Internet Privacy Policy
The City of Staunton has a responsibility under the laws of the Commonwealth to maintain the privacy of our web site visitors:
“It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia that personal information about citizens will be collected only to the extent necessary to provide the service of benefit desired; that only appropriate information will be collected; that the citizen shall understand the reason the information is collected and be able to examine their personal record which is maintained by a public body.” -- (Code of Virginia, §2.1-380 as amended)
This website adheres to that policy. The following statements reflect our determination to insure that our visitors are aware of the information being collected at this site:
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No personally identifiable information is
required by this site. |
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This Internet site offers visitors the
opportunity to sign up for e-mail lists on specific topics of
interest. The e-mail lists held for these services are used
exclusively for purposes explained to the participant at the time of
sign-up. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, these lists
and related information are kept confidential and not disclosed or used
for any other purpose. Participants in these services always have
the option of terminating their involvement. Upon request,
any participant's name is promptly and permenantly removed from lists
on city servers. Information on signing up for and leaving these
services is displayed on the appropriate list pages.
Note that these e-mail lists may be suject to disclosure
under Virginia's Freedom of Information Act if requested.
Litigation on such disclosures is ongoing and the city cannot assure
future confidentiality. |
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E-mail sent by website visitors via the
various links on this website is treated as any other communication
with the city. That mail and its response may be subject to
disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. |
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We analyze the use of our website on a
regular basis to determine how well we are serving our visitors. This
includes browser market share, times of peak activity, and “hit”
summaries that indicate our most popular pages. Our web site logs are
not personally identifiable. They are used to generate statistical data
only. |
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Unless otherwise required by applicable law, any and all information collected at our website will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, rented, loaned or otherwise disclosed. |
