Privacy Policy - www.cantonutilities.com

Overview

Your privacy is very important to us. It is not the City of Canton's policy to collect personal information about you when you visit our Website, unless you choose to make such information available to us. By visiting the City of Canton's Website, you are agreeing to the practices described in this policy. The City makes very minimal use of "cookies" (such as a "session cookie") or otherwise keep track of who visits our website unless the person e-mails the City or in any manner contacts the City through the website. The City's web servers log IP Addresses while serving up content, these logs are periodically cleared and are referenced if suspicious activity is noticed.

By sending the City of Canton an electronic mail ("e-mail") or filling out a form on our website, such as sending something where it says "Contact...," you are sending us personal information (e.g., your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and/or other information). The City stores this information in order to respond to or process your request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of your submission.

Public Record

Visitors to the City of Canton's Website should be aware that, subject to specific statutory exceptions, information received in connection with the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the City of Canton, including but not limited to electronic data, are public records under State of Ohio law. Therefore, users should be aware that information submitted through this Website, such as by sending a message or submitting an electronic form, may be subject to disclosure to other parties pursuant to a public record request. The State of Ohio's public record law requires that all information that qualifies as a record will be saved for a designated period of time.

External Sites/Links

The City's Website contains links to information and services located on websites maintained by other public agencies and private organizations. Once you access another website, you are subject to the privacy policy and terms of usage for that particular website. The City of Canton is not responsible for the privacy of sites that are accessed from links contained on the City's website.

Security

The City takes very seriously the integrity of the information and systems we maintain.

Therefore, we have instituted security measures for all information systems under our control. These security measures are designed to identify attempts to tamper with this website. Information collected through these security measures may be used in connection with a criminal prosecution or other legal proceedings.

If you choose to send an e-mail to the City of Canton, you should be aware that electronic mail (e-mail) is not necessarily secure against interception, and may be subject to the disclosure requirements of the Public Records Act or other legal disclosure requirements.

Privacy

The City of Canton takes your privacy wishes seriously. If you have Do Not Track enabled on your browser, we do our best to not track you (with any above exceptions) and we even try to suppress 3rd party scripts (usually those scripts are present to enhance the page's content or provide us with statistics).