Welcome
Thank you for visiting the San Bernardino County website. This website is
designed to make it easier and more efficient for San Bernardino County
citizens and businesses to interact with their local government. Like all
online resources, we recognize that visitors to this website are concerned
about their privacy. San Bernardino County is committed to preserving your
privacy when visiting this website.
This policy describes the County's privacy practices regarding information
collected from visitors to this website. This policy describes what data
is collected and how that information is used. The County may, at its sole
discretion, change, modify, add, or delete portions of this policy.
Because this privacy policy applies only to this website, you may wish to
examine the privacy policy of any website, including other local websites
you access through this website.
Information Collected When You Visit this Website
When visiting this website the County automatically collects and stores
the following information about your visit:
- The Internet Protocol address and
domain name of your Internet service provider. The Internet Protocol
address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet
service provider or directly to your computer, which can be used to
direct internet traffic to you;
- The type of browser and operating
system you used;
- The date and time you visited this
site;
- The web pages or services you accessed
at this site; and
- The URL or web site address of the
web site you visited prior to coming to this website and from which any
web page on this site was linked.
This information is used to improve this
website's content and to help the County understand how people are using
this website. This information is collected for statistical analysis, to
determine what information is of most and of least interest to our
visitors, and to identify system performance or problem areas. The
information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes and the
County does not sell or distribute the information collected from the
portal for commercial marketing purposes.
Information Collected When You Email this Website
If during your visit to this website you send an email to the County, your
email address and the contents of your email will be collected.
The information collected is not limited to text characters and may
include audio, video, and graphic information formats you send us.
Your email address and the information contained in your email may be used
to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to further improve this
website, or to forward your email to another agency for appropriate
action. Your email address is not collected for commercial marketing
purposes and the County does not sell or distribute your email address for
commercial marketing purposes.
Personal Information and Choice
"Personal information" is information about an individual, for example, an
individual's name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet
Protocol address is not considered personal information.
Personal information is not collected through this website unless you send
an email or complete a web based form containing such information to the
County through this website. If you do not communicate with this website
it does not affect your ability to use any other features of this website
or other government websites.
The County does not knowingly collect personal information from children
or create profiles of children through this website. People are cautioned
that the collection of personal information provided by any individual in
an email or web based form will be treated the same as information given
by an adult, and may, if not protected by federal or State law, be subject
to public access. The County encourages parents and teachers to be
involved in children's Internet activities and guide the children whenever
children are asked to provide personal information online.
Disclosure of Information Collected Through This Website
Information collected through this website, personal or otherwise, may, if
not protected by local, federal or state law, be subject to disclosure
pursuant to law, such as the
Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), or court order.
Additionally, the County may disclose personal information to local,
federal or state law enforcement authorities to enforce its rights against
unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to the County's
information.
Security
The information contained in this policy should not be construed in any
way as giving business, legal, or other advice, or warranting as fail
proof the security of information provided via this website. For site
security purposes and to ensure that this website remains available to all
users, the County employs software to monitor traffic to identify
unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause
damage to this website.
Links Disclaimer
In order to provide visitors with certain information, this website may
provide links to local, state and federal government agencies, and
websites of other organizations. A link does not constitute an endorsement
of the content, viewpoint, accuracy, opinions, policies, products,
services, or accessibility of that website. Once you link to another
website from this website, you are subject to the terms and conditions of
that website.
Information Disclaimer
Information provided on this website is intended to allow the public
immediate access to public information. While all attempts are made to
provide accurate, current, and reliable information, the County recognizes
the possibility of human and/or mechanical error. Therefore, the County,
its employees, officers and agencies make no representations as to the
accuracy, completeness or suitability of the information provided by this
website, and deny any expressed or implied warranty as to the same. The
County reserves the right to make changes at any time and without notice,
and assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly as a
result of errors, omissions or discrepancies.
Contact Information
For questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact
webmaster@sbcounty.gov
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