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We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit, but this information does not identify you personally:</p><ul><li>The name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are using an America Online account, or stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University's domain).</li><li>The type of browser and operating system you use to access our site.</li><li>The date and time of your visit.</li><li>The pages you visited.</li><li>The address of the Web site you came from, if you were referred from another site.</li></ul><p>We use this information for statistics on the traffic to our site, to find out about general user interest in various areas of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.</p><p>We track the keywords that are entered into our search engine and the browse terms used to measure interest in specific topics, but we do not monitor which terms a particular user enters.</p><h3>Web Measurement and Customization</h3><p>We use Web measurement and customization technologies, such as cookies, to help our Web site function better for visitors and to understand better how the public is using our site.</p><h4>Cookies</h4><p>AHRQ uses "cookies" to test and optimize our Web site design and content. 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Our use of multi-session cookies is defined as "Tier 2" usage in accordance with the OMB Memorandum (M)-10-22 Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies.</li></ul><p>You can take actions to block cookies. Blocking these cookies from your computer will not affect your access to the content and tools on our Web site. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140702201818/http://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml">Instructions to opt out</a> are available on USA.gov.</p><h3>Personally Provided Information</h3><p>You do not have to give us personal information to visit our Web site.</p><p>If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an Email message, form, survey, etc., we use that information only to respond to your message or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. The information provided is handled on a confidential basis within the agency.</p><p>However, Email is not necessarily secure against interception. If your message is sensitive, you may prefer to send it by postal mail instead.</p><p>All communications to the Web site mailbox and customer feedback form are archived on a monthly basis, and destroyed on an annual basis.</p><h3>Third-Party Web Sites</h3><p>To reach beyond our standard communication channels, AHRQ maintains accounts on third-party Web sites such as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140702201818/http://www.youtube.com/ahrqhealthtv">YouTube</a> and Twitter ( <span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140702201818/http://twitter.com/AHRQConf">AHRQ on Twitter</a></span> ). These sites are not owned or operated by the government.</p><p>The privacy policies of these sites may differ from that of AHRQ. Third-party Web sites may share usage metrics with AHRQ for analysis. We do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from those sites. However, if individuals try to use these third-party Web sites are used to communicate with AHRQ, they may be providing nongovernmental third-parties with access to PII.</p><p>To contact AHRQ, please use the Ask a Question or Provide Feedback ( <span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140702201818/https://info.ahrq.gov/">FAQ</a></span> ) feature.</p><h3>Disclosure</h3><p>AHRQ does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required by law enforcement or statute.</p><h3>Intrusion Detection</h3><p>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. Such attempts are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.</p><h3>Systems of Records</h3><p>Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of the Federal Records Act and regulations and guidance from the National Archives and Records Administration, 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.</p><h3>Links to Other Sites</h3><p>Our Web site has links to other federal agencies. We also have selected links to other Web resources. The privacy policy described here does not necessarily apply to those other sites. 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