Terms and Conditions

General Disclaimer

Substantial effort has been made to provide accurate and complete information on this Web site. However, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. Neither the U.S. Government, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) nor Information Systems Program (ISP) assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, products, or processes disclosed herein, or represents that use of such information, products, or processes would not infringe on privately owned rights. NIH/ISP does not endorse or recommend any commercial products, processes, or services. The views and opinions of authors expressed on ISP websites do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government, and they may not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

ISP Privacy Policy Notice

Thank you for visiting our ISP web site and for reviewing our Privacy Policy. Our policy is clear:

We collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored (see below), when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored

When you browse through any web site, certain personal information about you can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:

• The name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are using an American Online account, or stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University’s domain);
• The date and time of your visit;
• The pages you visited; and
• The address of the web site you came from when you came to visit.

We use this information for statistical purposes 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.

Disclosure

ISP does not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or statute.

Intrusion Detection

This site is maintained by the U.S. Government/ISP. It is protected by various provisions of Title 18, U.S. Code. Violations of Title 18 are subject to criminal prosecution in federal court.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.