Your privacy is critically important to us.
PURPOSE
Isabella County’s Website (defined below) provides information about Isabella County (hereinafter, “County”) government that is useful to the public, enables the public to communicate with the County’s departments and judiciary, and offers online access to select County services. Information will be factually based and presented without bias, political comment, or editorial position. Standard design criteria will be used for all information presented, and every page will be identified clearly as County property.
APPLICABILITY
It is the County’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information the County may collect while operating its website (hereinafter, “Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy applies to http://isabellacounty.org (hereinafter, “Website”). The County respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide through the Website. The County has adopted this Privacy Policy to explain what information may be collected on the Website, how the County uses this information, and under what circumstances the County may disclose the information to third-parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information the County collects through the Website and does not apply to the County’s collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the terms and conditions posted on the Website, sets forth the general rules and policies governing your use of the Website. Depending on your activities when visiting the Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
WEBSITE VISITORS
Like most website operators, the County collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use the Website. From time to time, the County may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website.
The County also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (hereinafter, “IP”) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on the Website (hereinafter, “Personal Information”). The County discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
GATHERING OF PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Certain visitors to the Website choose to interact with the County in ways that require the County to gather Personal Information. The amount and type of information gathered depends on the nature of the interaction (e.g. the information is needed to provide specific services or the individual user agrees that the County may use this information at a later time). Any Personal Information collected and passed on to the County will be only that which is necessary to provide the specific requested services.
SECURITY
The security of your Personal Information is important to the County, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While the County strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, the County cannot guarantee its absolute security.
LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES
The Website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by the County. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. The County strongly advises you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.
The County has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites, products, or services.
AGGREGATED STATISTICS
The County may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to the Website, and may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, the County does not disclose your Personal
Information.
COOKIES
To enrich and perfect your online experience, the County uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising, and store your
preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The County uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the Website, and their access preferences. The only Personal Information a cookie can contain is information supplied by the user. A cookie is only a text file and cannot read data from a hard disk or read a cookie file created by other sites. Visitors to the Website who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Website, with the drawback that certain features of the Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate the Website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to the County’s use of cookies.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
Although most changes are likely to be minor, the County may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in the County’s sole discretion. The County encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.