Privacy, Security, and Copyright

The Johns Hopkins-Knowledge for the World Web site is a service provided by the Johns Hopkins Institutions. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Activities that are illegal or fraudulent;
• Uses that inaccurately imply endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by the Johns Hopkins Institutions (or any individual officer of the Johns Hopkins Institutions or its officers);
• Uses that can be confused with official communications of the Johns Hopkins Institutions;
• Mass mailings (sometimes known as "spamming");
• Mailing using a false identification (sometimes known as "spoofing");
• Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation;
• Hate speech and harassment.

Stored Information

Of the information we learn about you from your visit to the Johns Hopkins-Knowledge for the World Web site, we store the following: the IP address from which you access the Internet; the date and time of your visit; the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site; the name of the file or the words you searched; and the browser used to access our site. This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas. We also use this information to help us improve features of the site and to make the site more useful.

Personally Provided Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an email or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through our Web site, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information or material that you request. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party unless required by law.

Links to Other Sites

This site may provide links to other Web sites that provide additional information. Once you link to another Internet site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

Copyright

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