v-safe User Agreement 


Users of the v-safe data are required to adhere to the following 
standards for the analysis and reporting of research data. All research 
results must be presented and/or published in a manner that protects 
the confidentiality of participants. v-safe data will not be presented 
and/or published in any way in which an individual can be identified. 
Therefore, users will: 


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Not attempt to link or permit others to link the data with 
individually identified records in another database. 

Not attempt to learn the identity of any participant in the data 
and will not deliberately combine these data with other CDC or 
non-CDC data for the purpose of matching records to identify 
individuals. If you should inadvertently discover the identity of 
any participant, you will ensure the identity of any participant is 
kept confidential, and will not be used in any publications and/or 
presentations. 


. Not imply or state, either in written or oral form, that 


interpretations based on analysis of the data reflect official CDC 
policies or positions. 


. Understand that sub-national analyses are not appropriate for 


this national sample and will not be conducted. 


. Understand that v-safe is a voluntary self-enrollment program 


requiring smartphone access; therefore, information from v-safe 
might not be representative or generalizable to the US 
population. 


By clicking on the weblink below to download and use these v-safe 
data, you signify your agreement to comply with the above-stated 
terms.