HHS Privacy Policy Notice (as of July 30, 1999)
Thank you for visiting our SAMHSA (HHS) Web site and for reviewing our Privacy Policy. Our policy is clear.

We collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored (see below) when you visit our Web site, unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored
When you browse through any Web site, certain personal information about you can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:

• 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);
  
  
• the date and time of your visit;
  
  
• the pages you visited; and
  
  
• the address of the Web site you came from when you came to visit.

We use this information only for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated, no additional information will be collected about you.

Personal 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 will maintain the information only as long as we need it to respond to your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication.

However, all communications addressed to the HHS Secretary or the HHS Webmaster are maintained, as required by law, for historical purposes. These communications are archived monthly, but they are also protected by the Privacy Act, which restricts our use of them, yet permits certain disclosures.

Disclosure
HHS does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless it is required for law enforcement or by statute.

Intrusion Detection
This site is maintained by the U.S. Government. It is protected by various provisions of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. Violations of Title 18 are subject to criminal prosecution in Federal court.

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. In authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.

Systems of Records
Information originally collected in traditional paper systems can be submitted electronically, i.e., electronic commerce transactions and information updates about eligibility benefits. Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed pursuant to the Federal Records Act 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, a Privacy Act Notice will be provided.

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