Privacy Policy

Last modified: June 5, 2012 (no prior version)

The Village of East Aurora, NY respects the privacy of the individuals who visit our website, request information, or schedule a demonstration. In general, individuals visiting The Village of East Aurora, NY's website do so anonymously, without revealing any personal information.

COOKIES, GOOGLE ANALYTICS, AND LOCAL STORAGE

COOKIES

We use cookies on this site. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

Our web analytics product uses cookies to track page views and visitors on the site. This information is only used to analyze the traffic on our websites by The Village of East Aurora, NY. This information is not tied to personally identifiable information.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

The Village of East Aurora, NY website use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”) Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files, which will be saved on your computer and which allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information provided by the cookie concerning your use of the website (including your IP-address) will be transferred to a Google server in the United States and saved there. Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, to compile reports about the website activities for the website operator and to provide additional services concerning the website and internet utilization.

Google may transfer this information to third parties, if this is a legal requirement or if third parties are commissioned by Google to process the information. Google will in no event connect your IP-address with other Google data. You can prevent the installation of cookies with the relevant browser software setting; however, in this case you may not be able to use all the functions on this website to the full extent.

Through use of The Village of East Aurora, NY website, you agree to the processing of your data by Google in the way described above and for the purpose stated above.

LOCAL STORAGE

We may collect and store information locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage (including HTML5) and application data caches.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

The Village of East Aurora, NY does not collect any personal information about you (that is, your name, address, telephone number, or email address) on the website, unless you provide it to us voluntarily through visible means of email. If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit it to us. You may supply information via sending an email to The Village of East Aurora, NY.

Please be aware that by using this site and sending information to The Village of East Aurora, NY electronically, you consent to trans-border and international transmission of any data that you may choose to supply us. Information transmissions to this site and emails sent to us may not be secure. Given the inherent operation and nature of the internet, all internet transmissions are done at your own risk.

USE OF INFORMATION

The information The Village of East Aurora, NY collects is used for the following purposes:

  1. to improve the content of our website, and
  2. to notify customers about updates to our website

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to opt-out of our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. You may make such a request by contacting us by e-mail addressed to joyce.jezewski@east-aurora.ny.us. Please reference California Privacy Rights in your subject line.

SECURITY

This website takes every precaution to protect your information. When you submit personal and professional information via email, your information is protected off-line.

No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Off-line, all personal and professional information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.

THIRD PARTIES

We use third parties (i.e., email or direct mail services, marketing services, Web analytics) to assist with the marketing services on our site. When you submit a form to us or send an email, we will share your name and email address as necessary for the third party to provide service. These third parties are not permitted to use such information for their own purposes.

The Village of East Aurora, NY does not share, sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for their promotional purposes.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

This website may contain links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by The Village of East Aurora, NY. Please be aware that The Village of East Aurora, NY is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. Please note that these third party sites' privacy policies govern the collection and use of the information collected on those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information collected by our website.

CHILDREN AND MINORS

The safety of children is very important to us. We are committed to protecting children's privacy on the Internet and we comply fully with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. This website is neither intended for, nor designed to attract, individuals under the age of 18. The Village of East Aurora, NY does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18, and does not target its website, services, or products to individuals under the age of 18.

If a child/minor has provided us with personal information through the Service or otherwise, we ask that a parent or guardian send us an email at joyce.jezewski@east-aurora.ny.us, and we will delete the information about the child from our files. Please reference Children's Privacy in your subject line.

CHOICE/OPT-OUT

If you no longer wish to receive promotional or professional communications you may opt-out of receiving these communications by emailing us by calling, or by sending a letter with your opt-out request.

571 Main Street
East Aurora, NY 14052

716-652-6000 (Phone)
716-652-1290 (Fax)

joyce.jezewski@east-aurora.ny.us

If your personally identifiable information changes (name, phone, email), you may correct or update information in accordance with the options listed above.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The Village of East Aurora, NY reserves the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting an updated Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to review the posted policy periodically for any changes or updates.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact us.

571 Main Street
East Aurora, NY 14052

716-652-6000 (Phone)
716-652-1290 (Fax)

joyce.jezewski@east-aurora.ny.us