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CARD Privacy Policy

The card.nih.gov website is provided as a public service by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIA complies with requirements for privacy and security established by NIH, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Collection of private personal information is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 241. When you complete the contact us form, you may be asked to enter personally identifiable information (PII) such as your name and email address. The Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias platform uses this information to process and respond to general inquiries. This information is not used for any other purpose and is not shared outside of NIA.

Automatically Collected Information

We strive to provide the best website experience for you. We do not collect any PII about you during your visit to card.nih.gov unless you choose to provide it to us. However, in accordance with the NIA privacy policy, we do collect some data about your visit to card.nih.gov to help us improve website design, presentation, and system performance. 

NIA follows OMB Memorandum 10-23, Guidance for Agency Use of Third-Party Websites and Applications (PDF, 103K), and the institute assesses the use of third-party websites and applications, like card.nih.gov, to ensure these uses protect privacy. To learn more, visit the NIH Privacy Policy.