Create an Account Sign In Government Departments Residents Business How Do I... Search Feature LinksPrivacy Policy PRIVACY POLICY City of Festus is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the City of Festus site and governs data collection and usage. By using the City of Festus site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION City of Festus collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. City of Festus 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 City of Festus. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by City of Festus for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the City of Festus site. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through City of Festus public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: City of Festus does not read any of your private online communications. City of Festus encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from City of Festus so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. City of Festus is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the City of Festus and City of Festus family of websites. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION City of Festus collects and uses your personal information to operate the City of Festus website and deliver the services you have requested. City of Festus also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from City of Festus and its affiliates. City of Festus may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. City of Festus does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. City of Festus 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 (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, City of Festus 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 City of Festus, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. City of Festus does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. City of Festus keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within City of Festus, in order to determine what City of Festus services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within City of Festus to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. City of Festus 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 City of Festus or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of City of Festus; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of City of Festus, or the public. USE OF COOKIES The City of Festus website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize City of Festus pages, or register with City of Festus site or services, a cookie helps City of Festus to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same City of Festus website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the City of Festus features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the City of Festus services or websites you visit. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION City of Festus secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. City of Festus secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT City of Festus will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. City of Festus encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how City of Festus is protecting your information. CONTACT INFORMATION City of Festus welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that City of Festus has not adhered to this Statement, please contact City of Festus at Deborah@DSLab.com. 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