Privacy Policy

Meade County, Kansas is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Meade County, Kansas website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Meade County, Kansas website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information

Meade County, Kansas collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. Meade County, Kansas also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Meade County, Kansas. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by Meade County, Kansas for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Meade County, Kansas website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Meade County, Kansas public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Meade County, Kansas does not read any of your private online communications.

Meade County, Kansas encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Meade County, Kansas so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Meade County, Kansas is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Meade County, Kansas and Meade County, Kansas family of websites.

Use of Your Personal Information

Meade County, Kansas collects and uses your personal information to operate the Meade County, Kansas website and deliver the services you have requested. Meade County, Kansas also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Meade County, Kansas, and its affiliates. Meade County, Kansas may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Meade County, Kansas does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Meade County, Kansas may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Meade County, Kansas may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Meade County, Kansas, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Meade County, Kansas does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Meade County, Kansas keeps track of the websites and pages our customer's visit within Meade County, Kansas, in order to determine what Meade County, Kansas services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Meade County, Kansas to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Meade County, Kansas websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Meade County, Kansas or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Meade County, Kansas; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Meade County, Kansas, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Meade County, Kansas website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Meade County, Kansas pages, or register with Meade County, Kansas site or services, a cookie helps Meade County, Kansas to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Meade County, Kansas website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Meade County, Kansas features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Meade County, Kansas services or websites you visit.

Security of Your Personal Information

Meade County, Kansas secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Meade County, Kansas secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to This Statement

Meade County, Kansas will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Meade County, Kansas encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Meade County, Kansas is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Meade County, Kansas welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Meade County, Kansas has not adhered to this Statement, Email Meade County. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.