Privacy Policy

City of Opa-locka Privacy Policy

On the City of Opa-locka website, accessible from https:// www.opalockaﬂ.gov, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or we’ve collected on the City of Opa-locka website. This policy is not applicable to any information collected ofﬂine or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

Please do not submit any conﬁdential, proprietary, or sensitive personally identiﬁable information (e.g. Social security number, date of birth, driver’s license number, credit card, or other ﬁnancial information, collectively called “Sensitive Information.” If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk, and we will not be liable to you or responsible for the consequences of your submission of Sensitive Information.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails for marketing communication
Find and prevent fraud

We only share the information you give us with other government agencies if your inquiry relates to the particular agency, or as otherwise required by law. The City of Opa-locka does not collect information for commercial marketing.

Log Files

The City of Opa-locka follows a standard procedure of using log ﬁles. These ﬁles log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of their hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log ﬁles includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identiﬁable. The purpose of the information is to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’; movement on the website, and gather demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, we use “cookies”. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’; preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’; experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’; browser type and/or other information.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to ﬁnd the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of third-party ad servers or ad networks that use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear, which are sent directly to a user’s browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. Note that the City has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

This website may have links to other governmental agencies and in some cases, to private organizations. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. The City of Opa-locka’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, it is advised that you consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with speciﬁc web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information) Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to: Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and speciﬁc pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers. Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected. Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectiﬁcation – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

The City of Opa-locka does not knowingly collect any Personal Identiﬁable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Public Disclosure

The State of Florida law requires that if requested, any information we collect must be disclosed to the requestor under section 119.07 of the Florida Statutes (Public Records Act). Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact the respective department by phone or in writing. See Sec. 668.6076, Florida Statutes.

Choice

You may decline participation in any activity that asks for information (i.e., surveys or emails). Your choice to not participate will have no effect on your ability to access information on the City’s websites.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at (305) 953-2821.