The IPGEO provides this Web site as a free public service. We do not collect personal information about you when you visit our Web sites unless you choose to provide that information to us.

When you visit an IPGEO web site, we may store some or all of the following: the Internet address from which you access the web site, date and time, the Internet address of the web site from which you linked to our site, the name of the file or words you searched, items clicked on a page, and the browser and operating system used. This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas. We also use this information to help us expand the coverage of the site, to analyze patterns of usage, and to make the site more useful. However, this information is not used for associating search terms or patterns of site navigation with individual users. IPGEO periodically deletes its Web logs. On occasion, IPGEO may provide this information to third party entities it contracts with for the purposes of research analysis.

IPGEO maintains a strict "no-spam" policy. Your e-mail address will not be sold to a third party.

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 visiting certain IPGEO sites you may occasionally encounter a Web page that employs cookies to make it easier to use the dynamic features of these Web pages. We do not use "persistent cookies".

If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an email, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through 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. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party unless required by law.

Our web site may 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.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we use 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.