Privacy Notice
Thank you for visiting the DRGlinks.org website. Your privacy and security are very important to us. Please be aware that drglinks.org does not collect personal information when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information. We will not share or sell your personal information. However, we do collect some technical information about your visit to drglinks.org.
We would like to make you aware of a law that provides to you with certain rights concerning your personal information. This is described in the Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended by 5 U.S.C. 552a) governing Federal Records. This law concerns any information held in a Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) that can be retrieved by a personal identifier such as name, social security number, or other identifying number or symbol. An individual is entitled to access his or her records and to request correction of these records if applicable. The Privacy Act prohibits disclosure of these records without the written consent of the individual(s) to whom the records pertain unless one of the twelve disclosure exceptions enumerated in the Act applies. The actual Act can be found at this link: http://www.justice.gov/opcl/privstat.htm.
This is how we handle information about your visit to our website:
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you visit drglinks.org, we may store some or all of the following:
- The IP address from which you accessed our site
- The date and time
- The URL of the website from which you linked to our site
- The name of the file or words you searched for
- The pages you visited on our site
- The items clicked on a page
- The browser and operating system used
We do not collect or track any personal information through these processes. We use this information, in the aggregate, to make our website more useful to visitors— to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology used, to detect operational problems, and to improve the website's overall security.
Information You Provide to drglinks.org
You do not have to provide any personal information to view this website.
Security Notice
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government-funded computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act (Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030).
If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.
Cookies
When you visit some websites, their web servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Cookies are commonly used to recognize your computer in the future.
USAID.gov uses single-session cookies to serve technical purposes, like providing seamless navigation through our site. These cookies do not permanently record data, and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. drglinks.org's session cookies are only available during an active browser session. When you close your browser, the session cookies disappear.
Drglinks.org also uses multi-session cookies to help us understand how people use the site and how we can make it better. Traffic statistics are collected anonymously and aggregated, and no information is traceable to any specific individual. Drglinks.org does not collect personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers, date or place of birth.
Cookies-Tier 1 (single session) and Tier 2 (multi-session without PII) are used on drglinks.org in compliance with OMB Memorandum 10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies (PDF). Drglinks.org does not use Tier 3 (multi-session with PII) cookies.
Cookies may also be set by the following third-party providers on Drglinks.org:
- Google Analytics: A tier 2 cookie sets when the page is loaded - used to improve web metrics capabilities.
Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. You can remove or block cookies by changing the settings of your browser. For opt-out instructions relating to cookies, please visit http://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml.
General Disclaimer & Copyright Notice
Information presented on this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied freely unless identified as being subject to copyright protection. In return, we request only that Drglinks.org 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 drglinks.org data be acquired directly from this website 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.
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 Web site and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this Web site.
With respect to the content of this site, neither the United States Government, nor USAID, their employees and contractors make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutorily, 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 USAID project website or other internet resources linked to or from it.
Additionally, neither 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.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
The information posted on drglinks.org includes content and links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. This site provides these solely for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving Drglinks.org and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website. The managers of this site:
- Do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked website;
- Do not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites and do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer;
- Cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website;
- Are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites;
- Do not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.
We strongly recommend that you review the policies of any outside websites you visit from this site since you will be subject to the privacy and security policies of those other sites, once you leave d rglinks.org.
Site Management
The USAID-funded Designing Effective eVidence-based Engagement and Learning for Organizational Performance (DEVELOP) project manages the overall content, design, and organization of this website and coordinates the release of information approved by USAID on the Internet.
For More Information
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact the Site Administrator at drglinks@drglinks.org.