Internet Privacy Policy

This Internet Privacy Policy is a modification of the model of a policy using this best practice guideline distributed by the New York State Office for Technology. This is a model. It is not intended to reflect the actual practices and procedures of any particular fire district and should not be adopted by any fire district without an analysis of whether this example accurately describes the fire district’s practices and procedures. State Technology Law §203.

INTERNET PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

Thank you for visiting the __________ Fire District website. This website is designed to make it easier and more efficient for individuals and businesses to interact with the __________ Fire District. The __________ Fire District recognizes that it is critical for individuals and businesses to be confident that their privacy is protected when they visit the __________ Fire District’s website.

Consistent with the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Law, and the Personal Privacy Protection Law, this policy describes the __________ Fire District’s privacy practices regarding information collected from users of this website. This policy describes what information is collected and how that information is used. Because this privacy policy only applies to this website, you should examine the privacy policy of any website, including other Fire District websites, that you access using this website.

For purposes of this policy, "personal information" means any information concerning a natural person, as opposed to a corporate entity, which, because of name, number, symbol, mark, or other identifier, can be used to identify that natural person. The __________ Fire District only collects personal information about you when you provide that information voluntarily by sending e-mail or by initiating an online transaction, such as a survey, registration or order form.

Information Collected Automatically When You Visit This Website

When visiting this website the __________ Fire District automatically collects and stores the following information about your visit:

(i) The Internet Protocol Address and domain name used, but not the e-mail address. The Internet Protocol Address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer:

(ii) The type of browser and operating system you used:

(iii) The date and time you visited this site:

(iv) The web pages or services you accessed at this site:

(v) The website you visited prior to coming to this website;

(vi) The website you visit as you leave this website; and

(vii) If you downloaded a form, the form that was downloaded.

None of the foregoing information is deemed to constitute personal information.

The information that is collected automatically is used to improve this website’s content and to help the __________ Fire District understand how users are interacting with the website. This information is collected for statistical analysis, to determine what information is of most and least interest to our users, and to improve the utility of the material available on the website. The information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes and the __________ Fire District is not authorized to sell or otherwise disclose the information collected from the website for commercial marketing purposes.

Cookies

Cookies are simple text files stored on your web browser to provide a means of distinguishing among users of this website. The use of cookies is a standard practice among Internet websites. To better serve you, we use "session cookies" to enhance or customize your visit to this website. Session cookies can be created automatically on the device you used to access this __________ Fire District website. These session cookies do not contain personal information and do not compromise your privacy or...