The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners is committed to protecting online users' privacy. We believe that protection of personal privacy on the Internet is our responsibility, to assure citizen confidence, increase participation in online activities, and support effective delivery of services. We intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. The following is the privacy policy for this site (all pages that include application).
We collect some information that is used for analysis and statistical purposes that help us manage the Palm Beach County web sites.
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Information that you provide us when using our interactive forms and functions. This information may include such things as name, address, telephone number, and other personal and business data, depending on the particular service you use. We collect only that data necessary to provide the service that you are requesting.
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Control of personal information. At any time, while accessing our site, any user, while online, may decline participation in any activity that asks for information (i.e. survey, e-mail or e-commerce). Your choice not to participate will in no way affect your ability to use any other feature on our site. In online applications that ask for personal information, you also are provided the option of canceling or "clearing all fields" of information and terminating the application.
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Use of cookies.
Palm Beach County uses cookies to store a 'tag' (identical for each user) on your hard drive to enable automatic logon from your own computer. Palm Beach County also adds a unique cookie tag for each computer accessing the site. These unique tags are not linked to individual user names, only to the computer that is used to access our site. The names and email addresses of registered users are recorded in a database, which is used solely for the purpose of ensuring easy logon by returning guests. If you have not enabled cookies in your browser, these features will not work properly.
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Disclosure to third parties.
As a governmental agency, we are governed by public records laws. Any information that we receive through use of our site is subject to the same provisions as information provided on paper.
If you believe that Palm Beach County is using your personally identifiable information for a purpose other than outlined in this privacy statement, you may contact us by going to our feedback page.