Privacy Policy
HIV.gov follows the privacy policies instituted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Office of Management and Budget, including:
OMB M-10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies [PDF]
OMB M-10-23, Guidance for Agency Use of Third-Party Websites and Applications [PDF]
HIV.gov does not collect any personally identifiable information (PII) from visitors to the HIV.gov website, the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator, the HIV.gov chatbot, or any of our social networking site profile pages (e.g., Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.).
We do not use persistent cookies. When you bookmark a blog, it is saved to your local browser storage only. You can clear it by un-bookmarking the blog(s).
We use the following third-party software and applications to provide services to visitors to the HIV.gov website or HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator or HIV.gov chatbot:
Third-Party Tool | Use | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| DoubleClickExit Disclaimer | Site-wide | DoubleClick enables agencies, marketers and publishers to work together successfully and profit from their digital marketing investments. Owned by Google and now referred to as DoubleClick Digital Marketing or Google Enterprise Advertising. |
Site-wide | Analytics product for webmasters that shows how people are using the website. | |
Site-wide | Tag management enables website tag updates without changing the underlying website code. | |
Site-wide | Website usage analytics | |
Google MapsExit Disclaimer | Locator | Locator search for HIV/AIDS services provided by the Federal government |
Site-wide | Crazy Egg provides visualization of visits to the website. | |
Chatbot | Processing queries into the conversational interface | |
Site-wide | The HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator is a first-of-its-kind, location-based search tool that allows you to search for testing services, housing providers, health centers and other service providers near your current location. |
While HIV.gov does not collect or use PII from our visitors, each of these vendors has its own privacy policy. To learn what types of information they may collect, and how they may use that information, please visit vendors individual websites, which are linked in the chart.