When you browse through our web site, read pages, or download documents, certain information about your visit can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit

• The name of the domain you use to access the Internet
• The type of browser and operating system you use to access our site
• The date and time of your visit
• The pages you visited
• The address of the web site you came from, if you were referred from another site

We use this information to generate statistical data regarding the traffic to our site, to find out about general user interest in various areas of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

We track the keywords that are entered into major search engines to measure interest in specific topics, but we do not monitor which terms a particular user enters.

No additional information is collected about your visit to our Web site. Rest assured that we do not collect any information that identifies you personally.

Personally Provided Information

You do not have to provide any personal information to visit and browse through our Web site. In order to register and post messages in the discussion areas of the Forum, you will only need to provide an e-mail address and the time zone in which you live.

If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an e-mail message, form, survey, etc., we use that information only to respond to your message or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. The information provided is handled on a confidential basis within our office. You should be aware, however, that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your message is sensitive, you may prefer to send it by postal mail instead.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors to anyone else, unless required by law enforcement or statute.

Links to Other Sites

The privacy policy described here does not necessarily apply to any other sites that you might link to from Sleepeducation.com. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site.