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 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 |
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Single Page - HIV.gov Locator API | Code-sharing repository - display and representation of code output from Locator API | |
Site-wide | Website usage analytics | |
Google Maps | Locator | Locator search for HIV/AIDS services provided by the Federal government |
Site-wide | Javascript library for creating interactive site features | |
Chatbot | Processing queries into the conversational interface |
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.