Privacy Policy

Last updated: [DATE]

This Privacy Policy describes how [PUBLICATION NAME], operated by [OPERATOR NAME], may collect and use information when you visit this website.

Contact: [CONTACT EMAIL]
Business Address: [BUSINESS ADDRESS IF APPLICABLE]

Information Collected Automatically

Our hosting infrastructure may automatically process technical information necessary to deliver and protect the website.

Depending on the site’s actual configuration, this may include:

• IP address;
• browser type;
• operating-system information;
• requested pages;
• referring page;
• request date and time;
• basic server and security logs.

Such information may be used for website delivery, troubleshooting, security and abuse prevention.

Hosting Provider: [HOSTING PROVIDER]

Update this section to reflect the provider actually used by the website.

Information You Provide

If you contact [PUBLICATION NAME], we may receive information you voluntarily submit, including your name, email address and message.

Do not send credentials or sensitive Johns Hopkins information.

In particular, do not send:

• JHED passwords;
• MFA codes;
• Social Security numbers;
• payroll or banking information;
• student account records;
• healthcare information;
• confidential employer or institutional records.

We do not need these materials to answer editorial questions.

Analytics

Analytics Status: [INSTALLED / NOT INSTALLED]

If analytics technology is installed, identify it accurately:

Analytics Provider: [ANALYTICS PROVIDER]

Describe the data and cookies actually used by that provider. Remove this section or state clearly that analytics are not installed if that reflects the live site.

Advertising

Advertising Status: [INSTALLED / NOT INSTALLED]

If the website displays advertising or uses advertising measurement technologies:

Advertising Provider: [ADVERTISING PROVIDER]

Update this policy to reflect the actual implementation, including any relevant cookies or consent options.

Do not claim an advertising service is installed before it actually is.

Cookies

The website may use browser cookies or similar technologies for functions such as security, remembering visitor preferences, analytics or advertising.

See the Cookie Policy for the categories actually enabled on the site.

Where required by the implementation or applicable rules, visitors may be provided controls for non-essential technologies.

External Links

Articles may link to Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine and other third-party resources.

When you leave [PUBLICATION NAME], the destination website’s own privacy practices apply. We do not control those systems or the information they collect.

Johns Hopkins Credentials and Records

[PUBLICATION NAME] is an independent editorial website and is not part of the Johns Hopkins authentication infrastructure.

We do not intentionally collect:

• passwords;
• MFA codes;
• employee authentication information;
• student authentication information;
• MyChart credentials;
• direct-deposit instructions.

If sensitive information is accidentally submitted to our contact channel, contact us at [CONTACT EMAIL] so that the operator can review the appropriate response.

Retention

Information should be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for its actual purpose, security requirements, operational needs and applicable obligations.

Actual retention practice: [DESCRIBE RETENTION PRACTICE]

Do not insert an arbitrary fixed period unless that period reflects the site’s real operations.

Your Choices

Depending on the site’s configuration and the law applicable to the visitor, choices may be available regarding:

• non-essential cookies;
• analytics;
• advertising technologies;
• personal information submitted directly to us.

Privacy requests can be sent to:

[CONTACT EMAIL]

The availability of particular legal rights depends on the circumstances and applicable law.

Security

The operator should use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information the website actually handles.

No internet service can guarantee absolute security.

Children

[INSERT CHILDREN’S PRIVACY PRACTICE IF APPLICABLE]

If the website is a general-audience informational publication and is not directed to children, state that accurately.

Changes to This Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy when the website’s technology, providers or information practices change.

The date at the beginning of this policy should be updated when material revisions are published.