Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Albany,
NY Portal. This website is designed to make it
easier and more efficient forAlbany, NY citizens
and businesses to interact with their City government.
Like all online resources, we recognize that visitors
to this website are concerned about their privacy.
Albany, NY is committed to preserving your privacy
when visiting this website.
This policy describes the City'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 City may, at its sole discretion, change modify,
add, or delete portions of this policy. Because
this privacy policy only applies to this website,
you should examine the privacy policy of any website,
including other City websites, you access through
this website.
Information Collected
When You Visit this Website
When visiting this website the City automatically
collects and stores the following information
about your visit:
1. 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;
2. The type of browser and operating system you
used;
3. The date and time you visited this site;
4. The web pages or services you accessed at
this site; and
5. 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 City understand how people
are using this website. This information is collected
for statistical analysis, to determine what information
is of most and least interest to our visitors,
and to identify system performance or problem
areas. The information is not collected for commercial
marketing purposes and the City does not sell
or distribute the information collected from the
Portal for commercial marketing purposes. The
information is retained in accordance with the
public record retention provisions in the City
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law.
Information Collected
When You Email this Website
If during your visit to this website you send
an email to the City, 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. The information
is retained in accordance with the public record
retention provisions in the City Arts and Cultural
Affairs Law.
Your email address and the information contained
in your email will 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 City does not sell or distribute your
email address for commercial marketing purposes.
Personal Information
and Choice
"Personal information" is information
about an individual (e.g. 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 to the City
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
City government websites.
Currently, the City 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 will be treated
the same as information given by an adult, and
may, if not protected by federal or City law,
be subject to public access. The City encourages
parents and teachers to be involved in children's
Internet activities and guide the children whenever
children are asked to provide personal information
on-line.
Disclosure of Information
Collected Through This Website
Information collected through this website, personal
or otherwise, may, if not protected by federal
or City law, be subject to disclosure pursuant
to law, such as the Freedom of Information Law
(FOIL), or court order.
Additionally, the City may disclose personal
information to federal or City law enforcement
authorities to enforce its rights against unauthorized
access or attempted unauthorized access to the
City's information.
Security
The City limits employee access to personally
identifiable information from this website to
only those employees who need access to perform
a specific job. Security measures have been integrated
into the design, implementation, and day-to-day
operations of this website as part of our continuing
commitment to the security of electronic content
as well as the electronic transmission of information.
NOTE: 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 City employs software to monitor
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload
or change information or otherwise cause damage
to this website.
Cookies
This website is designed to become your personalized
access to state government, where you decide what
information from state government websites is
important to you, and create your own unique city
government page. This ability to customize this
website is achieved through the use of persistent
cookies, which are simple text files stored by
your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing
among visitors to websites. Cookies created on
the device you use to access this website do not
contain personally identifiable information and
do not compromise your privacy or security. We
use the cookie feature to store a randomly generated
identifying tag on the device you use to access
this website. The use of cookies is a standard
practice among Internet websites. The software
and hardware you use to access this website allows
you to refuse the cookie or delete the cookie
file at any time.
Links Disclaimer
In order to provide visitors with certain information,
this website provides links to local, City 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, including one maintained by
the City, you are subject to the terms and conditions
of that website, including, but not limited to,
its privacy policy.
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
City recognizes the possibility of human and/or
mechanical error. Therefore, the City, its employees,
officers and agencies make no representations
as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, or
suitability of the information provided by this
website, and deny any expressed or implied warranty
as to the same.
Contact Information
email: webmaster@ci.albany.ny.us
this page last updated: January 1, 2002