The personal information you choose to provide us is voluntary.
We do not use cookies, and we do not require you to provide
any information about yourself that you do not wish to share.

You may choose to provide us with personal information if, for example, you subscribe to our publications, send us questions through e-mail, answer a user survey or register for an event.

If you participate in a user survey, your answers and personal information will only be analyzed in aggregate. The information
will be used to help us tailor our web site, publications and
services to our users' needs and to help us understand our
audience.

If you provide us with your postal or e-mail address or telephone number, this information will only be used to

• provide you with the publications or information requested;
• clarify your order or request;
• register you for an event; or
• provide you with related information.

When you fill out our online forms, they are returned to us via electronic mail. Your responses are not encrypted. We cannot guarantee the security of information sent via electronic mail.
Minor children should always obtain parental consent before
releasing personal information to any web site.

In addition to information voluntarily provided by you, we collect statistical information about our users in aggregate. We perform analyses on our web server's log files to identify, among other
things,

• our site's most popular pages;
• the browsers and operating systems most often used by
  our visitors;
• the sites and search engines that have referred visitors
  to our site; and
• the domains (for example, America Online) from which our users visit us.

This analysis does not involve personally identifiable information.
It is used only for the purpose of helping us understand and
better meet our audience's needs.

No information about visitors to this web site is released or sold
to third parties.