INFORMATION COLLECTED & STORED AUTOMATICALLY

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

• The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
• The date and time you access our site
• The pages you visit
• If you linked to the City website from another website, the address of that website

We use this information to help us make our Site more useful to visitors - to learn about the number of visitors to our Site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

When you provide personal information about yourself through the sites, we only process your personal information when we have a lawful basis to do so. For purposes of this Privacy Notice, “Personal Information” is defined as information that identifies, or can be used to identify, an individual.

By accessing the sites and Services, you acknowledge this Privacy Notice and agree to be bound by the terms hereof and the Terms of Service set forth on each of the sites you visit and the Services that you utilize.

Our legal bases for processing your Personal Information include: (1) your consent; (2) fulfilment of a contractual obligation; and (3) where we have a legitimate interest to process your Personal Information consistent with applicable law. Our legitimate interests include:

• Investigating, preventing, and protecting against fraud, security risks, threats to you and others, and violations of this Privacy Notice;
• Protecting and defending our rights and properties, including intellectual property;
• Complying with laws and regulations that apply to us, as well as responding to requests from law enforcement or government authorities or as otherwise required by law;
• Improving your experiences with our products and services;
• Understanding and improving our sites, user experience, and customer relationships; and
• Enabling our business operations.

Where we rely on your consent to process your Personal Information, you have the right to change, withdraw or withhold your consent. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the processing of IP addresses is a necessary part of providing access to the sites, so we cannot provide access to the sites without this information.

WHAT WE COLLECT IF YOU VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

• • If during your visit to our web site you participate in a survey, send an email, or perform other transactions on-line, the following additional information will be collected:
  • The email address and contents of the email, for those who communicate with us via email;
  • Information volunteered in response to a survey;
  • Information volunteered through an on-line form for any other purpose, and
  • Information volunteered by participating in an online transaction with the City.

We use your email address to respond to you. Survey information is used for the purpose identified by the survey. Information from other on-line forms is used only for conducting City business related to the online form. Information provided for a transaction is used only for the purpose of completing and recording the transaction. Information requested will be no more specific than if a visitor were engaging in the transaction by other means, including by telephone or in-person while visiting a City facility.

In all cases, the City strives to collect the minimum information necessary to comply with applicable law or provide the service requested. The City does not sell, rent or otherwise distribute visitors’ information, including electronic mail addresses, to any outside company or organization, unless legally required to do so. This applies to information that may be collected on the City's site and on that of any third party with whom the City contracts to provide Internet related services.

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHOICE

You may choose whether to provide personal information on-line. "Personal information" is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes such things as an individual's name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information. We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us by sending us email, participating in a survey, completing an on-line form, or engaging in an online transaction. You may choose not to contact us by email, participate in a survey, provide personal information using an on-line form, or engage in an electronic transaction. Your choice to not participate in these activities will not impair your ability to browse, read, or download general information provided on the site. Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information requested from or volunteered by children on-line or by email will be treated the same as information given by an adult and may be subject to public access.

SECURITY

The City has taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of its data and prevent unauthorized access to information it maintains, including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, auditing, and encryption. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day practices of the entire operating environment as part of its continuing commitment to risk management. These measures are designed and intended to prevent corruption of data, block unknown or unauthorized access to our systems and information, and to provide reasonable protection of private information in our possession. This information should not be construed in any way as giving business, legal, or other advice, or warranting as fail proof, the security of information provided via the City's web site.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM YOU

We collect Personal Information that you provide directly to us. You may provide different types of personal information to us when you engage in certain activities through the Services. The Personal Information we request includes, but is not limited to, your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, age, and demographic information. It is optional for you to engage in such activity; however, if you choose to do so, we may not be able to permit you to participate in the activity unless certain pieces of information are provided.

EMAILS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ACCOUNTS

When you send an email or other communication to the City of Temple, or when you register for an account on one of our services, we may ask for your name, phone number, email address, or other information about you and/or your company. We also collect the content of your message or submission to us, which contains any additional information, including Personal Information, you choose to share with us. When you use the Services, you may be given the option to subscribe to or to be added to our email list. We collect this information when you initiate contact with us for the purpose of responding to your email or other communications. Subscriptions to email lists can be cancelled at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email and follow the unsubscribe instructions.

COMPLETING A SURVEY

If you choose to participate in a survey, you may be asked to provide basic demographic information. You also will be asked to provide additional information related to the survey topic, which may include Personal Information. We use this information to conduct statistical analyses on topics of interest to our users, and your data will only be reported in aggregate form, unless we obtain your consent for further use. Additionally, if you choose to provide a free-text comment in your survey response, we may publish your response.  We only collect this information when you consent to participate in the survey.

SWEEPSTAKES AND GIVEAWAYS

When you enter a contest, you may be asked to provide your name, address, e-mail address, company name, and phone number.  This information is used to verify your identity, notify you that your entry has been received, and contact you if you are a winner and/or prize recipient.

As part of your entry in our contests, we may choose to provide you with the option of receiving information about our services and publications or other advertisements or information.  If you consent to receive this information, we will collect the Personal Information you provided as part of your contest entry for this purpose.  You can change, withdraw, or withhold your consent at any time.

USER GENERATED CONTENT

City outlets may allow users to post comments and other content. Any information about yourself that you post will become public information and will be accessible by other users. In addition, your username will be viewable by other users, along with a profile picture if you have chosen to upload one. We have no responsibility to maintain the privacy or security of any such information that you may choose to post to the Services.

APPLYING FOR A JOB

When you submit a job application via our website, we collect your first and last name, phone number, and e-mail address.  We also ask you to provide a cover letter and permit you to upload any documents to support your job application.  When you submit your cover letter and supporting documentation, we will collect any additional information, including Personal Information, you include in those documents.

REGISTER FOR AN EVENT

When you register for one of our events, we may ask you to provide your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number. We also may ask you for additional information, such as age, to facilitate registration.

OTHER INFORMATION

When you purchase something from any of our sites as part of the buying process, we collect the Personal Information you give us such as your name, address and email address. We use this information to process and provide you with the items you purchased.

We collect this information for the purpose of fulfilling your order, including updating you on your order status. Additionally, if you choose to receive future communications from us regarding our products and offers, we will use the Personal Information you provide through the order process for such purposes.

BROWSER OR DEVICE INFORMATION

We automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser, or device, including your browser type; mobile phone, tablet or other device type; computer or mobile operating system; the domain of the website that referred you to us; name of your Internet service provider; web pages you visit on City Websites; IP address; geo-location information; and standard server log information, cookie information, and the page(s) you request. We also collect information about your interactions with our email messages, such as whether the messages were opened, and the links clicked in those emails. We collect this data for the following general purposes:

• Fulfilling your requests for products and services;
• Promoting and improving services;
• Contacting you;
• Analyzing the effectiveness of ad campaigns and personalization;
• Personalizing content and services;
• Analyzing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns including offline marketing;
• Targeting advertising;
• Optimizing ad campaigns and other online or digital media; and
• Creating market and other insights.

We also collect your IP address(es) for the purpose of analyzing website trends, administering websites, and tracking user movement for aggregate usage analysis. This website usage information enables The City of Temple to provide users with an ever-improving site, service, and general offering, including with respect to security. Except for our processing of IP addresses as a necessary part of providing services, and except where you have provided consent for us to use your identifiable Personal Information, we only use anonymous, aggregate data that cannot be used to identify you individually for our analytics research.

COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS

We may set and access session cookies on your computer or device to customize the user experience. “Cookies” are small files placed on your computer or device by your browser and are often used to make websites work, as well as provide information to the website operator.

We collect this information for the purpose of conducting analyses on our web traffic and improving a user’s experience while visiting our sites and targeting advertising. When you first visit our website, you will be asked to consent to our use of cookies, and you can withhold, withdraw, or change your consent at any time. You also have the ability to decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. If you decline or disable cookies, please note that certain functionalities of our sites may no longer work.

We may place two types of cookies on our sites:

• Session Cookies: Session cookies typically only last for as long as your session, which is usually the duration of your current visit to our sites or for as long as you keep the browser open that was used to visit our Website. We use our session cookies to store information about your visit (referring website, landing page, etc.). We also use session cookies to track and record the number of visits to our Website.
• Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are cookies that remain on your browser and are read when you return to our sites. We may use persistent cookies to remember your preferences, personalize your experience, and help secure your visit to our sites. We use persistent cookies to remember the contents of your shopping cart (which is stored for two weeks), and, if applicable, determine if you have access credentials to the Site.

We may also use cookies to work with a partner to show you relevant advertising when you visit a partner’s site or application. The third-party partners that generate these cookies, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, have their own privacy policies and may use their cookies to target advertising to you on other websites based on your visit to our sites.

Communications you receive from us, as well as pages of our websites, may also contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that enable us to analyze email and website statistics, including visits and click-through rates. The web beacons only collect aggregate, anonymous data and cannot be traced back to you individually.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS

Some content or applications on our sites are served by third parties, including advertisers, content providers, service providers and application providers. These third parties and other of our third-party partners may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies already in your browser to collect information about you when you visit our sites. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other services. These third-party web technologies may also allow us to share our content with you when you visit the websites of our third-party partners, such as Facebook.

Among the third party cookies used for purposes of optimization is Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the Services, compile reports on activity, and provide other services related to our site activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website. The Services do not use Google Analytics to gather information that personally identifies you. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt out of tracking of analytics by Google, click here. The Services also may employ applications provided by YouTube. These YouTube applications help us analyze how users interact with and use the Services, compile reports on the Services’ activity, and provide other services related to our Services’ activity and usage, including from our YouTube pages and accounts. The technologies used by YouTube may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor or subscriber to the YouTube channel, and any referring website. By using these services, you are agreeing to be bound by YouTube’s Terms of Service, which may be found at https://www.youtube.com/t/terms. Your use of the Services will also be governed by Google’s privacy policies (https://www.google.com/policies/privacy) in addition to this Privacy Notice.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Our sites may include social media “widgets,” small icons that allow you to access our content posted on social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn). If you are logged into your account on these social media platforms, your access to our social media pages and our sites will be linked to your account. When you interact with us through a social media platform (such as by clicking on a social media icon linked from our Services), we may collect the Personal Information that you make available to us on that page, including your account ID or username and other information included in your posts. If you choose to log in to your account with or through a social networking service, we and that service may share certain information about you and your activities.

If you contact us via social media, you authorize us to share information with your social media account provider, and you understand that the use of the information we share will be governed by the social media site’s privacy notice. Your interactions with our business pages on these social media platforms are governed by the privacy practices of these platforms.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our website has links to websites outside of the City's domains. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

PAYMENT PROCESSOR

We currently use a third party for payment processing, which may vary depending on the Site that you visit and the service that you are purchasing.

ENHANCE WEBSITE AND USER EXPERIENCE

We use the information regarding the use of our sites to analyze and administer the sites and track user movement for web analytics purposes. This Site usage information enables the City of Temple to provide you with an ever-improving Site, Service, and general offering. Except where you have provided consent for us to use your identifiable Personal Information, we only use anonymous, aggregate data that cannot be reasonably linked to you individually. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the processing of IP addresses is a necessary part of providing access to the sites, so we cannot provide access to the sites without this information.

MEET LEGAL AND REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS

In certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Information as otherwise required by law or legal or regulatory proceeding. We will only share the information we are required to disclose by law and only when we are required to do so.

SECURITY AND FRAUD PREVENTION

When necessary, we will use your Personal Information, including email communications, to preserve the security of our website, systems, and Personal Information in our control. If necessary, we will also use your Personal Information to investigate possible fraud, to identify violations of this Privacy Notice and our terms and conditions, and to prevent any attempted harm to our users.

We may combine information from the Services together and with other information we obtain from our business records or from third party sources. We also may use or combine information that we collect from the Services with information provided by third parties, including demographic information and other attributes, and organizational affiliations.

TEXT MESSAGES AND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

By providing us with your telephone number, you are authorizing us, our service providers and our and their affiliated companies to deliver or cause to be delivered SMS text messages, texts, push notifications and voice message notifications, including promotional messages, using an automatic telephone dialing system. You are not required to receive such messages as a condition of purchasing any property, goods or services. Registered users may choose not to receive text messages from us by not providing us their cell phone number. You can also cancel the SMS service at any time by replying “STOP” via text. Please note that standard message rates and data charges from your cellular service provider apply to sending and/or receiving text messages. You are solely responsible for such message rates and data charges.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

We may disclose information about you if required to do so by law or on the good-faith belief that such sharing is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or our Services; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, the Services, or our users; or (c) act to protect the personal safety of our employees and agents, other users of the Services, or members of the public.

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AND WEBSITE ANALYTICS

You can learn more about ad serving companies and the options available to limit their collection and use of your information by visiting the Services for the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, and the European Interactive Advertising Digital Alliance European (EDAA). Similarly, you can learn about your options to opt-out of mobile app tracking by certain advertising networks through your device settings and by resetting the advertiser ID on your Apple or Android device. For more information about how to change these settings go to:

• Apple: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4228
• Android: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
• Windows: https://choice.microsoft.com/en-US/opt-out

Additional resources or tools may exist that streamline the process of submitting opt-out requests–for example, TRUSTe’s Ad Preference Manager. We do not review or warrant the representations made by these tools and cannot guarantee their effectiveness.

To opt-out of Google Analytics Advertising Features, visit Google’s Ad Settings page. Site users can also access the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser Add-on. 

Please note that opting out of advertising networks services does not mean that you will not receive advertising while using our Services or on other Services, nor will it prevent the receipt of interest-based advertising from third parties that do not participate in these programs. It will, however, exclude you from interest-based advertising conducted through participating networks, as provided by their policies and choice mechanisms. If you delete your cookies, you may also delete your opt-out preferences. If you use multiple browsers or devices you may need to execute this opt out on each browser or device.

PRIVACY NOTICE CHANGES

We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Notice by posting such changes or updates. Amendments to this Privacy Notice will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. You can tell if the Notice has changed by checking the last modified date that appears at the end of this Privacy Notice. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose information from anyone under 13 years of age except as part of specific outreach programs with parental permission. If we determine upon collection that a user is under this age, we will not use or maintain his/her Personal Information without the parent/guardian’s consent. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13, we will make reasonable efforts to delete such information from our records. If you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected Personal Information of a minor without appropriate consent, please notify us by mail at the following address: City of Temple, Attn: City Attorney's Office, 2 N. Main St, Suite 308, Temple, TX 76501.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

This Privacy Notice applies to our Services as described above as well as the information we collect when you interact with us through social media or other websites and online services. Our sites may contain links to websites owned or operated by third parties. This Privacy Notice applies only to our sites and not to any third-party websites.

The City's website has many links to other websites. These include links to websites operated by other government agencies and nonprofit organizations. When you link to another site, you are no longer on the City's web site and this Privacy Notice will not apply. When you link to another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

Visitors linking to another site are encouraged to examine the privacy policy of that site. Neither the City, nor any department, officer, or employee of the City warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by any other system, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from any other system, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from any other system does so at his/her own risk.

SECURITY

We have implemented organizational and technical safeguards for protecting the Personal Information you share with us. Notwithstanding the forgoing, no website is one hundred percent (100%) secure and transmitting information over the internet inherently possess risk, therefore we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Please note that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information, so please do not send us your credit card number by email. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.