Privacy Statement

San Juan County Privacy Statement

At San Juan County, your privacy is important to us. This easy-to-understand privacy statement explains what information we collect and how it is used.

Our Stance on Your Privacy

Simply put, if you visit San Juan County’s website, some information about your visit will be collected. If you choose to provide us with personal information through our website or emails, the information you provide us will be recorded. Since we are a government agency, certain circumstances may require us to release your information, in accordance with laws regarding public records. However, we will not release your information to any third party, except as required by law.

Information We Collect

San Juan County gathers the following kinds of information from site visitors:

Automatically collected information

We may gather information about your visit to our site through automatic means, and may capture, among other things, the pages you viewed, the date, time, and length of your visit, the type of web browser you used to access this site, and the website you visited before you came to our site. Such automatically collected data does not include personal information, meaning information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes such things as an individual's name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information.

Voluntarily provided information

During your visit to the San Juan County website, you may choose to participate in an online forum, subscribe to an electronic newsletter, register for various site features, participate in polls or surveys, or provide your email address and other personal information.

Cookies

San Juan County may use 'cookies' to store information that can be reused during a subsequent visit to the San Juan County website.  We use these cookies to track user traffic patterns and to provide you with a site experience more aligned with your preferences. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

You can refuse cookies by disabling them in your internet browser. However, disabling cookies may lower the quality of your site experience.

How We Use the Information

The information you voluntarily provide, as well as the information that is automatically collected from your site visit, is used to enhance your site experience and to provide you with information you requested.

Sharing Information

As stated above, San Juan County does not share your information with any third party, except as required by law.

Security Measures

San Juan County uses leading encryption and firewall technology to protect your personal information. Our security and privacy practices and procedures are periodically reviewed and updated to maintain a high level of security. Only appropriate and authorized individuals have access to the information collected from our site visitors.

Opt-Out Policy

Wherever we ask for personal information, we will attempt to provide you with a means to opt out of the process. For instance, if you subscribe to a newsletter and later decide that you wish to discontinue receiving it, we will provide a simple process that allows you to end that service.

Certain site features may require a reasonable amount of personal information to access them, such as requiring your email address to email you a newsletter. Our goal is to make the site as accessible as possible, while still working to maintain an appropriate level of security.

Linkage

San Juan County links to external websites as a service to provide additional information and reference material that may be helpful on county-related subjects. Such links are not an endorsement in any form by San Juan County and the County is not responsible for the content of those linked sites. 

San Juan County will always attempt to assure that the information presented on its website is accurate and timely. However, neither San Juan County, nor any agency, officer, or employee of San Juan County warrants the accuracy, the reliability, or timeliness of any information published by this system, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, 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. Any person or entity that does rely on any information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.

Agreement to Terms

By using this site, you consent to the terms of this privacy statement and to the collection and use of this information by San Juan County.