity does not constitute endorsement by the State of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University, or other Agency associated to that site or the views of the
person, organization or entity responsible for the link.

By use of this system and any data contained therein, the user agrees that use shall conform to all applicable laws and regulations and user shall not violate the rights of any third parties.

By accepting, the user agrees with the above paragraphs and also that:

• the user will not share their userID or password with any other person or group or entity
• the user cannot transfer data to any other person or group or entity without including the disclaimer as part of the data or the document and that the user is responsible for making that person aware of the limitations of the data
• the user fully understand the limitations of any data they may download, and they accept full responsibility for its use and disposition
• if they do have questions related to the collection of data and the accuracy of the data, they will contact Dr. Paul T. Gayes at ptgayes@coastal.edu or 843.349.4019 for assistance with potential errors
• when presenting the data they will credit the Coastal Carolina University with collection of the data and the USGS, USACE, and SC DHEC-OCRM for funding the data collection
• when using graphs, plots, volume data, or other graphical or tabular data taken from the website, they will cite in a clearly visible manner the website and "as described in Harris, Tinker and Wright, 'Online Beach Profile Management and Analysis,' Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 50, 2007."
• if the user has any question regarding the disclaimer, they will reject this disclaimer.

(the above has been copied and modified from the State of Wyoming "Data Disclaimer and Copyright Notice" 11June2007)