Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to www.icped.org (“Website”) and the services available through this Website (collectively, the “Services”) offered by the International Classification of Pediatric Endocrine Diagnoses Consortium (“ICPED Consortium”), and governs data collection and usage.

We respect the privacy of our visitors. We collect only such personal information as is needed to provide the information, service, or assistance that you request.

This Website uses cookies to improve the users experience while visiting this Website. Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide users with a tailored experience within this Website.

This Website uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of this site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. Information from Google Analytics is used only to improve this Website. Google Analytics collects only the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to you on the date you visit this Website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Website by disabling cookies on your browser.

Users contacting this Website and/or the ICPED Consortium do so voluntarily and provide any personal details requested at their own discretion.

This Website and the ICPED Consortium use any information submitted to assist in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. Your details are not passed on to any third party.

The ICPED Consortium cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite its best efforts. Users should therefore note that they access external links at their own risk. This Website and the ICPED Consortium cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links provided.