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Privacy Policy

Cookies, Privacy, Compliance

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit www.townofwartrace.com, herein referred to as "The Site”.


PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When The Site is visited, information is automatically collected. This includes, but is not limited to, web browser information, IP address, time zone, and possible other cookies installed on the device being used to access The Site. Browsing of The Site, a collection of data is automatically being saved from individual web pages and/or viewed products, affiliated with the Site, and interactions on The Site, as well as, clicks that took you to The Site. This is referred to as “Device Information”.

Device Information is collected using the following technologies common to all internet usage:

  • “Cookies” are data files that are placed on devices or computers and may include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.  --The Site is not affiliated with this link and holds no responsibility for the information provided by this link.

  • “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site and collect data including IP addresses, browser types, Internet service providers, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

  • “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information on how The Site is being browsed.


Additionally, user choice to correspond through The Site will result in a collection of information freely provided by the user could include name, billing address, shipping address, payment information, credit card information, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “User Supplied Information”. “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy can be both/either Device Information and/or User Supplied Information.

HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED
User Supplied Information that is collected is to directly correspond with said user through The Site. This includes, but is not limited to, any processing of payment information, form submittal, and invoices. Third Party links are described in more context below.

User Information may be used for the following:

  • Communicate with you;

  • Screen forms for potential risk or fraud; and

  • When in line with the preferences shared, to provide information relating to our departments, committees, commissions or boards.


Device Information collected may be used to help screen for potential risk and fraud. In particular, associated with IP addresses, and more generally to improve and optimize The Site (i.e. generation of analytics concerning browsing and interaction on The Site; assessing this information for the success of marketing and advertising campaigns).

HOSTING BY OUTSIDE PARTIES

Some content on portions of the Town’s website reside on servers that are operated by third party vendors. These third party vendors have direct control of what information is automatically collected, whether cookies are used, and how information that is voluntarily provided is used. Thus, the Town cannot represent that the third party vendors will abide by this privacy policy. The Town uses the following applications that are currently hosted by third party vendors with complete disclosure below:

 

  • Google

  • Wix

  • NEX Bill pay

  • Facebook and other social media

  • HMDB

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing language regarding third party vendors, the Town does not share text messaging originator opt-in data and consent that it receives from the public with any third parties.

 

SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information may be shared with third party affiliates. Personal Information may also be shared to comply with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, not limited to, but including, third party cookies, responding to a subpoenas, search warrants or other lawful requests for information deemed in legal cases, or to otherwise protect our rights. The Site holds no jurisdiction over these links, holds no responsibility for the information that was provided to be used by these links, and will be held harmless if brought to a court of law. Third parties include but may not be limited to:

 

NEXBill Pay; Bill Pay platforms used to pay bills. You can read more about these platform policies here:
https://new.nexbillpay.net/wartracewaterworks/Home/Privacy

Google Analytics 4, Google Console, Google Search Optimization, and Google Calendar secures data to provide information on how our customers use the Site. To read more about how Google uses your Personal Information:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

To opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

 

Wix is the website hosting platform and holds the DNS and name servers for the domain townofwartrace.com. To read more about how Wix may use your Personal Information:

https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

 

The Historical Marker Database is an external link found on the Historical Marker page of townofwartrace.com and to read more about how they use your Personal Information:

https://www.hmdb.org/privacypolicy.asp

BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, Personal Information may be used to provide targeted advertisements or marketing communications. For more information on targeted advertising, visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at
http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work --The Site holds no jurisdiction over this link and holds no responsibility for the information provided by this link.

To opt out of some of these services, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/ --The Site holds no jurisdiction over this link and holds no responsibility for the information provided by this link.

DO NOT TRACK
Note: No alterations to The Site’s data collection and use practices are made. We respect the Do Not Track signal from your browser and will not alter this signal.

YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a U.S. citizen or European resident, you have the right to access Personal Information that may be held about you and to ask that this Personal Information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, U.S. citizens and European residents, please note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (i.e. orders placed through the Site), or otherwise, to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note the possibility that information may be transferred to the third parties listed above.

 

SECURITY

Unless a particular page on this website indicates that encryption technology is being used, the user should not assume that information uploaded through that Web page to the Town of Wartrace's Web server will be treated as confidential. If a user submits information to the server through a page containing visible indicators of active encryption technology, the Town will take all reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of such information to the extent permitted by law. Nevertheless, the Town shall not be liable for any injury caused by the disclosure of that information, whether caused by a security breach, accident, inadvertence, or any other act resulting in disclosure.


CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy without prior consent of the signed in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

 

FURTHERMORE

As with the privacy policy herein, and in accordance with laws depicted by the government, compliance of www.townofwartrace.com and the Town of Wartrace will adhere to the following as found https://digital.gov/resources/checklist-of-requirements-for-federal-digital-services/ --The Site holds no jurisdiction over this link and holds no responsibility for the information provided by this link.


CONTACT US
For more information about The Site's privacy policies, for questions, for complaints, or for comments please contact us:

admin@townofwartrace.com

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