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The City of Indianola (City) and Indianola
Municipal Utilities (IMU) provide web sites, including
cityofindianola.com and i-m-u.com, as a public service. Please note
that visitors to these sites are responsible for checking the
accuracy, completeness, currency and/or suitability of all
information. The following information outlines the collection and
protection standards used by the City and IMU on these sites. This
information is provided for informative purposes only and is not meant
to be a contract of any type, either express or implied, and should
not be treated as such by site visitors. The information provided in
this statement and disclaimer may change at any time, without prior
notice to any visitor.
Access to Information:
Access to personally identifiable information in public records for
municipalities is determined primarily by Chapter 22 Examination
of Public Records (Open Records) of the Code of Iowa. Records
generally available under Chapter 22, and not otherwise designated as
confidential elsewhere in the Iowa Code or under federal statutes, are
considered public information and can be made available upon request.
Information that visitors to this web site provide has no greater, or
less, privacy protection than similar information provided to this
municipality by other means.
Any public information furnished by a visitor to this site, for any
reason, may be filed and maintained by the municipality for its own
use in performing statistical analysis, improving its service delivery
system, or responding to a request for service or information.
Information deemed as confidential may be retained for the city’s or
IMU’s own use. The City and IMU do not sell visitor’s information to
any outside company or organization. Visitors should be aware that
the collection of personal information requested from or volunteered
by children will be treated in the same manner as information given by
an adult and may be subject to access by the public under Iowa law.
Collection of Information:
The City and IMU may automatically collect specific and non-personal
information about each visitor to its web sites. This information may
include Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser used, the
date and time of the visit, the services accessed, and the IP
addresses of the locations to which the visitor linked during their
visit to these web sites. This information is strictly used for site
maintenance purposes, but may be considered public information. The
portion of a record request that contains an internet protocol number
which identifies the computer from which a person requests an official
record is considered confidential under Chapter 22 of the Code of
Iowa.
The City and IMU contracts with third parties to provide certain
services. Data collected on these sites is owned by the City and IMU
and is subject to the same privacy protections and constraints under
applicable Iowa law and federal statutes as if it were collected on
City and IMU sites.
Security of Information:
City, IMU, and
sites providing services to the City and IMU by third parties meet
accepted standards of security for transactions that may involve
payment of funds, including the use of encryption and SSL services.
Credit card numbers are not electronically stored
on-line by the City or IMU longer than is required for verification
and completion of the subject transaction. However, neither the City
nor IMU are responsible for credit card numbers or information
retained by third parties and do not warrant the security of such data
retained by any third party.
Information Content:
The City and IMU specifically disclaim any and all liability for any
claims or damages that may result from providing information or
transactional capabilities on its web sites, including sites
maintained by third parties. The inclusion of links to or from any
site does not imply endorsement by the City or IMU. The City and IMU
makes no effort to independently verify, and does not exert editorial
control over, information on pages outside of its own sites. The
responsibility for content rests with the organizations providing the
information.
The City and IMU do not endorse any products, services, vendors,
consultants, or documentation referenced in the content on its web
sites. Any mention of products, services, vendors, and consultants is
for informational purposes only.
The City and IMU makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties
as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, or suitability of the
information provided via these web sites. Any person or entity that
relies on any information obtained from these sites does so at his or
her own risk. |
