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Our Privacy Policy |
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Big Sioux Community Water System
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 Big Sioux Community Water System Web site and governs data collection and
usage. By using the Big Sioux Community Water System website, you consent to the
data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Big Sioux Community Water System collects personally identifiable information,
such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Big
Sioux Community Water System 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 Big Sioux Community Water System. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.
This information is used by Big Sioux Community Water System for the operation of
the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics
regarding use of the Big Sioux Community Water System Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Big Sioux Community Water System public message
boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Big Sioux Community
Water System does not read any of your private online communications.
Big Sioux Community Water System encourages you to review the privacy statements
of Web sites you choose to link to from Big Sioux Community Water System so that
you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
Big Sioux Community Water System is not responsible for the privacy statements or
other content on Web sites outside of the Big Sioux Community Water System and Big
Sioux Community Water System family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Big Sioux Community Water System collects and uses your personal information
to operate the Big Sioux Community Water System Web site and deliver the services
you have requested. Big Sioux Community Water System also uses your personally identifiable
information to inform you of other products or services available from Big Sioux
Community Water System and its affiliates. Big Sioux Community Water System may
also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
Big Sioux Community Water System does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists
to third parties. Big Sioux Community Water System 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
(e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.
In addition, Big Sioux Community Water System 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 Big Sioux
Community Water System, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of
your information.
Big Sioux Community Water System does not use or disclose sensitive personal information,
such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Big Sioux Community Water System keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers
visit within Big Sioux Community Water System, in order to determine what Big Sioux
Community Water System services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver
customized content and advertising within Big Sioux Community Water System to customers
whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Big Sioux Community Water System Web sites 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 Big Sioux Community Water System or the site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Big Sioux Community Water System; and, (c)
act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Big Sioux
Community Water System, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Big Sioux Community Water System Web site 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 Big Sioux Community Water System
pages, or register with Big Sioux Community Water System site or services, a cookie
helps Big Sioux Community Water System 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
Big Sioux Community Water System Web site, the information you previously provided
can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Big Sioux Community Water System 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 Big Sioux Community Water System services or Web
sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Big Sioux Community Water System secures your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. Big Sioux Community Water System 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 Web sites, it
is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Big Sioux Community Water System will occasionally update this Statement
of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Big Sioux Community Water System
encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Big Sioux
Community Water System is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Big Sioux Community Water System welcomes your comments regarding this Statement
of Privacy. If you believe that Big Sioux Community Water System has not adhered
to this Statement, please contact Big Sioux Community Water System at
bscws@bigsiouxcws.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.
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