The Joint Municipal Water and Sewer Commission (JMWSC) respects the
privacy of its customers. We realize that customer concerns
about privacy and the secure transfer, storage, and use of personal
information have increased with the growth of online services. That's
why JMWSC maintains strict privacy policies and uses state-of-the-art
technologies to safeguard customer information.
This page offers information
on the following topics related to our privacy policies and practices:
What
kind of information do we collect?
When you visit our
Web site there are two kinds of information that we are likely to record:
• Non-personal
statistical information collected in the aggregate.
This is anonymous
information on subjects such as: how many visitors come to our Web site,
how they navigate through the site, which browsers they use to visit the
site, etc.
• Personal
information that you knowingly supply to us.
When you
sign up for certain services or register on the JMWSC Web site
to access your account information, JMWSC will collect personal
information that will help us to identify you, authenticate you,
and provide you better service in the future. This information
is called ?personally identifiable information? and is used to associate
usage information with a specific individual or entity. Examples
of personally identifiable information are: customer name, address,
telephone number, e-mail address, account number, etc. It
is a common business practice to collect ?personally identifiable
information? in order to conduct business and provide customers
with specific services. JMWSC has collected this information
from customers in the past to provide services through mail or over
the telephone. The emergence and popularity of the Internet provides
JMWSC with yet another way to communicate with customers and meet
customer needs.
We do not
sell or trade information.
JMWSC will
not sell or trade your personal information to any third party,
absent authorization by you. We only collect your personal data
in order to provide you with better services.
Receipt
of E-mails
E-mail gives
JMWSC another convenient avenue to communicate with its customers.
We hope to periodically tell you about new rates and services
that would benefit you. JMWSC will not, however, send you e-mails
if you do not wish to receive them. If at anytime you would
like to remove yourself from JMWSC's e-mail list, you can do so
by typing ?Remove? in the subject line of a returned e-mail to JMWSC.
Security
All transfers
of personal information on LCJMWSC.com are secured by the industry
standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. SSL prohibits other
Web users from gaining access to your personal information.
Children
JMWSC does
not seek to collect personal information from children under 18
years of age. We do not have any content on our site that would
be considered harmful to children and certainly do not restrict
children from visiting our site. In fact, we have a site specifically
for children called the Kids Korner which can be found in the Community
section under Education. This site is designed to educate children
and teachers about basic water facts and history. It is particularly
useful for providing safety information.
Linked
Web Sites
The JMWSC
Web site contains links to various other Web sites. Please be aware
that these other sites may have privacy policies that differ from
ours. JMWSC is in no way responsible for either the content that
appears on linked sites, or your privacy once you have linked to
other sites.
Updates
In order
to improve our service or to keep up with future industry changes,
the information in this privacy policy may be periodically updated.
We will post a new date in the event that the current policy is
altered. This statement posted July 2005.
