Privacy policy and accessibility

Thank you for visiting Rensselaer County. Your privacy is important to Rensselaer County ("we", "us" or "our"). To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at www.rensselaerlife.com.

The Information We Collect

At our site, you may, in the future, be able to enter contests, vote in polls or otherwise express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services such as our online newsletters or participate in an online forum or community. The types of personally identifiable information that may be asked to be submitted include: name, address, email address, telephone number, fax number, date of birth, gender, credit card information and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs and services.

You may also be able to submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a person's name and email address to forward an article, case study or white paper. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient's name, address, email address and telephone number.

Certain features of our site may only be available to persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information such as persons downloading drawings, user guides, datasheets or otherwise participating in the site's activities and offerings.

We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our Web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows 2000 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

How We Use the Information

We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, solutions and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products, advertisements, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.

We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have won one of our contests or when we make changes to our subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter or to contact you about your account with us.

If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., questions for an online chat guest), we may publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us (e.g., transcript of the chat, including your question).

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs or services. We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.

Agents and contractors of Rensselaer County who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Rensselaer County.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that is collected will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.

We may also disclose personally identifiable information to companies whose practices are not covered by this privacy notice (e.g., other marketers, magazine publishers, retailers, participatory databases and non-profit organizations) that want to market products or services to you. If our site shares personally identifiable information, it will provide you with an opportunity to opt out or block such uses. You can opt out from such disclosures.

We may on occasion combine information we receive online with other information and outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those products or services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive marketing information from this site, read our instructions on how to make your request.

Finally, Rensselaer County will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.

Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors

Our site may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we may not have control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

Cookies

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Our Commitment to Security

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security and correctly use the information we collect online.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the online policy for this site or its implementation, you may contact us at info@rensco.com.

Accessibility Statement

Rensselaer County is committed to making its Web site accessible to all visitors and staff in accordance with provisions of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. If you have difficulty obtaining information from this Web site, please contact us directly to get the material in another format.

Unsubscribing from Email Lists

If you have signed up to receive our emails and prefer not to receive marketing information from this site, follow the "unsubscribe" instructions provided on any marketing email you receive from this site.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our policies, you should contact us at info@rensco.com.