Town of Rocky Mount, Virginia

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The Town of Rocky Mount wishes to convey to you the level of importance it places on the privacy of the personal information you provide to it using this web site. This privacy statement discloses the types of information we gather and how we use it. These privacy practices apply to the web site located at the Internet address http://www.rockymountva.org, which is operated by the Town of Rocky Mount.

1. What personally identifiable information does the Town of Rocky Mount collect via the web site?

The Town of Rocky Mount's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with the best and most useful response to your inquiries. The Town of Rocky Mount collect personally identifiable information when you provide it to us, such as when you fill out the web form located at http:/.www.rockymountva.org/contacts.htm. The Town of Rocky Mount does not collect information about you from other sources.

2. What anonymous information does the Town of Rocky Mount collect?

Cookies
Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" which store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of our sites. However, cookies tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information. You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit the Town of Rocky Mount's web site - it does use cookies.

Web bugs & servers
Electronic images know as "Web bugs" are sometimes used by web sites to allow them to track general information from the web site servers and from your web browser, including your IP address, the time, and information about the page you requested. This information does not contain any personally identifying information. We use tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including:

- Keeping count of return visits to our site or advertiser' or partners' sites.
- Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), statistical information on web site usage.
- Determining which features users like best.
- Third-party advertisement servers. The Town of Rocky Mount does not currently allow third parties to advertise on its web site, therefore eliminating the concern for third parties to collect information about you from the web site.

3. How does the Town of Rocky Mount use the information?

The Town of Rocky Mount uses the information we gather for three purposes:

To customize content you see.

To enhance the user experience. We use tracking information to determine how well each page performs overall, based on aggregate use demographics and traffic patterns to those pages. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

To answer the inquiries you submit using the web form at http://www.rockymountva.org/contacts.htm or using the supplied e-mail addresses.

4. How does the Town of Rocky Mount share information?

Personally identifiable information.

The Town of Rocky Mount will make your personally identifiable information available to other companies or people when:

We have your consent to share the information

We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; or we believe the your actions violate applicable laws or Terms of Use, or threaten the rights, property, or safety of the Town of Rocky Mount staff, our users, or others.

5. What about other web sites linked to this site, or sites it links to?

We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from neither our web site, nor the information or content contained therein. Often, links to other web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website. The Town of Rocky Mount does not collect any information about you from the other web sites when you click on a link that brings you to the Town of Rocky Mount web site. Nor does the Town of Rocky Mount share any information about you when you link to another site from the Town of Rocky Mount web site.

6. What are my options?

You may submit an anonymous inquiry or comment so that the information provided cannot be traced to you personally. The best way to submit an anonymous inquiry or comment is to use the web form located at http://www.rockymountva.org/contacts.htm. You may provide a pseudonym or indicate that you would rather not provide your name. However, to receive an e-mail response, you must provide an e-mail address. Several companies such as Microsoft or Yahoo! offer free e-mail accounts, which cannot be readily traced, back to you.

7. How will I know if the privacy policy is changed?

Any modifications to our privacy practices will first be reflected on this page. If there is a material change in our privacy practices, we will indicate on our site that our privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new privacy statement.

8. Privacy of children.

This web site is not directed to children under the age of 13. The site is operated in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and does not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13 years of age.

Questions, comments:

Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding any other aspects of our web site, should be sent via email or by using the web form at http://www.rockymountva.org/contacts.htm. You may also send your inquiry via post mail to 345 Donald Avenue, Rocky Mount, VA 24151. We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to every one. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard the information E-mail contacts for questions:

Town Manager: Keith Holland

Updated June 13, 2002