Of
the information we learn about you from your visit to "www.nih.gov," we
store only the following: the domain name from which you access
the Internet (such as "aol.com"), the date and time
you access our site, terms entered into our search engine,
and the Internet address of the web site from which you direct-linked
to our site. This information is used to measure the number
of visitors to the various sections of our site and to help
us make our site more useful to visitors. We do not attempt
to associate this information with individual users. Unless
it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information
will be collected about you.
When inquiries are E-mailed to us, we store
the question and the E-mail address information so that we
can respond electronically. Unless otherwise required by
statute, we do not identify publicly who sends questions
or comments to our web site. We will not obtain information
that will allow us to personally identify you when you visit
our site, unless you chose to provide such information to
us.
E-mail sent to NIH may be seen by a number
of people who are responsible for answering questions. If
the information specialist who answers the mail does not
know the answer to your question, your query may be forwarded
to another NIH employee more experienced in that area. On
occasion, we may conduct a study concerning the types of
questions sent to us. These studies involve coding the queries
to see if there are recurring problems that users are having
in finding information. The knowledge gained by these studies
is used to improve our Web site in order to make it more
responsive to the needs of our users. We do not forward your
mail outside of NIH nor do we collect your name and e-mail
address for any purpose other than to respond to your query.
Nevertheless; you should be aware that e-mail is not necessarily
secure against interception. If your communication contains
sensitive or personal information, you may want to send it
by postal mail. This statement applies to the central NIH
home page. Other organizations at NIH may process their mail
differently. Please check their sites for additional privacy
information.
About "Cookies"
While visiting sites within the NIH.GOV
domain, you may occasionally encounter a Web page that employs ścookies”.
A cookie is a small file that a Web site transfers to your
computer's hard disk allowing our server to "remember" specific
information about your session while you are connected.
Requests to send cookies from NIH Web pages
are not designed to collect information about you, but only
about your browser "session." The cookie makes it easier
for you to use the dynamic features of these Web pages. The
cookie and the information about your session will be destroyed
automatically shortly after you close your browser--it is
not permanently stored on your computer. Unless an NIH web
page specifically notifies you otherwise, we will not collect
and maintain personal information about you.
To protect your privacy, be sure to close
your browser completely after you have finished conducting
business with a Web site that uses cookies. If you are concerned
about the potential use of information gathered from your
computer by cookies, you can set your browser to prompt you
before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet browsers have settings
that let you identify and/or reject cookies.
Questions about NIH privacy policies should
be sent to the NIH
Privacy Act Officer. |
