The Atlanta Vision Loss Center and Wesley Woods of Emory University are committed to protecting your privacy. The information that you provide when joining our subject registry is confidential and will not be shared outside of the Center's research team.

One law that protects your healthcare information, including information used for research purposes, is called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilty Act (HIPAA). While the information you provide to us by joining the registry is limited, we want you to know how we will protect your information under this law.

• The use and disclosure of this information is solely for the preparation of research projects.
• None of the information you provide us will be removed from the our centers.
• The information you provide us is necessary for research purposes.
• We will use this information to identify and contact prospective research participants.
• If we contact you, we will seek further permission to use any additional data collected from you. Should you choose to participate in a research project, we will provide you with details on how this information will be used and protected.

If you want additional information about this privacy legislation, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' website.