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Thank you for visiting the Indian Health Service web site and for reviewing
our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy 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.
- Personally Provided Information:
- You do not have to give us personal information to visit our web sites.
- If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself
through an e-mail message, form, survey, etc., we will only maintain the
information as long as needed to respond to your question or to fulfill the
stated purpose of the communication.
- However, all communications addressed to the HHS Secretary or the HHS
Webmaster are maintained, as required by law, for historical purposes. These
communications are archived on a monthly basis, but are also protected by the
Privacy Act which restricts our use of them, yet permits certain disclosures.
- Disclosure:
- HHS 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. 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.
- Systems of Records:
- Information originally collected in traditional paper systems can be
submitted electronically, i.e., electronic commerce transactions and
information updates about eligibility benefits. Electronically submitted
information is maintained and destroyed pursuant to the Federal Records Act,
and in some cases may be subject to the Privacy Act. If information that you
submit is to be used in a Privacy Act system of records, there will be a
Privacy Act Notice provided.
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