Privacy Notice

Borough of Manasquan
Monmouth County, New Jersey
 

The following notice applies to this web site, which is the Official Local Government Web Site for the Borough of Manasquan.

Thank you for visiting the Borough of Manasquan web site and reviewing our Privacy Notice. This statement addresses collection, use and security of and access to information that may be obtained through the use of the Borough of Manasquan web site. This notice covers the following topics:

  • Information Collected and How it is Used
  • Personal Information and Choice
  • Public Access to Information
  • Cookies
  • Security
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact Information

Section A. Information Collected and How it is Used
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the web site, read pages, or download information, Borough of Manasquan will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. Borough of Manasquan automatically collects and stores only the following information about your visit:

  1. The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our web site;
  2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
  3. The date and time you access our site;
  4. The pages you visit; and
  5. If you linked to the Borough of Manasquan web site from another web site, the address of that web site

Borough of Manasquan uses this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors - to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. Borough of Manasquan does not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information -- as in an e-mail to an elected official or municipal employee, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our web site -- Borough of Manasquan uses that information to respond to your message and to help get you the information you have requested. Borough of Manasquan only shares the information you give with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as otherwise required by law. Moreover, Borough of Manasquan does not create individual profiles with the information you provide or gives it to any private organizations. Borough of Manasquan does not collect information for commercial marketing.

Section B. Personal Information and Choice
You may choose whether to provide personal information on-line.
"Personal information" is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes such things as an individual's name, address, e-mail address and phone number. A domain name or Internet protocol address is not considered personal information.

Borough of Manasquan collects no personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it by sending email, participating in a survey or completing an on-line form. You may choose not to contact us by email, participate in a survey, or provide any personal information using an online form. Your choice to not participate in these activities will not impair your ability to browse the Borough of Manasquan web site and read or download any information provided on the site.

Privacy Warning
Email is not a secure medium. Personal information sent via the Internet can be intercepted. You may, therefore, wish to reconsider the advisability of sending messages that contain sensitive, personal information to this Internet address.
Borough of Manasquan does not plan on divulging information collected or information disclosed voluntarily, but may be required to do so pursuant to a request under the Right to Know law, the common law Right to Know, other State or Federal law or pursuant to court order.

If you believe that your personal information is being used for a purpose other than what was intended when submitted, you may contact the Township’s Network Administrator as shown in the Contact Information Section of this statement.

Children
Borough of Manasquan is especially concerned about protecting children's privacy. Borough of Manasquan hopes parents and teachers are involved in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when children are asked to provide personal information on line. Borough of Manasquan encourages children to communicate with their local government officials and send email messages with their feedback and suggestions. Borough of Manasquan specifically asks children to get their parents' permission before providing any information on line -- at our site or any other site -- and hopes parents will always be involved in those decisions. Most importantly, when children do provide information through the Borough of Manasquan web site, it is only used to enable us to respond to the writer, and not to create profiles of children.

Section C. Public Access to Information
In Borough of Manasquan, laws exist to ensure that government is open and that the public has a right to access appropriate records and information possessed by the municipal government. At the same time, there are exceptions to the public’s right to access public records that serve various needs including the privacy of individuals. Exceptions are provided by both state and federal laws.

All the information collected at this site becomes public record that may be subject to inspection and copying by members of the public, unless an exemption in the law exists.

Section D. Cookies
Borough of Manasquan does not use cookies. Cookies are simple text files stored on your computer by some Internet web sites to help identify users and the sequence of their movement through a web site.

Section E. Security
Borough of Manasquan, the web site development company, and the manager of this web site have taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of its data and prevent unauthorized access to information maintained. These measures are designed and intended to prevent corruption of data, block unknown or unauthorized access to our systems and information, and to provide reasonable protection of private information in our possession.

Section F. Disclaimer
The Borough of Manasquan web site and materials may contain hypertext or links to other Internet web sites which are not owned, operated, controlled or reviewed regularly by Borough of Manasquan. These links are provided solely as a courtesy and convenience to you, the visitor. When you link to one of these sites, you are no longer on the Borough of Manasquan web site and this Privacy Notice will not apply. When you link to another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

Borough of Manasquan, its agencies, officers, or employees exercise no control over the organizations, views, accuracy, availability, copyright or trademark compliance or the legality of the material contained on those servers and do not sponsor, endorse, or approve the information, content, products, materials, opinions or services contained on such external sites. The visitor proceeds to these external sites at their own risk. Borough of Manasquan and its web development company specifically disclaims any and all liability from damages which may result from the accessing of a third party site which is linked to the Borough of Manasquan web site, or from reliance upon any such information.

Section G. Contact Information
You may contact Borough of Manasquan as follows:

To review your personal information, request correction of your personal information, or to offer comments about the Borough of Manasquan web site, or about the information presented in this Privacy Notice, please contact:

NAME: Thomas Flarity
DEPARTMENT: Administrator
ADDRESS: 201 East Main Street
Manasquan, New Jersey 08736
PHONE: (732) 223-0544 ext. 234
FAX: (732) 223-1300