NIAID Statement

This site is provided as a public service by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Our Commitment

Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. is committed to maintaining your privacy and thus does not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site. Providing such information is strictly voluntary.

Public Information and Use Policy

The information on this site is public information and may be distributed or copied, provided the appropriate credits for byline/photo/image are given.

Personally Provided Information

You do not have to give us personal information to visit our Web site. If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an E-mail 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.

However, E-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your message is sensitive, you may prefer to send it by postal mail instead.

Disclosure

MRDP/MQAP does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required by law enforcement or statute.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this server remains available to users, this site employs software to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. By accessing this Web site, you expressly consent to monitoring of this site for unauthorized activities. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Links to Other Sites

Our Web site has links to other Federal agencies.  We also have selected links to other Web resources. The privacy policy described herein does not necessarily apply to those other sites. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site. Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. is not responsible for the content of other website materials.