PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy
We only collect the minimum amount of information necessary to serve our customers. co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will collect no personal information about you when you visit its online form, unless you voluntarily choose to provide that information by entering information in an online form, sending an e-mail, or by performing an online service transaction.
DATA COLLECTION
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov to read Web pages or download information, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. Your Web browser software transmits most of this information to us; however, this information does not identify you personally.
We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
The numeric IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov then map these IP addresses into Internet domain names.
The type of browser and operating system used to access co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov;
The pages you visit, including graphics loaded from each page and other documents you download, such as PDF (Portable Document Format) files and word processing documents;
USE OF COOKIES
A "cookie" is a small text file that a Web site can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about your activities on the site or to make it possible for you to use an online "shopping cart" to keep track of items you wish to purchase. The cookie transmits this information back to the Web site's computer which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Most consumers do not know that "cookies" are being placed on their computers when they visit Web sites. If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a Web site attempts to place a "cookie" on your computer.
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov discourages the use of Web cookies on its Web sites. Temporary cookies, however, may be used when necessary to complete a transaction. Certain services use cookies to enhance the user experience. If a persistent Web cookie is required, the Web page discloses to visitors that a persistent cookie is being used.
VOLUNTARY PERSONAL INFORMATION SUBMISSION
If you choose to identify yourself by sending co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov or Fairfield County Ohio employee an e-mail, or by using online forms, some personal data may be collected; however, that data will only be used for limited purposes.
When you use our online payments services and pay by credit card, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov asks for the cardholder's name, address, account number, and card expiration date.
When you perform a transaction using a subscriber service, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will log the user's login name for billing purposes or for other purposes required by law. All of these activities are purely voluntary. You will always have the option of whether to perform the transaction and provide this information. Please understand, however, that in order to perform an online service transaction, you will be required to provide some personal information.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will only send personally identifiable information about you to other companies, agencies, or people when:
We have your consent to share the information;
We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested.
We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us);
We are required to do so by law, subpoena, court order or legal process; or
We find that your actions on state Web sites violate the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov Terms of Use Agreement or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
CHILD PROTECTION
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov encourages parents and teachers are involved in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when children are asked to provide personal information online.
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov does not sell products or services for purchase by children.
In the event children unknowingly provide information through the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov, it is only used to enable us to respond to the writer and not to create profiles of children.
SECURITY
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov is committed to ensuring the integrity of the information and systems it maintains. As such, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov has instituted security measures for all information systems under our control so that information will not be lost, misused, or altered.
For site security purposes and to ensure that our Internet services remain available to all users, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov uses software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.
Your co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov uses industry-standard secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect data transmissions.
CHANGES
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov reserves the right to change this privacy policy as necessary.
We only collect the minimum amount of information necessary to serve our customers. co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will collect no personal information about you when you visit its online form, unless you voluntarily choose to provide that information by entering information in an online form, sending an e-mail, or by performing an online service transaction.
DATA COLLECTION
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov to read Web pages or download information, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. Your Web browser software transmits most of this information to us; however, this information does not identify you personally.
We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
The numeric IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov then map these IP addresses into Internet domain names.
The type of browser and operating system used to access co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov;
The pages you visit, including graphics loaded from each page and other documents you download, such as PDF (Portable Document Format) files and word processing documents;
USE OF COOKIES
A "cookie" is a small text file that a Web site can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about your activities on the site or to make it possible for you to use an online "shopping cart" to keep track of items you wish to purchase. The cookie transmits this information back to the Web site's computer which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Most consumers do not know that "cookies" are being placed on their computers when they visit Web sites. If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a Web site attempts to place a "cookie" on your computer.
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov discourages the use of Web cookies on its Web sites. Temporary cookies, however, may be used when necessary to complete a transaction. Certain services use cookies to enhance the user experience. If a persistent Web cookie is required, the Web page discloses to visitors that a persistent cookie is being used.
VOLUNTARY PERSONAL INFORMATION SUBMISSION
If you choose to identify yourself by sending co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov or Fairfield County Ohio employee an e-mail, or by using online forms, some personal data may be collected; however, that data will only be used for limited purposes.
When you use our online payments services and pay by credit card, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov asks for the cardholder's name, address, account number, and card expiration date.
When you perform a transaction using a subscriber service, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will log the user's login name for billing purposes or for other purposes required by law. All of these activities are purely voluntary. You will always have the option of whether to perform the transaction and provide this information. Please understand, however, that in order to perform an online service transaction, you will be required to provide some personal information.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov will only send personally identifiable information about you to other companies, agencies, or people when:
We have your consent to share the information;
We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested.
We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us);
We are required to do so by law, subpoena, court order or legal process; or
We find that your actions on state Web sites violate the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov Terms of Use Agreement or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
CHILD PROTECTION
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov encourages parents and teachers are involved in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when children are asked to provide personal information online.
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov does not sell products or services for purchase by children.
In the event children unknowingly provide information through the co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov, it is only used to enable us to respond to the writer and not to create profiles of children.
SECURITY
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov is committed to ensuring the integrity of the information and systems it maintains. As such, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov has instituted security measures for all information systems under our control so that information will not be lost, misused, or altered.
For site security purposes and to ensure that our Internet services remain available to all users, co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov uses software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.
Your co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov uses industry-standard secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect data transmissions.
CHANGES
co.fairfield.oh.us and/or fairfieldcountyohio.gov reserves the right to change this privacy policy as necessary.