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Website Policy
Buncombe County is dedicated to preserving your privacy and security while viewing our Web site at www.buncombecounty.org. We strive to retrieve the minimum amount of information from our visitors necessary in order to provide a host of various services and resources. This Web Privacy Policy page outlines practices and procedures affecting visitors of our site. Buncombe County reserves the right to change these policies and the corresponding information on this page at any time without prior notice.
Privacy Policies
Anonymous Visitor Information Collection
For every visitor to our site, there are several common pieces of information that we do collect that are stored in logs. Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, the date and time of the visit, and the addresses to which a visitor linked during a visit to our Web site are all recorded. We cannot and do not associate any of this information with individual persons, distribute this information, or use it in any manner other than for statistical analysis in improving our site to better serve our visitors.
Usage of Cookies
We do not use cookies to record any personal information. Cookies are used by some County web applications to pass needed information from one page to the next. Rejecting a cookie in these applications will render the application useless. Applications use cookies to track the session through randomly generated ID numbers that cannot be traced back to any personal or private information.
Disclosure of Information
Buncombe County does not sell, rent, or publish any of our visitors' personal or private information. We do not reveal specific information about subscribers or other personally identifiable data to unaffiliated third parties for their independent use, except if required to do so by law. In addition, we endeavour to restrict employee access to any personal information except where necessary to perform required duties.
Unauthorized Access
Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored on this system, to defeat or circumvent security features, or to utilize this system for other that it’s intended purposes are prohibited and may result in criminal prosecution.
Legal Policies
Specific to documents available on this website
The County of Buncombe makes no representation about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published on this server for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The County of Buncombe hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event shall the County of Buncombe be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortuos action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from this server.
The documents and related graphics published on this server could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. New, modified or changed information is periodically added to this website. The County of Buncombe may make improvements and/or changes in the document(s) and/or the program(s) described herein at any time.
Notices Regarding Software, Documents and Services Available on this Website.
In no event shall the County of Buncombe be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action, arising out of or in direct connection with the use or performance of software, documents, provision of or failure to provide services, or information available under this server.
Links to Third Party Sites
The links contained within this site will allow you to leave The County of Buncombe's web site. The linked sites are not under the control of the County of Buncombe and the County is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The County of Buncombe is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the County of Buncombe.
Your credit card information
All online payment transactions are handled by Official Payments, a third-party service provider. We do not request or store any credit card information on www.buncombecounty.org or on any servers owned by Buncombe County.
Why your transactions are secure
We use industry standard encryption technology to safeguard your transactions and confidential data. The technology used is SSL (Secure Socket Layer), which is supported by all web browsers that are version 4.0 or newer. Your information is encrypted as it travels over the Internet using encryption strengths that are standard in the industry. Upon our receipt, it is stored on a secure site where your information is stored on restricted-access computers located at restricted-access sites. Our employees with access to your personal information are trained to follow specific practices concerning its proper handling.
Discrimination Policy
Buncombe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, handicap or disability in admission or access to our treatment or employment in its services, programs and activities incompliance with applicable federal and state laws.
Contact Us
If you have any questions specifically regarding your privacy on our site, please email webmaster@buncombecounty.org