The Leptospirosis Information Center

Privacy policy

The LIC is a medical information service and as such is active in protecting the privacy of users and contributors. We restrict the publication of any personal data relating to cases and abide by copyright restrictions on external data reproduced on our site.

Problem Resolution: Report specific privacy, accuracy or liability issues to the LIC staff by using the Contact form on the right. We will endeavour to act on your concerns as soon as possible and will reply with details of the action taken where appropriate.

Data Collection: We collect the following data on this website:

• Access logs: The webserver collects basic information such the Internet Protocol (IP) address (which is not an email address) of the visitor, the Internet address of the web page from which the user was referred, search terms used to find our web site, browser, operating system, server errors, and places it in the server log. Collection of this sort of information is a common practice on the Internet. We use this information for statistical analysis of our web site traffic and to assist in localising queries received via our contact form. This information does not specifically identify visitors to our web site, but may be used to track down a visitor via his or her service provider in cases of abuse of our terms and conditions. This information is not optional.
• Specific User Information: Specific visitor information, such as the visitor's name, email address, home country and IP address is collected on this web site when a visitor wants to submit a question to us via our Contact form. The subsequent email replies will of course use this information, and any information a user provides within the body of such messages will be retained on file by the LIC for research and reference. It will never be released to any third party.

Links: This site contains links to other sites. The LIC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.