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Privacy Statement

Zeeland Board of Public Works 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 Zeeland Board of Public Works website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Zeeland Board of Public Works website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information

Zeeland Board of Public Works collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.

Zeeland Board of Public Works 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 Zeeland Board of Public Works. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by Zeeland Board of Public Works for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Zeeland Board of Public Works’ website.

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

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

Use of Your Personal Information

Zeeland Board of Public Works collects and uses your personal information to operate the Zeeland Board of Public Works website and deliver the services you have requested.

Zeeland Board of Public Works also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Zeeland Board of Public Works and its affiliates. Zeeland Board of Public Works may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Zeeland Board of Public Works does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Zeeland Board of Public Works does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. Zeeland Board of Public Works 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 (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Zeeland Board of Public Works may share data with trusted partners to help 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 Zeeland Board of Public Works, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

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

Zeeland Board of Public Works 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 Zeeland Board of Public Works or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Zeeland Board of Public Works; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Zeeland Board of Public Works, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Zeeland Board of Public Works website uses “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 Zeeland Board of Public Works pages, or register with Zeeland Board of Public Works site or services, a cookie helps Zeeland Board of Public Works 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 Zeeland Board of Public Works website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Zeeland Board of Public Works 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 Zeeland Board of Public Works services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Zeeland Board of Public Works secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Zeeland Board of Public Works 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

Zeeland Board of Public Works will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Zeeland Board of Public Works encourages you to periodically review this statement to be informed of how Zeeland Board of Public Works is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Zeeland Board of Public Works welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Zeeland Board of Public Works has not adhered to this statement, please contact Zeeland Board of Public Works at info@zeelandbpw.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.