Hays County Justice of the Peace is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hays County Justice of the Peace Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Hays County Justice of the Peace website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Hays County Justice of the Peace collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Hays County Justice of the Peace also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Hays County Justice of the Peace. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Hays County Justice of the Peace for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hays County Justice of the Peace Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Hays County Justice of the Peace public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Hays County Justice of the Peace does not read any of your private online communications.

Hays County Justice of the Peace encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Hays County Justice of the Peace so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Hays County Justice of the Peace is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Hays County Justice of the Peace and Hays County Justice of the Peace family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Hays County Justice of the Peace collects and uses your personal information to operate the Hays County Justice of the Peace Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Hays County Justice of the Peace also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hays County Justice of the Peace and its affiliates. Hays County Justice of the Peace may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Hays County Justice of the Peace does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hays County Justice of the Peace may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Hays County Justice of the Peace may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hays County Justice of the Peace, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Hays County Justice of the Peace does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Hays County Justice of the Peace keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Hays County Justice of the Peace, in order to determine what Hays County Justice of the Peace services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hays County Justice of the Peace to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Hays County Justice of the Peace Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hays County Justice of the Peace or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hays County Justice of the Peace; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hays County Justice of the Peace, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Hays County Justice of the Peace Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hays County Justice of the Peace pages, or register with Hays County Justice of the Peace site or services, a cookie helps Hays County Justice of the Peace to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hays County Justice of the Peace Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hays County Justice of the Peace features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hays County Justice of the Peace services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Hays County Justice of the Peace secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Hays County Justice of the Peace secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Hays County Justice of the Peace will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hays County Justice of the Peace encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hays County Justice of the Peace is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Hays County Justice of the Peace welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Hays County Justice of the Peace has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Hays County Justice of the Peace at itadmin@co.hays.tx.us. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.