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Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development does not read any of your private online communications.

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development encourages you toreview the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to fromMSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development so that you canunderstand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development is not responsiblefor the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of theMSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development and MSU Departmentof Pediatrics & Human Development family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development collects and usesyour personal information to operate the MSU Department of Pediatrics& Human Development Web site and deliver the services you haverequested. MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development alsouses your personally identifiable information to inform you of otherproducts or services available from MSU Department of Pediatrics &Human Development and its affiliates. MSU Department of Pediatrics& Human Development may also contact you via surveys to conductresearch about your opinion of current services or of potential newservices that may be offered.

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, in order to determine what MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development pages, or register with MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development site or services, a cookie helps MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development is protecting your information.

Contact Information

MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development has not adhered to this Statement, please contact MSU Department of Pediatrics & Human Development. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.