StrokeNet is committed to protecting your privacy. This page explains what information is collected when you visit this site, how that information is used, and what happens if you choose to contact us.
Basic visit information helps us understand how the site is used and improve performance and organization.
Personal information submitted by email or form is used only to respond or provide requested information, unless disclosure is required by law.
Cookies may be used to support dynamic features and improve usability, but they do not collect personal information about you.
In simple terms: we collect basic technical information about visits, not personal profiles.
The StrokeNet public site is a free service. We do not collect personally identifiable information 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 help us better understand how the public uses the site and how to make it more helpful.
When you visit any Web site, certain information about your visit can be collected. StrokeNet automatically collects and temporarily stores the following types of information about your visit:
This information is used to measure the number of visitors to different sections of the site and to improve organization, coverage, system performance, and problem areas. It is not used to associate search terms or patterns of site navigation with individual users, and the data collected cannot be linked back to an individual user.
In simple terms: cookies help some pages work better, but they are not used to collect personal information.
When you visit a Web site, it may place a small text file, known as a cookie, on your computer. A cookie allows the Web site to remember specific information about your visit while you are connected or when you return to that site.
The cookie makes it easier for you to use the dynamic features of Web pages. Cookies from StrokeNet Web pages only collect information about your browser’s visit to the site; they do not collect personal information about you.
While visiting certain StrokeNet pages, you may occasionally encounter a Web page that automatically employs cookies to make it easier to use the dynamic features of those pages.
In simple terms: if you contact us directly, we use your information only to respond or provide what you asked for.
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 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.
In simple terms: once you leave this site, the privacy rules of the new site apply.
Some StrokeNet 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.
Questions about this policy or the site can be directed to the StrokeNet coordinating center.