Privacy

How Does the Parent Study Protect My Information?

To make sure all the information you provide at any point in our study is safe, several layers of security are in place. Only well-trained researchers have access to the server where your data is held. All information stored on these servers is also protected and encrypted, making sure your information is secure at all times.

All staff members have signed legally binding agreements that guarantee they will not talk about any information for any reasons other than this research project. Additionally, the study has obtained a federal Certificate of Confidentiality which further protects your private information.

Your personal information will never be shared or sold. All information that could be used to identify you will be kept confidential and will be stored separately from the rest of your information.

All information you provide during the interview will be stored securely using the highest standards of security precautions and confidentiality.

Protecting Your Information in the Age of AI

Your trust matters to us. Add Health and Add Health Parent Study does not share your study information with public artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or Google Gemini to process or analyze your information. Researchers who use Add Health and Add Health Parent Study data must also follow strict rules to keep your information safe and private.

Your trust matters to us. We are committed to keeping your information private, secure, and used only for approved research.

Add Health is committed to making sure all people are able to access this website and related tools. We embrace this value by:

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Making our website easy to navigate and read
Incorporating accessibility into all phases of the study process
Checking usability through testing, feedback, and reviews
Staying current with new technology and trends

Accessibility Information

We will go above and beyond federal and industry accessibility standards to make sure that our tools are truly usable regardless of hearing, visual, motor, or communication ability.

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Standards for accessibility are defined by Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act and also by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at Conformance Level “Double-A” as outlined by the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative.