Town OfficePrivacy Policy
townofcarmel.org Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting for townofcarmel.org. We are committed to respecting your right to privacy and will protect it when you visit our website.
This Privacy Policy explains our online information practices only, including how we collect and use your personal information. It covers information collected on this website. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to third party websites that you are able to reach from our site, nor does it cover practices of other elements within townofcarmel.org. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policies of those elements and third parties to learn how they collect and use information about you.
To assist you with reading our Privacy Policy, we have provided answers to the following questions you may find most important:
What information do we collect automatically online?
When you visit our website, we collect information about your visit that does not identify you personally. We can tell the type of computer, browser, and web service you are using. We also know the date, time, and pages you visit. Collecting this information helps us design the site to suit your needs.
What additional information do we collect about you online?
When you visit our website, we may request and collect contact information (not limited to email address) from you.
Why do we collect information online and how do we use it?
Our principal purpose for collecting personal information online is to provide you with the information you need and want, and to facilitate the use of our website.
We will only use your information for the purposes for which you have provided this information, or for the purposes required under the law.
Generally, our uses of information collected online include:
- Responding to your complaints
- Replying to your “feedback comments”
- Managing your access to restricted areas of the website
- Fulfilling requests for reports and other similar information
- Registering member accounts
We may share personally identifiable information you provide to us online with appropriate representatives within townofcarmel.org as needed to facilitate your request or transaction.
Additionally, we may be required by law to share information we collect with authorized law enforcement, homeland security, and national security activities.
Do we give you choices on how we use the information you provide us?
Throughout our website, we will let you know whether the information we ask you to provide is voluntary or required. By providing personally identifiable information, you are granting us consent to use this personally identifiable information for the primary purpose for which you are providing it. Additionally, we will ask for you to grant us consent before using your voluntarily provided information for any secondary purposes, other than those required under the law.
What are our information practices for children?
We do not intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we do, we will comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). To find out more about COPPA, please click on the following link: www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/childrens.html.
Do we use cookies or other tracking devices?
A “cookie” is a small text file that is stored on your computer and makes it easy for you to move around a website without having to continually re-enter your name, password, preferences, etc.
We use only “session” cookies; this means we store the cookie on your computer only during each visit to our website. After you turn off your computer or stop using the Internet, the cookie is erased and nothing will be remembered the next time you visit our website.
How do we secure your information we collect online?
We are committed to properly securing the information we collect online. To help us accomplish this, we take the following steps:
- We employ internal access controls to ensure that the only people who see your information are those with a need to do so to perform their official duties
- We train relevant personnel on our privacy and security measures so that our personnel know what is required for compliance
We physically secure the areas where we hold hard copies of the information we collect online- We regularly back up the information we collect online to insure against loss
- We use technical controls to secure the information we collect online as appropriate, including but not limited to: Secure Socket Layer (SSL), encryption, firewalls, password protections
- We employ external access safeguards to identify and prevent unauthorized attempts of outsiders to hack into, or cause harm to, the information in our systems
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