If you have any questions about our privacy policy, after reading this page, feel free to contact the Town
Manager.
Introduction:
Welcome to the Town of Damariscotta's web site. Individuals who visit
this site are important to us. Because visitors to our site are
important, we do not capture personal information about them without
their permission. We endeavor to collect only the minimum amount of
information needed to respond to public inquiries and to provide the
public with information about the Town of Damariscotta.
Public Disclosure:
All information collected on the Town of Damariscotta's web site will
be treated the same as any written communication and is subject to the
confidentiality and public disclosure provisions of 1 M.R.S.A. Chapter
13.
Personal Information:
Identifiable Personal Information is information about a natural person
that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. This may
include: name, street address, e-mail address, telephone number,
password, or any combination of that data that could be used to
identify you such as your birth date, zip code, etc. When you visit
this web site, no information will be collected from you or about you.
Personally identifiable information will not be collected unless you
voluntarily send an e-mail message, fill out and send an online form,
or fill out personal information and send in a survey. We will not
release or share information that is not required by 1 M.R.S.A. Chapter
13. Your choice not to participate in these activities will not impair
your ability to access certain information; however, it may impair your
ability to use some of the services offered on this web site.
Statistical Information:
We may collect some or all of the following information about visitors who view or download information from our website:
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Date - Date the visit occurred.
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Time - Time the visit occurred.
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Client
IP - Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the website visitor. The
IP address recorded is normally that of the visitor's internet service
provider.
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Server IP - Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Town of Damariscotta web server accessed.
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HTTP Status - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error code.
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HTTP Request URL - Identifies the web page or file requested by the website visitor.
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Bytes sent - Amount of data sent from the web server to website visitor during that connection.
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Bytes Received - Amount of data sent from website to the web server.
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User Agent - Type of web browser or other client software that made request to the web server.
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Referrer - Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred to the requested file.
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Protocol Version - Version of HTTP used by the visitor's web browser software.
The
information we collect is used to improve the content of our web
services and help us understand how people are using our services. We
analyze our website logs to continually improve the value of the
materials available on our site. The information in our website logs is
not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link it with the
individuals that browse our website.
E-Mail:
E-mail messages, sent to any municipal address, will be treated the
same as any other written communication. They may be subject to public
inspection or legal disclosure and may be saved for a period of time
before they are destroyed. E-mail or other information requests sent to
the municipality may be maintained in order to respond to the request,
forward that request to the appropriate agency or department, or to
provide the web designer with valuable customer feedback to assist in
improving the site. E-mail addresses obtained as a result of a request
to this website will not be actively sold or given to private companies
for marketing purposes, unless required by law.
Cookies:
Cookies are small text files that a web server may ask your web browser
to store, and to send back to the web server when needed. Cookies may
be used to store a transaction identifier or other information a user
may provide. The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will
tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies or how
to disable cookies altogether. You can refuse the cookies or delete the
cookie file from your computer by using any of the widely available
methods.
Hyperlinks:
Our web sites contain hyperlinks or "links" to other sites, and other
sites may "link" to this site. Web sites linking to and from our web
site may have different privacy practices from the ones described
herein. Visitors to our web site should read the privacy statements of
other web sites they visit. Our privacy policy applies solely to
information collected by our web site.
Changes to Privacy Policy/Statement:
We will post any substantive changes in this privacy policy at least
seven (7) days prior to the change taking effect. Any information
collected under this current policy will remain bound by the terms of
this privacy statement. After the changes take effect, all new
information collected, if any, will be subject to the revised privacy
statement.
