How Do I Know My Personal Information
Will Be Kept Private?
GENERAL INFORMATION
Making sure that all of your information stays private is of great importance to us. You may visit the Sister Study web site without providing any personal information, such as your name, address, or e-mail address. If you choose to provide such information, all information you give will be kept private and confidential. The Sister Study will not share your identifying information with others.
While we take every step to protect the Sister Study web site and prevent others not associated with the study from accessing or interfering with our files, we cannot assure that such tampering will not occur. Furthermore, if you have linked to the Sister Study web site from another web site, please check the other site's privacy policies before providing any personal information to them.
WEB INFORMATION
We do collect information about the number of visitors to the Sister Study web site. This information is used only to help us understand what parts of the web site are most often used. We need this information to help keep the web site current and of the best quality.
We will not share lists of names of people who contact this site, send emails or who enroll.
FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT
The Sister Study is sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) which is authorized to conduct this research by legal authority number 42 USC 285l.