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Application of the Privacy Agreement
The Privacy Agreement applies to all Portal sites and services unless a page on the Portal specifically indicates otherwise.
Exceptions
Any exceptions to the Privacy Agreement required by the Municipality and permitted by law shall be identified at the time that the personal information to which such exception applies is being collected, used and/or disclosed.
Personal information may be collected
The Municipality may collect personal information about You through the Portal. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, Your given name and surname, Your date of birth, Your age, Your address, Your e-mail address, Your telephone number and any other information about you that may be required to fulfill legitimate requests and objectives of the Portal.
Consent
Except where permitted and/or required by law, Your consent will be obtained before personal information is collected, used and/or disclosed on the Portal. Information regarding the purpose of the collection, use and/or disclosure of Your personal information will be posted or may be inferred from the material posted on the Portal at the time You provide such information. If required by law, Your additional consent may be requested before Your personal information can be used in a way which differs from the purpose identified where consent was initially obtained.
Where no consent obtained
Refusal to consent to disclose personal information when it has been requested may limit Your ability to access and enjoy certain Portal information, pages, products and services.
Method of collecting information
Information shall be collected using only legal and lawful means.
Retention and use of personal information once collected
Use of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by the Portal or as permitted or required by law. You will maintain ownership of all personal information provided to the Portal. By providing personal information, You thereby grant to the RM a license to use the personal information in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Agreement. Use of Your personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified on the Portal or as permitted or required by law. Your personal information collected in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Agreement shall be retained only for the period of time required to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or for the period of time that is required by law, which ever is the longer period.
You hereby consent to the disclosure of Your personal information for lawful purposes. Lawful purposes include, but are not limited to, the investigation of suspected illegal, immoral or unethical conduct by governmental agency or law enforcement authority, mandatory compliance with a court order, and the disclosure of information about a child less than 16 years of age to that childs parent or legal guardian. Portal staff and operators may also disclose personal information in compassionate circumstances to facilitate contact with the next of kin or a friend of an individual who has been injured, ill or deceased. Disclosures to law enforcement officials and disclosures required to assist in compassionate circumstances shall be reported to the RM's administration without identifying the individual concerned.
Protection of personal information once collected
You hereby acknowledge that no web site or Internet connection is completely secure. The RM will protect personal information by taking reasonable steps to ensure a secure connection. Email over the Internet is not secured. Email privacy cannot and will not be assured or guaranteed. Email and its contents are sent at to your own risk. The RM will not guarantee or assure privacy of any email use and, accordingly, cannot assume any responsibility for harm or damages that occur or that are experienced through the use of email by yourself or by the RM when replying to your email. Personal information shall be protected by safeguards that are required by law and that are in accordance with generally accepted industry practice.
Responsibilities regarding personal information
Portal administrators may not screen user communication, e-mails or content distributed to the Portal. You hereby acknowledge that owners of hardware, software and the administrators of the Portals are not responsible for violations of the law or misconduct of other users. You hereby acknowledge your responsibility to and undertake to screen and report illegal, immoral, unethical or otherwise inappropriate conduct in accordance with the procedures set out in the Privacy Agreement.
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Limited liability from links to other sites
Where the Portal provides links to web sites outside the Portal, the RM is not responsible for privacy practices of those other sites. You are hereby advised to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personal information. The Privacy Agreement applies solely to information collected by the Portal.
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