PRIVACY POLICY & DISCLAIMERS
Updated and effective June 20, 2023
Privacy policy
This policy outlines the types of information we gather when you visit our website, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.
Information collection
We do not collect personal information about you when you visit our website.
We collect limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available automatically whenever you visit a website. This information includes the Internet Address of your computer or network, the date, time, and page you visited on our site, your browser and operating system, and the referring page (the last webpage you visited before clicking on a link to our site).
We use this aggregated anonymous information from all our visitors to measure server performance and improve the content of our site.
We sometimes track the keywords that are entered into our search engine to measure interest in specific topics, but we do not track which terms a particular user enters.
Information you provide
Information volunteered by you through your filling out of our optional online forms, e.g., ‘Get Involved’ form may be shared with City and County of San Francisco employees and contractors to fulfill your request. We do not give, share, sell, rent or transfer any personal information to a third party.
This website collects personal data through the Squarespace platform to power our site analytics, including:
· Information about your browser, network, and device
· Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
· Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
· Clicks
· Internal links
· Pages visited
· Scrolling
· Searches
· Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
When you submit information to this website via a webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. We also share this information with our email provider for storage.
Links
This site uses link and search capabilities to navigate publicly available information from multiple agencies and sites that are not part of this website and over whom we exercise no control. The privacy policies and procedures described here do not necessarily apply to those sites. We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies.
Site Analytics
We may use a tool called "Google Analytics" to help understand how visitors interact with our website so that the site can be improved. You can read Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy for Google Analytics. You can choose not to have your data collected by Google Analytics by downloading their opt-out browser add-on.
Site Security
We monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or to otherwise cause damage to the site. Anyone using this website expressly consents to such monitoring. We take appropriate security measures to protect unauthorized access, alteration or destruction of data.
Policy Changes
Please note this Privacy Policy can change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but we will post those changes as they occur.
Cookie Policy
Effective June 20, 2023
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you. These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we’ll update the “Effective Date” at the top of the Cookie Policy. We encourage you to check back periodically to review this Cookie Policy for any changes since your last visit.
Disclaimer
Information presented on this website is collected, maintained, and provided for the convenience of the reader. While every effort is made to keep the information accurate, we do not certify the authenticity of information that originates from third parties.
Liability
Under no circumstances shall the website owners or contractors, nor the City and County of San Francisco be liable for any actions taken or omissions made from reliance on any information contained herein from whatever source nor shall the City and County or its contractors be liable for any other consequences from any such reliance.