Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At NTV, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

NTV gathers two types of information about users:

• Information that users provide through, voluntary submissions These are voluntary submissions to gain access to Neurological Teaching resources available on this site.

• Information NTV gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does NTV divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

NTV Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:

Voluntary Information

We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:

1. Electronic newsletters (Dispatches)

We may offer a free electronic newsletter to users. NTV gathers the e-mail addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe to the site. The sole purpose of these dispatches is to notify users of important updates and/or modifications to the service.

2. Surveys

NTV may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.

Usage tracking

NTV tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. NTV does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

NTV sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. NTV uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above) and maintain authentication.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. However, refusing cookies will prevent you from gaining access to all the features of the site.

NTV uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

As stated, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters.

Information provided is also used to validate the users eligibility to use this site. This is done in accordance with the WSU Human Subjects Policies & Procedures and the Guidelines For Use of Human Subjects in Research (IRB Guidelines).

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.

NTV operates its site protected by password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by NTV. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Once your elegiblity has been validated, you are encouraged to print and download portions of material from the different areas of the Site solely for your own non-commercial use provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. You may also transmit copies of such portions of materials by e-mail, for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials.