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. 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 "cookies". 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. |