Privacy Policy Notice
Harris County maintains this web site as a public service to provide
available service and information to our constituents. The purpose of
this policy is to explain how Harris County handles information
collected from you during your visit to the County web site. It is
important to keep in mind that Harris County does not collect personally
identifiable Information (name, address, e-mail address, social security
number, or other unique identifiers) on our web site unless we
specifically advise you that we are doing so.
Please Note: All information collected or maintained by Harris
County is subject to the Texas Public Information act (chapter 552,
Texas Government code)
How we handle the information we gather when you visit our web site:
We collect and store only the following information about you: The name
of the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e., erols.com, if
you are connecting from an Erols account, or harvard.edu if you are
connecting from Harvard University's domain); the date and time you
access our site; the item you requested from the server; and the
Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our
site. If your browser accepts cookies we may use a cookie to determine
if you are a repeat or new visitor, or to understand how many different
visitors come to our sites. When we examine this data, it is always
presented in an aggregate form. Except as outlined in the Security
section at the bottom of this document, we do not track or look at
individuals' usage behavior.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail:
When you send us personally identifying information, (e.g., in an
electronic mail message containing a question or comment), or by filling
out a form that E-mails us this information, Harris County will use this
information to respond to your request. We may also forward the
information you submit (including your E-mail address) to other
Government employees, who are better able to answer your questions.
We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personally
identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you
choose to provide such information to us. Except for authorized law
enforcement investigations, or as otherwise required by law, we do not
share any information we receive with any outside parties.
Links to other sites:
The documents posted on this Website may contain hypertext links or
pointers to information created and maintained by other public and
private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for
visitors' convenience. Harris County does not control or guarantee the
accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information from
non-Harris County sites.
Cautionary Note:
The Harris county privacy policy only applies to this web site. When you
follow a link to another site, even the sites of state agencies, local
governments, and local Harris County officials, this policy will not
apply. You should check the privacy policy of each of these sites if
you have concerns about how they handle personally identifiable
information.
The inclusion of links or pointers to Web sites is not intended to
assign importance to those sites or the information contained therein,
nor is it intended to endorse or recommend any views expressed, or
products or services offered on these sites.
Personalization:
Some Harris County sites allow you to personalize them, either by
selecting sets of content to place on a web page or by clicking on an
icon indicating a desire for a certain kind of content. In some cases,
you are asked to "register" in order to get this personalized content.
If you provide personally identifying information when registering for
personalized content, that information is used to deliver the content to
you. The information is not shared with third parties.
Security:
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains
available to all users, Harris County web servers employ
industry-standard methods to monitor network traffic to identify
unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise
cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change
information on Harris County servers are strictly prohibited and may be
punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
In the specific context of this security monitoring, there is no
expectation of privacy. However, only in the case of actual law
enforcement investigations, will we attempt to identify individual users
or their usage habits.
Cookies and Harris County
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser--
along with a Web page-- when you access a Web site. There are two kinds
of cookies. A session cookie is a line of text that is stored
temporarily in your computer's RAM. Because a session cookie is never
written to a drive, it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A
persistent cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved by
your browser to a file on your hard drive. Depending on your browser
settings, you may receive notification that a given site is requesting
cookie information, possibly with an expiration date. Persistent cookies
have an expiration date in the future. Session cookies have no date
associated with them.
Harris County’s Use of Cookies:
The site will create a session cookie whenever you access Harris County.
The session cookie is destroyed as soon as you close your browser.
Harris County does not create persistent cookies.
County Seal:
It is a violation of the law to use the Harris County Seal in an
unauthorized manner. It is strictly prohibited for anyone to use the
Harris County Seal or any other official logo on the Harris County web
site to imply an official endorsement, recommendation, partnership or
other relationship with Harris County without the express written
consent of Harris County. |
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