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CMS uses session cookies only. We do not use persistent cookies.

Certain applications on the www.cms.hhs.gov and www.medicare.gov Web sites require session cookies to function correctly. If you have session cookies disabled, you may not be able to use these applications or features of the sites.

Where they are used, CMS's session cookies remember your selection criteria. For example, if you use the "Screen Reader Friendly" version of www.medicare.gov with cookies disabled, you will need to choose this option for every page. If you have cookies enabled, this preference will be remembered for the duration of your visit. Similarly on www.cms.hhs.gov, the Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) application will keep a listing of your previous searches during that visit if you have cookies enabled.

You do not need to have session cookies enabled to view static web content on www.cms.hhs.gov or www.medicare.gov.

CMS has set our software so that your browser will only return cookie information to the domain where the cookie originated (in this case, cms.hhs.gov or medicare.gov). No other site can request this information. Note: Regardless of the particular uses for cookies on CMS Web sites, we will not share any cookie information with any third parties.

Data Collection

CMS may collect personally identifiable information (name, e-mail address, physical address, and other unique identifiers) only if specifically and knowingly provided by you.

Personally identifying information collected will be used only in connection with cms.hhs.gov and medicare.gov, or for such purposes as are described at the point of collection.

CMS will protect the personal information that you share with us. CMS does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information to third parties. If we share demographic information with third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.

Information collected is for statistical purposes. CMS performs analyses of user behavior in order to measure customer interest in the various areas of our sites.

CMS also uses listservs to send out information and change notices to subscribed users of our sites.

E-Mail

While CMS will make every attempt to protect the personal information that you share with us, electronic mail is not secure against interception. If your communication is sensitive, you may want to send it by postal mail instead.

CMS will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information.

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