STROKENET PRIVACY POLICY

The Strokenet (SN) public site is a free service.  We do not collect any personally identifiable information (PII) about you when you visit our Web sites unless you choose to provide that information to us. We do collect some data about your visit to our Web site to help us better understand how the public uses the site and how to make it more helpful.

Type of Information Collected

When you visit any Web site, certain information about your visit can be collected. SN automatically collects and temporarily stores the following type of information about your visit:

·         Internet address and domain from which you visited the SN Web site

·         Information about the operating system and browser used

·         Date and time of the visit

·         Pages visited

·         Internet address of the Web site that connected you to the SN Web site

·         Words searched

This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and improve organization, coverage, system performance or problem areas. This information is not used for associating search terms or patterns of site navigation with individual users. Data collected cannot be linked back to an individual user.

Cookies

When you visit any Web site, it may place a small text file, known as a "cookie" on your computer. The cookie allows the Web site to "remember" specific information about your visit while you are connected or when you return to that site. The Office of Management and Budget Memo M-10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies (PDF, 1.03MB), 6/25/10, allows Federal agencies to use session and persistent cookies, defined below.

The cookie makes it easier for you to use the dynamic features of Web pages. Cookies from SN Web pages only collect information about your browser's visit to the site; they do not collect personal information about you. While visiting certain SN pages, you may occasionally encounter a Web page that automatically employs cookies to make it easier to use the dynamic features of these Web pages.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

If you choose to send us personal information by email, or by filling out a form on our Web site, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information or material that you request. If provided, personally identifiable information is maintained in a database that is regularly purged. Third party contractors may have access to this information in order to provide a response to your question or comment. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party unless required by law.

Links to Other Sites

Some SN Web pages provide links to other Internet sites that provide health information. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.