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PRIVACY NOTICE

This section explains how the Breakthrough ACTION and Breakthrough RESEARCH projects led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) and Population Council will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our website. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.

If you visit our site to read or download information

We collect and store only the following information about you: the name and location of the domain from which you access the Internet; the date and time you access our site; the Internet address of the website from which linked you directly to our site, if any; and the pages you view while you visit our web site.

We use the information we collect to count the number of visitors to the different sections of our website and find out what information is the most viewed in order to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

This gathering and storing of information is separate from the activity described as monitoring in our Security Notice.

If you identify yourself by sending us an e-mail message

If you decide to send us personally identifying information, we will use that personally identifying information to respond to your comment or suggestion and to count the number of people sending us comments.

We want to be very clear: we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us through email sign up or information exchanged via forms.

We will not share personally identifying information you provide us with any other entity.

Cookies and other information stored on your computer

The majority of this site does NOT use “cookies” to gather and store information about your visit

This website does use 3rd party cookies. Examples of services we may be using are:

Cookies are essentially tokens of information, such as preferences and passwords, which some web servers collect from you when you access them. Those data are stored on your hard drive and not on the web site’s server. Whenever you visit a website using cookies again, the server looks for its cookie on your hard drive and, if found, reads the information stored there.

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SECURITY NOTICE

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH web host employs software programs to monitor network traffic and identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. Information exchanged on this site passes through HTTPS encryption.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Log Data

Log data shared with Google Analytics is kept up to 50 months after your last visit.

Restrictions on Use

Except as noted on specific pages, information presented on this website may not be copied and reused without permission from Breakthrough ACTION and Breakthrough RESEARCH (see Copyright Notice). Please contact us for permission first. Usually, we can give permission for nonprofit educational use of Breakthrough ACTION and Breakthrough RESEARCH project materials found on this website. However, some materials on this website are not the property of Breakthrough ACTION and Breakthrough RESEARCH. These materials are clearly identified. Please contact the original sources at the address given for permission for use of these materials. We ask that original sources be cited as the source of any information obtained from this site. If no other source is indicated on or with the information you are using, please credit Breakthrough ACTION and/or Breakthrough RESEARCH.

While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, some information may change between site updates.

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on this website are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under Title 18 U.S.C., Sections1001 and 1030). [See Security Notice]

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COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS

In general, content on this website is copyrighted.

What you may do without permission

Without asking our permission, you are welcome to print pages from this website, to print or save search results, and to download the files that are specifically offered in downloadable format (usually, .pdf, Word, or PowerPoint). You may also use, without prior permission, text from posted press releases and, with attribution, quotations from Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH publications. You may also link to this website and its contents without permission; kindly let us know if you have done so.

What you must request permission to do

If you want to reproduce, republish, or incorporate other text or images from this website into other websites, publications, or other materials that you or others produce, contact us for permission.

For all materials and information used from this website, we ask that you credit original sources as given on specific pages. If no other specific source or authorship information is shown, please credit Breakthrough ACTION and/or Breakthrough RESEARCH.

It is the user’s responsibility to be aware of current copyright law and applications. The user agrees to indemnify Johns Hopkins University and Population Council from any costs or claims for infringement or copyright in relation to copies of images or text from this website. This copyright notice does not pertain to information at websites other than this website.

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DISCLAIMERS

Links to Other Sites

This website offers links to websites of other organizations which, we believe, may offer relevant information. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the disclaimers and security and privacy policies of the new site.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

The documents posted on this website may contain links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links are provided for visitors’ convenience. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information. Further, the inclusion of links to other websites is not intended to endorse, recommend, or favor any views expressed, or commercial products or services offered on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites, by trade name, trademark, manufacture, or otherwise.

Reference in this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the site’s visitors, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Breakthrough ACTION and/or Breakthrough RESEARCH project, the United States Government, or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of Johns Hopkins University, Population Council, Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH, CCP, the U.S. Government, or USAID and shall not be used for advertising or to endorse products.

Disclaimer of Liability

Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information. However, 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 website and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this website.

With respect to the content of this site, Johns Hopkins University, Breakthrough ACTION, Breakthrough RESEARCH, CCP, Population Council, the United States Government, USAID, or their employees and contractors make no warranty, expressed or implied or statutory, 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 website or other Internet resources linked from it. Additionally, Johns Hopkins University, Population Council, the U.S. Government, or USAID assume no legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed herein or freedom from computer viruses, and does not represent that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

Other Disclaimers

The information provided on this website is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of USAID, the U.S. Government, Johns Hopkins University, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Center for Communication Programs, Population Council, Breakthrough ACTION, or Breakthrough RESEARCH as an entity.

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MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact the Breakthrough ACTION project at the address, fax numbers, or email address listed below.

Breakthrough ACTION

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

111 Market Place, Suite 310

Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 USA

Tel: 410-659-6300

Fax: 410-659-6266

Email: info@breakthroughaction.org

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