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Privacy

HUD and its contractors respect your right to privacy and will protect it when you visit our web site. Here are some things you should know about how we protect your privacy.

E-mail

  1. If you sign up for one of our email lists (i.e.- the HMIS listserv), we'll only send you the kinds of information you've requested. We won't maintain your name on the list and won't share your e-mail address with anyone outside of HUD.

Information Collection

  1. We seek to maintain up-to-date contact information for local HMIS implementations, continuums of care, software providers, and others involved in HMIS for HUD and its contractors. When you contact us, register as a user, or update your account information, your contact information and affiliations will be maintained in a database of HMIS contacts. This information may be shared with others seeking contact information for HMIS professionals with common concerns or in a particular region. Contact information for collaboratives, HMIS implementing jurisdictions, and Continuums of Care--some of which may have been gathered through the site--may also be posted as community information maintained on the site.
  2. When you contact us with a question or technical assistance request, historical information on the interaction may also be maintained in a database. This information will be used for Technical Assistance contract reporting, analyzing evolving community needs, relationship management, and maintaining a history of resolved issues in order to enhance our ability to provide assistance to all communities.
  3. You have the right to request that your contact information or the nature of your inquiry not be made public.
  4. You have the right to request that your contact information be removed or updated. This request can be made by sending an email to the Site Administrator. We will make a good faith effort to comply with the request.
  5. When you browse, read pages or download information on our website, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit.
  6. Sometimes we use "cookies," which are small amounts of text stored on your computer. We only use "session cookies" in some places where people can transact business. That means we only store the cookie on your computer during that visit. So, if you are entering information for a business transaction, you won't lose the information if you go to another site and come back during the visit. After you turn off your computer or stop using the internet, the cookie is erased. If you don't want us to put a "cookie" on your computer, change your internet settings. You will still be able to use the entire web site.
Site Security
  1. We monitor visits to the web site to identify any attempt to tamper with it
  2. When you submit personal information using our web site--for example, if you sign up for a conference online--we have systems that make sure people outside of HUD cannot access your personal information.
  3. We would only try to identify you personally when required to do so by a law enforcement investigation. Any information we collect for those investigations is destroyed according to federal guidelines.
  4. Tampering with HUD's web site is against the law. If anyone tries to tamper with it, they may be punished under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
Links to Other Sites
  1. Our website has links to many other web sites. When you go to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of that site. HUD cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided there.

  2. Linking to a web site does not constitute an endorsement by HUD, or any of its employees, of the sponsors of the site or the products presented on the site.

If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator.