Privacy Statement

City of Madison respects each individual's right to personal privacy. Generally, you can browse through our web site without providing any personal information. However, periodically you may be asked to provide personal information to access a specific information resource or as part of a request for information. We will collect and use information through our Web site only in the ways disclosed in this statement.

Information Collection
At City of Madison, personal information means any information that may be used to specifically identify an individual, including, but not limited to, name, e-mail address, physical address, gender, occupation, industry, and other information requested when requested in an on-line form. In general, you can visit the City of Madison web site anonymously. There are areas of the site that require some personal information to help us assist you with your request.This is not a secure site. The City of Madison is a public entity, and the majority of records in our system are considered public record. If you are concerned with possible publication of your e-mail address, please use other means to communicate with the City. By providing this information, we assume you have given us your consent to collect and use your information in accordance with this policy. If you do not approve our use of personal information as it is outlined in this policy, do not submit personal information to City of Madison. Any personal information received by the City of Madison via this website will be used by the City for official City business use only.

Your Rights
You have a legal right to full disclosure of any of your personal data that is held by City of Madison You also have a right to correct any errors to your personal data.

Collecting Domain Information
Like most commercial web sites, City of Madison logs all of the traffic coming to and from our web site. Part of this data includes the collection of domain information. This data enables us to become more familiar with customers that visit our site, how often they visit, and what sections of the site are most active. City of Madison uses this information to make informed decisions on improving the information and navigation of our site. City of Madison may disclose aggregate statistics about visitors to our site to other third parties. However, any such disclosure will not include any personally identifiable information from any of our visitors.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
City of Madison reserves the right to periodically review and amend this policy. We encourage you to review our policy for changes on a regular basis.