BCMUD Community Center Policy for Website Privacy

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Brushy Creek Community Center Policy for Website Privacy

Purpose

This policy describes the Brushy Creek Municipal Utility District (BCMUD) privacy practices regarding information collected from visitors to the BCMUD website. It contains information about what data is collected and how that information is used.

Scope of Policy

The BCMUD website privacy policy applies only to this website. When you follow a link to another site, even the sites of state agencies and local governments, this policy will not apply. You should check the privacy policy of each of these sites if you have concerns about how they handle personally identifiable information. This policy may be updated periodically, so please check back from time to time.

Collection and Use of Information by BCMUD

BCMUD does not sell or rent personally identifiable information. Please be aware, however, that BCMUD is subject to the Texas Public Information Act. When you provide information to any government entity in Texas, including BCMUD, that information may be subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act or other laws. Information about the Texas Public Information Act is available from the Office of the Attorney General at https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/open-government/office-attorney-general-and-public-information-act

The BCMUD website utilizes server logs and log analysis tools to create summary statistics about the use of the website. The summary statistics are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For online government transactions conducted on the BCMUD website, you will be asked to enter certain information about yourself and/or the organization with which you are affiliated. The specifics of this information will vary as required by the type of transaction. In each case, the information requested will include the same information that would be requested if you performed the identical transaction in person rather than online. Whenever personal information is requested from you on this site, there will be an indication of whether your disclosure of such information is mandatory or optional. Information collected in the course of the transaction is used for the following purposes:

To conduct online transactions (e.g., the payment of utility bills or the renewal of permits).
To send you an email confirming your transaction.
To forward new product announcements or content features to you, only if you have chosen to request this service.

BCMUD may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities. BCMUD fully cooperates with law enforcement agencies in identifying unlawful activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.

Security
This site uses a secure server for conducting online transactions. All credit card and other payment information that you transmit to us will be protected by 128-bit encryption technology, provided your browser is properly configured and your computer is operating properly. Security technology requires that you have a reasonably current browser capable of supporting 128-bit encryption. In general, you can determine whether you are on a secure site by looking at the symbol at the bottom of your browser screen. You can be sure you are using a secure server if the key is unbroken or the lock is locked.

We limit employee access to personally identifiable information to only those employees who need access to perform a specific job. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.

Cookies
Some of the online government transactions hosted by and linked from this site use cookies. A cookie is an extremely small text file that is stored on your computer and created to track specific information. The services hosted on this website (bcmud.org) use cookies to set a session ID—this can be thought of as a kind of name tag, so the service can keep track of your transaction. The cookie will be destroyed after a few minutes of inactivity, successfully completing a transaction, or when the browser is closed. If your web browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to conduct the online transactions on this site.

Contact Information
If at any time you are concerned that your information is incorrect and you are unsure how to correct or update it, please contact us at https://www.bcmud.org/Contact-Us.