Privacy and Use Policies
The Town of Mansfield (The Town) respects and upholds the privacy of our users (You). To this end, we are publishing our privacy policy for data collected on this site.
General Information:
- Our servers collect certain non-personal information from your visits to our services automatically. This includes (but is not limited to) your IP Address, Mansfield-specific cookies, and the page that you request. All web servers by their very nature must collect this information as part of serving information to you.
- Certain services that we provide may require personal information, such as your email address, your name and address, or other contact information. Personal information will be treated in the ways described by this document. We will only ask for information that we must have in order to serve you and no more.
How We Treat Your Information
- The Town will not collect personal information without your consent.
- We will not sell, rent, or otherwise distribute personal information collected on this website to other organizations or individuals except as required by law.
- In the case of published information, we will respect the wishes of our users and will remove any personal information that is not required by law to be published. We will remove you from any electronic mailing lists on request.
- We will not send unsolicited emails.
- We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to use that information in order to provide services to you or do their regular jobs.
If you have questions or comments about this policy, please contact us via post or email:
Information Technology
4 South Eagleville Road
Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06226
webmaster@mansfieldct.org
Use Policy
The Town of Mansfield (aka 'The Town' or 'We') is committed to providing services to all. We wish to provide a forum for civil and useful interactions for all. To this end, the Town requires the following Use Policy to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of all users (aka You) that use our systems.
- Accounts are assigned to individuals and should only be used by the individual granted the account. We may revoke an account that is misused. Misuse includes (but is not limited to) distribution of passwords.
- Interactions between individuals, or between an individual and the Town, should be civil, lawful, and respectful. Disrespectful behavior or language (commonly known as 'flaming') will not be tolerated on our systems and may result in a ban from our systems and/or electronic services. Additionally, we may contact the police in the event of threatening behavior or language, harrasment, or if our systems are used for illegal activities.
- We do not allow unsolicited commercial advertising on our website.
Our webpages contain some links to websites that are not hosted by the Town of Mansfield. These may include other government agencies, public or private organizations, businesses, or other online websites. These links are intended to be informational, however if we provide a link to an outside website, this does not constitute an endorsement by the Town of Mansfield. Also, such websites are not within our direct control and may not follow the same privacy, security, content, or accessibility policies. Once you visit such a website, you are subject to the policies of that site.
If you have questions or comments about this policy, please contact us via post or email:
Information Technology Department
Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building
4 South Eagleville Road
Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06268
webmaster@mansfieldct.org
E-mail
It is our goal to have only wanted e-mails sent from our servers. If you find yourself on a Town of Mansfield e-mail list that you no longer wish to receive e-mails from, please e-mail
unsubscribe@mansfieldct.org with a sample e-mail you received and you will be removed as soon as possible and no later than 72 hours.
Disclaimer
The Town of Mansfield may update these policies at any time.
Updated 1/16/2013