Privacy Policy
I. INFORMATION COLLECTED
We collect non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, most-recently visited URL and referral sites. This information is used for identifying certain information such as; hits, referral sites and unique IP addresses.
We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, for example, by registering a personal account with Passaic County for emergency services and other online services. The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number along with information unique to your interests as well as other personal information that you may choose to submit but are not required to do so. This other information if you choose to submit is only information that we would like to know in an effort to provide information, i.e. household information, your age, if you have someone in your house that has special needs, so that your local emergency response (Police, Fire and EMS) can assist you in emergency situations that pertain to you your family and your home.
II. CONFIDENTIALITY
Personal Data is the property and use of Passaic County and is strictly intended for only the organization to use the information you provide for notification and communication with you regarding an emergency or important issue that may arise that concerns you and your household. The organization uses our product and services by which to communicate with its members. Passaic County is subjected to and all members are protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Passaic County will not sell, rent, swap, or otherwise disclose your information to any third party. Passaic County maintains a secured area in multiple datacenters for transmission of Site Data, and stores all Site Data in a private and secure database that is not directly accessible on the Internet.
III. USE OF INFORMATION
The organization will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided. Account holders may elect to deregister at anytime.
IV. USE OF COOKIES
When you view our Web site we might store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a Web site as easily as possible. We use cookies to ensure that interactive portions of the Passaic County website will be only entered once and prevent you from reentering all your personal data at each connection.
V. SECURITY
Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of your personal information.
VI. COPYRIGHT
By using this web site, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this notice. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at anytime. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of our sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes. Unless otherwise indicated, the materials displayed on our sites and individual web pages are the property of Passaic County and are therefore protected by United States and International copyright and laws. This includes, but is not limited to, the compilation, selection, arrangement and presentation of all materials on our sites and individual web pages are the property of Passaic County and are therefore protected by United States and International copyright and laws. This includes, but is not limited to, the compilation, selection, arrangement and presentation of all materials (including information in the public domain), the overall design of our sites and the computer programs that create the web page displays.
Any visitor to our sites is hereby granted permission to access and print materials for personal, non-commercial purposes only. Any other copying, distribution, modification, transmission or dissemination of the materials displayed by means now known or hereafter developed, is strictly prohibited without the express prior written permission of Passaic County.
VII. TRADEMARKS
Unless otherwise indicated, Passaic County logos and facility names are trademarks or service marks of Passaic County and may not be used or displayed in any manner without the express prior written permission of Passaic County. All other trademarks or service marks that appear on our sites are the property of their respective owners.
VIII. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The visitors and users of these web site agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the members of Passaic County, its officers, employees, agents, successors,and assignees (the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), regardless of outcome, caused by, arising out of, or otherwise sustained as the result of the use of these sites and vendor technology.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use the Passaic County website, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
IX. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you wish to contact Passaic County to request permission to use any materials you may send a letter delivered by first class U.S. Mail, postage prepaid to the following address:
Passaic County Administration Building
c/o County Counsel
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Last Updated: March, 2011
Pat Lepore
Director
Bruce James
Deputy Director
(973)881-4402
