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Coryell County Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

Welcome

Thank you for visiting the Coryell County website. This website is designed to make it easier and more efficient for Coryell County citizens and businesses to interact with their local government.

Like all online resources, we recognize that visitors to this website are concerned about their privacy. Coryell County is committed to preserving your privacy when visiting this website.

This policy describes the Coryell County's privacy practices regarding information collected from visitors to this website. This policy describes what data is collected and how that information is used.

Coryell County may, at its sole descretion, change, modify, add, or delete portions of this policy. Because thsi privacy policy applies only to this website, you may wish to examine the privacy policy of any website, including other websites you access through this website.

Collection of Your Personal Information

Coryell County collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Coryell County also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Coryell County. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Website addresses. This information is used by Coryell County for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding uses of the Coryell County website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Coryell County public message boards, this information may be collected by others.

Coryell County encourages you to review the privacy statements of Websites you choose to link to from Coryell County so that you can understand how these websites collect, use and share your information. Coryell County is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Coryell County and Coryell County family of websites.

Use of Your Personal Information

Coryell County collects and uses your personal information to operate the Coryell County website and deliver the services you have requested. Coryell County also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Coryell County and its affiliates. Coryell County may contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Coryell County does not sell, rent, or lease its customers lists to third parties. Coryell County may , from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Coryell County may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Coryell County, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Coryell County does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Coryell County keeps track of the websites and pages our customers vist within Coryell County, in order to determine what Coryell County services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Coryell County to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Coryell County websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Coryell County or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Coryell County; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Coryell County, or the public.

Coryell County website does not use "cookies".

Security

For site security purposes and to insure that this service remains available to all users, Coryell County web servers employs the Pair Corporation. They provide industry standard hardware, software. They also provide methods to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

We monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage to the site. Anyone using this website expressly consents to such monitoring.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on the Coryell County website are strickly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and aAbuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Ifrastructure Protection Act.

Coryell County limits employee access to personally identifiable information from this website to only those employees who need access to perform a specific job. Security measures have been intergrated into the design, implementation, and day-to-day operations of this website as part of our continuing commitment to the security of electronic content as well the electronic transmission of information.

In specific context of this security monitoring, there is no expectation of privacy. However, only in the case of actual law enforcement investigators, will we attempt to identify individual users or their usage habits.

Note: The information contained in this policy should not be construed in any way as giving business, legal or other advice, or warranting as fail proof the security of information provided via the website. For site security purposes and to ensure that this website remains available to all users, Coryell County employs software to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage to this website.

Accessibility

Coryell County and Owners of sites linked to this website pages shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that persons with disabilities may access these sites.

Changes to This Statement

Coryell County will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Coryell County encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Coryell County is protecting your information.

TERMS of USE

Agreement Between User and Coryell County

The Coryell County website is comprised of various web pages operated by Coryell County.

The Coryell County website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the Coryell County website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

Modification of These Terms of Use

Coryell County reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Coryell County website is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the Coryell County website.

Links to Third Party Sites

The Coryell County website may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Coryell County and Coryell County is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Coryell County is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. Coryell County is providing these links to you only aas a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Coryell County of the site or any association with its operators.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of the Coryell County website, you warrant to Coryell County that you will not use the Coryell County website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Coryell County website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Coryell County website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Coryell County website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Coryell County websites.

Monitor Communication Services

Coryell County has no obligation to monitor the communication services. However, Coryell County reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Coryell County reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Coryell County reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental requests, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Coryell County's sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Coryell County does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Coryell County specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized Coryell County spokepersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Coryell County.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

Materials Provided to Coryell County or Posted at any Coryell County Website

Coryell County does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Coryell County (including feedback and suggestions) or posted, upload, input or submit to any Coryell County website or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Coryell County, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses, including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicaly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Coryell County is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Coryell County's sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in thsi section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

Termination/Access Restriction

Coryell County reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Coryell County website and the related services or any services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. GENERAL to the maximum extent permitted by law, thsi agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A. and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Coryell County, Texas, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Coryell County website. Use of the Coryell County website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exits between you and Coryell County as a result of this agreement or use of the Coryell County website. Coryell County's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Coryell County's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Coryell County website or information provided to or gathered by Coryell County with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Coryell County with respect to the Coryell County website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Coryell County with respect to the Coryell County website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.

Copyright and Trademark Notices

All contents of the Coryell County website are: Copyright 2008 by Coryell County and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved.

Coryell County respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the following information to Coryell County:

  • An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest
  • A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed
  • A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site
  • Your address, telephone number, and email address
  • A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
  • A statement by you, made under penalty or perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

Coryell County's agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

Coryell County
ATTN: County Judge
620 East Main Street
Gatesville, Texas 76528

Trademarks

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are ficticious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Contact Information

If you should have any questions or comments about the website disclaimer, policy, or terms of use you can contact Joe Blakley II at jblakley@jo-di.net.