If information is sent to EpiCentre via e-mail message or by submission of a web-based form that contains personally identifying information, that information will only be used to respond to any requests for information, process orders for merchandise and analyze trends. Such information will not be used in any way that would reveal personally identifying information to outside parties unless EpiCentre is legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.

This site may contain links to other sites. EpiCentre is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

3. Cookies

A "cookie" is a small file containing information that is placed on a user’s computer by a web server. Typically, these files are used to enhance the user’s experience of the site, to help users move between pages in a database, or to customize information for a user.

Any information that the EpiCentre webservers may store in cookies is used for internal purposes only.  Cookie data is not used in any way that would disclose personally identifiable information to outside parties unless EpiCentre is legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.

4. Logs & Network Monitoring

EpiCentre maintains log files of access to its site and may monitor network traffic for the purposes of site management; including, but not limited to diagnosis of server hardware and software problems. Analysis tools are also used on the logs to extract summary statistics to determine which information is of most interest to users and monitor the performance of the site.

Information such as the following is collected in these files:

Hostname: the hostname and/or IP address of the computer requesting access to the site

User-Agent: the type of browser, its version, and the operating system of the computer requesting access (e.g., Firefox 1.5 for Windows, IE 5 for Macintosh, etc.)

Referrer: the web page the user came from

System date: the date and time on the server at the time of access

Full request: the exact request the user made

Status: the status code the server returned, e.g., fulfilled request, file not found

Content length: the size, in bytes, of the file sent to the user

Method: the request method used by the browser (e.g., post, get)

Universal Resource Identifier (URI): the location of the particular resource requested. (More commonly known as a URL.)

Query string of the URI: anything after a question mark in a URI. For example, if a keyword search has been requested, the search word will appear in the query string.

Protocol: the technical protocol and version used, i.e., http 1.0, ftp, etc.

The above information is not used in any way that would reveal personally identifying information to outside parties unless EpiCentre is legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.