Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for the Official Website of the Atoka County Chamber of commerce

The Atoka County Chamber of Commerce encourages its members and the general public to access its official website for important information and resources related to the Chamber and the County of Atoka. The purpose of this website is to provide information to its members and other parties regarding chamber membership and local events. This website is not intended to be a forum for expressive activity by chamber members or the public; instead it should provide neutral information and data and links that do not espouse specific views. The Chamber’s Director has the primary responsibility for updating website content.

While we respect the privacy of personal information about the users of this site, the Chamber collects a limited amount of information as necessary to efficiently and effectively operate, maintain and publish this site.

Privacy Statement

The Chamber may collect information about visitors who view or download information from its websites through website logs, which are reviewed and analyzed by the Chamber and its third party website developer for the purpose of improving the content of the Chamber’s website and to understand the ways in which the site is being most utilized. The information collected through these website logs is not personally identifiable and neither the Chamber, nor its website developer will use such information to link it with particular individuals that use the Chamber’s website.

Examples of the information collected by the Chamber and its web developer/vendor for this purpose include, but may not be limited to:

• Date – Date the visit occurred
• Time – Time the visit occurred
• Client IP – Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the website visitor. The IP address recorded is normally that of the visitor’s Internet service provider.
• Server IP – Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the municipal web server accessed.
• HTTP Status – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error code E.g. “404 Requested Page Not Found”.
• HTTP Request – Identifies the web page or file requested by the website visitor.
• Bytes Sent – Amount of data sent from the web server to the website visitor during that connection.
• Bytes Received – Amount of data sent from website visitor to the web server
• User Agent – Type of web browser or other client software that made requests to the web server.
• Referrer – Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred to the requested file.
• Protocol Version – Version of HTTP used by the visitor’s web browser software.
• Personally Identifiable Information – “Personally identifiable information” is information about a person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. It includes, for example, an individual’s name, street address, e-mail address, or phone number. Personally identifiable information will not be collected unless you voluntarily send an e-mail message, fill out and send an online form, or fill out personal information and send in a survey. Your choice not to participate in these activities will not impair your ability to access certain information or obtain a service online. Unless specifically protected under state law, any information provided may be inspected by the public or disclosed in a legal proceeding.
• Email Senders – Email messages, sent to the Chamber website, will be treated the same as any other written communication to the Chamber. They may be subject to public inspection or legal disclosure and may be saved for a period of time before they are destroyed. Email or other information requests sent to the website may be maintained in order to respond to the request, forward that request to the appropriate agency, or to provide the web designer with valuable customer feedback to assist in improving the site. Email addresses obtained as a result of a request to the website will not be sold or given to private companies for marketing purposes.
• Electronic Form Filers – Any other information provided by a visitor at the request of the Chamber, such as the completion and electronic filing of a form, will be considered to be voluntarily provided by the visitor and will be treated in the same manner as information provided in written form or in person during a visit to the Chamber. Information provided may be subject to public inspection and legal disclosure and may be saved for a period of time before it is destroyed.
• Surveys – Surveys will be used for the purpose stated. If personally identifiable information is collected it may be subject to public inspection and legal disclosure and may be saved for a period of time before it is destroyed.

Email Subscribers

The Chamber collects, retains and utilizes the email address of website visitors only when they volunteer to subscribe to news, alerts, agendas, minutes, and/or other subscription groups on the Chamber’s website. The information is used to administer subscriber accounts and to provide documents requested by Email Subscribers.

Cookies

Definition: Cookies are small text files that a web server may ask your web browser to store, and to send back to the web server when needed. Cookies may be used to store a transaction identifier or other information a user may provide.

We do not use cookies in order to track your activities outside of the Chamber’s website.

Third Party Links

The Chamber reserves the right to determine how and where external links will appear on its website. The Chamber’s website may contain links to other websites owned and/or operated by its members and third parties. The Chamber is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites, including any policies concerning cookies or other information gathering techniques used at those websites, or concerning the use of any information that is gathered at those websites. It is possible that information gathered at those third party websites will be shared with us or others. You are advised to check those websites’ privacy statements and to be cautious about providing personal information without a clear understanding of how the information will be used. This Notice of Information Practices Policy does not apply to third party websites linked to the Chamber’s web site.

Changes to Policy/Statement

The Chamber reserves the right to make substantive changes to this privacy policy at any time and will publish a notice of such changes as soon as practicable in advance of or upon the effective date of such changes. Any information collected under this current policy will remain bound by the terms of this privacy statement. After the changes take effect, all new information collected, if any, will be subject to the revised privacy statement.

Disclaimer

Neither the Chamber, nor any agency, officer, or employee of the Chamber warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published on the Chamber website, nor endorses any products or services linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of the information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk. Various websites may be linked through the Chamber website. Visitors to those sites are advised to check the privacy statements of those sites and be cautious about providing personally identifiable information without a clear understanding of how the information will be used.

Contact Information

To offer comments about the Chamber website or about information presented in this Privacy Statement, contact Chamber1atoka@gmail.com.