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DISCLAIMERS/LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The information and services included in or available through the City
of Eastpointe web pages may include inaccuracies or typographical
errors. The City endeavors to make daily changes to the online
information. The City of Eastpointe may make improvements and/or changes
in the web pages at any time.
The City of Eastpointe does not represent or warrant that the web site
will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or
that the web pages, or the server that makes it available, are free of
viruses or other harmful components.
The City of Eastpointe makes no representations about the suitability,
reliability, availability, timeliness, or accuracy of the web site for
any purpose. The web pages and online information are provided "As Is"
without warranty of any kind. The City of Eastpointe disclaims all
warranties and conditions with regard to the service, including all
implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS TO CONTENT
By using this website, you acknowledge content including, but not
limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics or
other material, that may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. You may make a copy
of this content for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided
that you keep all copyright and other proprietary notices intact. You
may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, or
distribute in any way content available through the web site, including
code and software, with the exception of public documents such as
agendas or meeting minutes, which may be copied and/or distributed, but
not modified.
GENERAL
The laws of the State of Michigan and the United States of America
govern this Agreement. If any part of this Agreement is determined to be
invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement shall continue
in effect.
WEB SITE
LINKING POLICY
The City of Eastpointe views the provision of links to external web
sites as a public service that can benefit its citizens and other site
visitors. Overall, the City's web site attempts to provide useful
information and reflect a positive and inspiring image of Eastpointe to
citizens, businesses and visitors. The City’s web site attempts to
reflect the City's concern for its citizens, its technical
progressiveness, and its support for economic and business development.
The City will only select links to external web sites to the extent the
links help support these goals.
Links on the City's web site attempt to also satisfy a governmental
purpose. In particular, the city will consider providing links to sites
that promote and protect the public heath, safety and welfare.
The City reserves the right to determine where external links will
appear on its web site (i.e. what page the link appears on and where the
link is placed on the page).
The following list contains examples of web sites that the city will
consider when selecting links:
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Other official
Government web sites. |
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Non-partisan
web sites that encourage the informed and active participation of
Eastpointe residents in government. (for example, www.smartvoter.org)
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Web sites of
nonprofit institutions, organizations or associations whose purpose is
to provide the public with access to the arts, humanities, local
culture or education. |
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Web sites of
nonprofit organizations whose primary mission is to provide
employment, health and other human services to Eastpointe residents.
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Web sites of
nonprofit neighborhood organizations. |
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Web sites of
organizations funded by the City of Eastpointe or in which the City is
a member. |
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Web sites of
nonprofit organizations that help people find housing and encourage
homeownership in Eastpointe. |
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Web sites of
organizations that provide an index of housing options in Eastpointe.
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Web sites of
nonprofit organizations that provide support to other nonprofit groups
or Eastpointe businesses. |
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The Eastpointe
Chamber of Commerce web site, Eastpointe-based business association
web sites and other web guides that provide an index of Eastpointe
hotels, restaurants, retail stores and other similar businesses.
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Internet
mapping services. |
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Non-partisan
web sites that provide information about public and private schools
and post-secondary institutions in Eastpointe. |
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Local and
regional broadcast and print media web sites. |
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Web sites of
professional Metro Detroit sports teams and venues of where their
games are held. |
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Web sites of
public or private organizations that have established a partnership
with the City of Eastpointe Government to help it meet its strategic
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This listing
includes examples of web sites that would be consistent with and
supportive of City of Eastpointe goals. However, the provision of a link
to any site is not an endorsement of the organization or of site
content. The City is not responsible for the content of any linked site
or any link contained in a linked site.
The City of Eastpointe web site will not provide links to:
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Sites promoting
illegal activities. |
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Sexually
oriented and/or explicit sites. |
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Sites
containing information that violates any of the City's equal
opportunity or anti-discrimination/harassment policies. |
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Individual
and/or Personal Home Pages. |
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Corporate,
For-Profit or Non-Profit organizations or entities, unless they meet
the above-referenced criteria. |
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Political or
Non-Political organizations or entities advocating a position on a
local, state or federal issue. |
The Office of the
City Manager, responsible for monitoring the City’s web site, through
the authority of the City Manager and the City Council, will make the
final determination on links to the City’s web site, working in
consultation with City staff.
PRIVACY POLICY
The City of Eastpointe commits itself to protecting the privacy of its
web site visitors and users. We believe strongly that users expect and
deserve to have their personal privacy protected while using the
Internet. Safeguarding the privacy of visitors to the City of Eastpointe
web site will help to preserve this trust and increase users’ confidence
and participation in online activities.
What we learn about you will depend upon what you do while visiting the
City of Eastpointe web site. If you visit our site solely to browse,
read, or download information, our servers — like most web servers on
the Internet — will collect and store only that information that your
web browser sends when it requests a web page. This information will
likely include:
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The name,
domain, and numerical Internet address of the host computer (typically
a computer belonging to your Internet service provider and not your
personal computer) from which you access the Internet. For example,
your host computer will tell us that you have accessed our site from "yourcompany.com"
if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if
you connect from a university's domain. It will also provide us with
an IP address (which is a number that gets automatically assigned to
your computer whenever you access the internet.) The information we
receive may look something like this: IP address 169.207.69.84 at
d84.as28.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net; |
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The date and
time of your visit; |
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The Internet
address of the web page from which you came; |
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The page(s) you
visit on our web site; and |
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The information
your web browser software sends as its so-called “user agent,” which
typically identifies the browser software and may also indicate the
operating system and type of CPU used in your personal computer |
The City collects
this information solely for the purpose of improving the quality of
online services that we provide to users. We will periodically summarize
and analyze this information in order to study site usage over time and
to perform other studies that will help us improve the site’s
organization, performance, and usefulness.
Otherwise, when you visit our site simply to browse, read, or download
information we will not collect any individual identifying or personal
information. Nor will we use “cookies” without your express permission
or any other means (such as Adware or Spyware) to track your visit in
any way. Based upon the data we do collect during such
“information-gathering” visits, the city cannot ascertain any personal
information regarding an individual user (such as name, street address,
or telephone number.)
If you use our site to request a service, make a payment, or apply for a
job or permit we will ask that you submit certain pieces of relevant
personal information, based on the action taken. For example, when you
request a service, we may ask for a name and street address. To complete
a payment transaction we may require name, street address, and credit
card or bank account number. You may need to provide certain personal
information and property or other related data for permit applications.
Online job applications will require complete and detailed personal
information. As allowed by law, we will not share any of your personal
or financial information with any third party at any time without your
explicit permission.
However, please be aware that the City of Eastpointe, as a governmental
agency, must comply with various state and federal guidelines concerning
open records and freedom of information. Thus, any information that we
receive through use of our site will be subject to the same provisions
as information provided to us through other media (such as printed
material or voice records.) Property and permit information, in
particular, are commonly deemed to be “public records.” As such we often
must, by law, make this information available upon request.
If you use our web site to conduct interactive transactions such as
service requests, job applications, and online payments we may use
“non-persistent” cookies to facilitate information processing. Certain
application forms and other transaction-related features on our site may
require use of cookies to work correctly. The “non-persistent” cookies
that our site uses for such transactions may disappear as soon as you
finish filling out the form or application that requires them.
Please be aware that some online forms, such as the job application and
business license application form, may require the transmittal of
sensitive information such as a driver's license and/or social security
number. Such information is not transmitted via form e-mail, but rather
is kept in a secure web server database accessible only by authorized
City personnel. Once the information is obtained, the database record
is deleted and purged.
Your participation in any feature, option, or service provided on our
web site is and will remain entirely at your discretion. We will never
assume that you wish to “opt in” to anything nor will we require you to
“opt out” of any feature, option, or service that our site provides.
Users visiting our web site may, at any time, decline to participate or
discontinue their participation in any activity that asks for personal
information (service requests, payment transactions, job applications,
surveys, and the like). Choosing not to provide this information will in
no way affect your ability to continue to use our site or any other
feature on our site. However, electing not to provide certain important
information may prevent the City from responding to your request for
service or completing your transaction.
If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment
that contains personally identifying information, or fill out a form
that E-mails us this information, we will use only the personally
identifiable information to respond to your request. We may, if
appropriate, redirect your message to another government agency or
person who can better respond to your question or need.
Our web site may offer links to web sites of other organizations. Our
privacy policy does not apply to these web sites. Please review
carefully the appropriate privacy policies of any independent site you
may access through links provided on the City of Eastpointe site.
The City of Eastpointe Webmaster, through the authority of the City
Manager and the City Council, has responsibility for changes to and
interpretation of these policies. To comment or inquire about their
content, please contact the city at:
webmaster@eastpointecity.org.
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