Crawford County Pennsylvania Website (www.crawfordcountypa.net) Privacy Policy
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This privacy policy sets out how Crawford County, Pennsylvania, government uses and protects any information that you give the County when you use this website.
Crawford County is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. If we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Crawford County may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to review any changes. This policy is effective from September 1st, 2017.
What we collect:
- Information you fill out on any form on this site.
- Contact information (including email address)
- Technical information, such as IP address, browser used, versioning information, and any metadata needed to respond to your queries.
What we do not collect:
- The county does not collect any credit card data. Any credit card data provided is completed on a link to a vendor's website. They are responsible to handle all credit card transactions in accordance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.
What we do with the information we gather:
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- We may use the information to improve the information presented on our site, and our services.
- We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
Note: We will never sell or share your information.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic, and improve our website by tailoring it to our users' needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes, and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies using control within your web browser. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A fee will be payable for this service. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Crawford County, Attn: Webmaster, 903 Diamond Park, Meadville, PA 16335 or email to webmaster@co.crawford.pa.us
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
