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Privacy Statement

Personal information provided will be used in accordance with the Code of Fair Information Practices (U.S. Dep't. of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems, Records, computers, and the Rights of Citizens viii, 1973).

The Code of Fair Information Practices is based on five principles:

There must be no personal data record-keeping systems whose very existence is secret.

There must be a way for a person to find out what information about the person is in a record and how it is used.

There must be a way for a person to prevent information about the person that was obtained for one purpose from being used or made available for other purposes without the person's consent.

There must be a way for a person to correct or amend a record of identifiable information about the person.

Any organization creating, maintaining, using, or disseminating records of identifiable personal data must assure the reliability of the data for their intended use and must take precautions to prevent misuses of the data.

It will not be re-distributed or used for any purpose other than to customize this service. Any personal data collected will not be sold to parties outside of the SUNY Downstate Medical Research Library. Links are provided throughout the system to both commercial and publicly available sites. Many databases have restrictive licensing requirements to which the SUNY Downstate Medical Research Library must adhere in order to offer access. These restrictions are contractual with the database producer and limit access to the SUNY Downstate faculty, staff, and students.

The SUNY Downstate Medical Research Library is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, and content of any "OFF-SITE" WEB pages referenced from this server. Also, reference in this system to any specific commercial product, process, service, manufacturer, or company does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the developers and site administrator.

Dept. Web Coordinator: Library Webmaster
Last Updated: April 14, 2003

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