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Licensing Information

LICENSE STATEMENT FOR DAVID WEB-BASED TOOLS, DAVID WEB SERVICES & the DAVID KNOWLEDGEBASE
USE

Use of all DAVID web-based tools and web services is free to all users. As of October 1, 2013, downloads of the DAVID Knowledgebase are free to everyone. Please cite Nature Protocols 2009; 4(1):44 & Nucleic Acids Res. 2009;37(1):1 within any publication that makes use of any methods inspired by DAVID. For technical support, please feel free to contact us.

PRIVACY NOTICE

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) provides this Web site as a public service.  NIAID collects certain user-specific information through standard Web logs for the purposes of security and site management.  Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempt is made to identify individual users or individual usage patterns.  The following information is collected: IP address from which files are uploaded from and the date and time of the upload.  IP addresses may be resolved to determine institution, city and country for general monitoring of global usage.  Content of uploaded files are not viewed by anyone, are kept confidential and are purge after 15 minutes of inactivity.  If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an email through our Web site, we only use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with requested information or material. Third party contractors may have access to this information in order to provide an initial response to your question or comment.These contractors are held to strict policies to safeguard the information and provide the same level of privacy protection as guaranteed by NIAID. No other use is made of this information.

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PUBLICATION

Please refer to the section of "Citing DAVID".

DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT

Users may not claim, infer, or imply endorsement by the U.S. Government, DHHS, PHS, NIH or NIAID of research results obtained using DAVID in any promotional advertising or other promotional materials to be disseminated to the public.

MEDICAL INFORMATION

DAVID IS NOT TO BE USED FOR TREATING OR DIAGNOSING HUMAN SUBJECTS.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

DAVID or any documents available from this server ARE PROVIDED ?AS IS? WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND FREEDOM FROM INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT DAVID or any documents available from this server WILL BE ERROR FREE.  NIAID MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE USE OF DAVID or any documents available from this server WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT OR PROPRIETATY RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES.

In no event will the U.S. Government or U.S. Government contractors be liable for any damages, including but not limited to direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, arising out of, resulting from, or in any way connected with the use of DAVID or documents available from this server.