The
Research Triangle Institute (RTI)
has created this privacy policy to
demonstrate our firm commitment to
protecting your information and informing
you about how we handle it. This
privacy policy only applies to transactions
and activities in which you engage
("Transactions"), and data
gathered, on this Web site (the "Site")
and does not apply to any other Web
site or offline point of contact
between you and RTI, or any other
company, and consumers. Please review
this privacy policy periodically
as we may modify it from time to
time. This privacy policy was last
revised on 3/25/2006. Each time you
visit the Site or provide us with
information, by doing so you are
accepting the practices described
in this privacy policy at that time.
This section explains how RTI will handle information we learn about you from
your visit to this Site. The information we receive depends upon what you do
when visiting our site.
- If you identify yourself by sending
us a comment using our contact
page or an E-mail:
You may decide to send us personally-identifying
information, for example, in an electronic
mail message asking a question or
providing us with a comment or suggestion.
We use personally-identifying information
to respond to your comment or suggestion,
and to count the number of people
sending us comments. In certain instances,
your comment or suggestion may be
forwarded to other divisions within
RTI if they are in the best position
to respond to your message.
We want to be very clear: We will
not obtain personally-identifying
information about you when you visit
our Site, unless you choose to provide
such information to us.
Cookies and other information
stored on your computer
Cookies are essentially tokens of
information, such as preferences
and passwords, which some Web servers
collect from you when you access
them. That data is stored on your
hard drive-not on the Web site's
server. Whenever you visit a "cookie" site,
the server looks for its cookie on
your hard drive and, if found, then
reads the information it stored there.
Cookies generally are stored in your
browser's directory or folder in
a file named cookie.txt (MagicCookie
on a Macintosh).
This Site does NOT use "cookies" to
gather or store information.
Security Notice
For SITE SECURITY purposes and to
ensure that this service remains
available to all users, we use software
programs to monitor network traffic
to identify unauthorized attempts
to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage.
Unauthorized attempts to upload information
or change information on this service
are strictly prohibited and may be
punishable under the Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National
Information Infrastructure Protection
Act."
General Disclaimer
Information presented on this
Site is considered public information
and may be distributed or copied
freely unless identified as being
subject to copyright protection.
In return for your use of any such
public information, or ‘fair
use’ of copyrighted information,
we request only that RTI be cited
as the source of any information,
photos, and images copied from this
Site and that any photo credits or
bylines be similarly credited to
the photographer or author.
We strongly recommend that RTI data
be acquired directly from this Site
and not through other sources that
may change the information in some
way or exclude material crucial to
the understanding of that information.
While we make every effort to provide
accurate and complete information,
some information may change between
Site updates. Substantive changes
may be noted when content is next
updated.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
The documents posted on this
Site may contain hypertext
links or pointers to information
created and maintained by other
public and private organizations.
These links and pointers are provided
for visitors' convenience. We do
not control or guarantee the accuracy,
relevance, timeliness, or completeness
of any linked information. Further,
the inclusion of links or pointers
to Web sites other than an RTI-managed
Web site is not intended to assign
importance to those sites and the
information contained therein, nor
is it intended to endorse, recommend,
or favor any views expressed, or
commercial products or services offered
on these outside sites, or the organizations
sponsoring the sites, by trade name,
trademark, manufacture, or otherwise.
Reference in this Site to any specific
commercial products, processes, or
services, or the use of any trade,
firm or corporation name is for the
information and convenience of the
site's visitor's, and does not constitute
endorsement, recommendation, or favoring
by RTI, the United States Government
or USAID.
The views and opinions of authors
expressed in this Site do not necessarily
state or reflect those of the U.S.
Government or the USAID, and shall
not be used for advertising or product
endorsement purposes.
Disclaimer of Liability
Every effort is made to provide
accurate and complete information.
However, with the thousands
of documents available, often
uploaded within short deadlines,
we cannot guarantee that there will
be no errors. We make no claims,
promises or guarantees about the
accuracy, completeness, or adequacy
of the contents of this Site and
expressly disclaim liability for
errors and omissions in the contents
of this Site.
With respect to the content of this
Site, neither RTI, the United States
Government, nor USAID, nor their
employees and contractors make any
warranty, expressed or implied or
statutory, including but not limited
to the warranties of non-infringement
of third party rights, title, and
the warranties of merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose
with respect to content available
from this Site or other Internet
resources linked from it. Additionally,
neither RTI, nor the U.S. Government
nor USAID assume any legal liability
for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, product,
or process disclosed herein nor freedom
from computer virus, and do not represent
that use of such information, product,
or process would not infringe on
privately owned rights.
Links to this Site or Its Contents
You may freely link to this
Site or any of its content.
We ask only that you identify
that the link is to an Internet
resource.
Links to Other Sites
Our Site contains links to
Internet resources of other
United States Government agencies
and to private organizations,
who we believe are relevant
to our mission. Once you link
to another site, you are subject
to the disclaimers and security and
privacy policies of the new site.
Copyright Notice
Unless a copyright is indicated,
information on this Site is in the
public domain and may be reproduced,
published or otherwise used without
RTI or USAID permission. We request
that RTI be cited as the source of
the information and that any photo
credits or bylines be similarly credited
to the photographer or author or
RTI, as appropriate.
If a copyright is indicated on a
photo, graphic, or any other material,
permission to copy these materials
must be obtained from the original
source.
This copyright notice does not pertain
to information at Web sites other
than this Site.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Unauthorized attempts to upload
information and/or change information
on this Site are strictly prohibited
and are subject to prosecution
under Title 18 U.S.C., Sections1001
and 1030).
Site Management
RTI manages the overall information
content, design, and, organization
of this Site and coordinates release
of information to Internet via this
Web site with USAID.
Verification or Hard Copy of Content
If you would like verification
or a hard copy of information
released on this Site, contact
our staff:
RTI International
IDG USAID Web Content Coordinator
3040 Cornwallis Road
RTP, NC 27709 USA
Telephone: +1 (919) 541-7218
Fax: +1 (919) 541-6621
For More Information
If you have any questions or comments
about the information presented here,
please contact RTI at the address or
phone or fax numbers listed above.
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