Privacy Statement: Barnwell County Website
Overview
In general, the Barnwell County website follows the same rules
that would apply to an in-person visit to a government office
and is governed by the same state and federal laws that cover
such visits.
Purpose
The purpose of this statement is to provide user information
about the collection and use of personally identifiable information.
Nothing herein should be construed to, nor does it create any
new or different rights than those available under existing State
and federal laws.
Definition of Personally Identifiable Information
For the purposes
of this statement, “personally identifiable
information” means any information relating to an identified
or identifiable individual who is the subject of the information.
Personally Identifiable Information Not Routinely Collected
Users are not required to provide personal information simply
to visit the County government website or to download information.
Users may be requested to provide personally identifiable information
in order to use or receive specialized services, but such information
is handled as it would be on an in-person visit to a government
office.
Personally Identifiable Information that May Be Subject to
Public Disclosure
Information collected (like information collected during an
in-person visit to a government office), may be subject to inspection
and copying by the public, unless an exemption in law exists
for similar information if provided in an office visit.
Use of Cookies
The Barnwell County
website in and of itself does not use “cookies” to
hold user information. Some of the web services that the County
uses may use cookies that are not related to Barnwell County
website operation. Any application or web page that uses cookies
will identify itself as such, bearing in mind that any cookie
use is not used nor generated by the County website.
Use of Constituent Email Addresses
Email addresses
obtained are subject to the access and confidentiality
provisions of the State’s Freedom of Information
Act and other applicable sections of the South Carolina
code of Laws and/or federal law. If you would like more
information about the County standard of acceptable use,
please review our Disclaimer.
Data Security and Quality
Please review our Disclaimer.
Non-County Websites
Various websites will be linked through the County website.
This includes websites of other governmental agencies, as well
as websites of private entities. Many of these sites may not
be subject to the South Carolina Code of Laws, or may operate
under different privacy standards. Visitors to those websites
are advised to check the privacy statements of those sites.
Use of Public Information
2001-2001 Bill 204: Family Privacy Protection Act of 2002
Search for Section 30-2-50.
(A) A
person or private entity shall not knowingly obtain or
use any personal information obtained from a public body
for commercial solicitation directed to any person in this
State.
By using the County of Barnwell, S.C. Website, the user acknowledges
and agrees to be bound by the terms of the following Website
Disclaimer:
General Disclaimer
Information
presented on the Barnwell County Website is collected, organized,
and provided for the convenience of the user. The Barnwell
County attempts to keep such information accurate and up-to-date. However, due to the possibility of unauthorized
modification of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser incompatibilities,
changes made since the last update to the website, other problems
associated with electronic communications or other operational
problems the County cannot, and does not, warrant the authenticity
or reliability of such information. The County is not liable
for reliance on this information or for the consequences of reliance
on any information contained on, or linked to, the County’s
Website. With respect to documents and information on this
Website, the County of Barnwell, its employees and contractors
hereby specifically disclaim any and all warranties, expressed
or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose. The County of Barnwell does not
assume any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, product or process disclosed on
the County Website. By the placement of information on
the County Website, the County of Barnwell does not make any
representations concerning the user’s rights, if any,
to further duplicate the information found thereon or that
the use of such information would not infringe on any privately
owned rights.
Links Disclaimer
In
addition to providing information about county government
and its agencies, departments, and functions, the County
Website provides information about the county’s educational and
recreational opportunities and other resource that may be convenient
for users. To provide the latter, the County’s Website
contains “links” to other Web or computer sites that
are not owned, regularly reviewed or controlled by the County. The
County of Barnwell specifically disavows responsibility for the
content, quality, accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness
of any off-site materials referenced or linked through the county’s
Website. By using the County’s Website, the user
acknowledges and accepts that the County is not responsible
for any materials stored on other Websites, nor is it liable
for any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illegal materials
found on other Websites, and that the risk of injury or damage
from viewing, hearing, down-loading or storing such materials
rests entirely with the user.
The County’s Website is not intended to function as a public
forum. The provision of “links” is at the sole
discretion of the County and is intended for the user’s
convenience and not as an indication of the importance of other
sites and is done at the sole discretion of the County. These
links should not be construed as an indication of importance,
endorsement or sponsorship of any external Websites, their content
or their hosts or the products or services offered by their hosts. Users
are responsible to determine, for themselves, which Web pages
are part of the County Website and which are convenient links. Any
question about this should be directed to “webmaster” through
the home page.
Privacy Statement :
There is no reasonable
expectation of privacy in the use of this public computer system. All County computer systems are
subject to monitoring at all times to assure proper functioning
of the systems, to provide security for the computer system’s
operation and the information contained therein, to prevent unauthorized
use, and to deter and investigate violations of law. Also,
e-mail in general is not necessarily secure against interception
and sending errors.
If a person sends the County e-mail that contains personally
identifiable information, the County will use the information
to respond to the user. The County may also forward that
e-mail to another government agency. Also, certain e-mail
may constitute a public record and be subject to disclosure under
state law. When a user links to another Website through
the County Website, the user is subject to the privacy policy
and all disclaimers of the new site.
Not for Legal Notice to the County of Barnwell
Communication made through e-mail or any other computer messaging
system shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice
to the County or any of its agencies, officers, employees,
agents or representatives with respect to any existing or potential
claim or cause of action.
Jurisdiction
The materials
provided on this site are intended for public use on computer
systems located primarily within the County of Barnwell,
South Carolina and for the convenience of visitors to the
County. Any
person choosing to use this Website or seeking access to information
or materials on this system is agreeing to be subject to South
Carolina jurisdiction.
Any dispute arising therefrom shall
be decided under the laws and in
the courts of South Carolina.
Any question about the terms of this Website Disclaimer should
be directed to
“Human Resource Director”.
