Individuals who visit the Maine Municipal Association’s web sites are important to us. Because visitors to our sites are important, we do not capture personal information about them without their permission. We endeavor to collect only the minimum amount of information needed to provide the services, security, and information access for which the sites were created.
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Identifiable
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Cookies |
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E-Mail |
Hyperlinks |
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Children |
Consent |
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Site Statistics |
Notice of Changes |
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Contact
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Identifiable Personal Information
Identifiable personal information includes, but is not limited to:
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Name |
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Address |
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E-Mail Address |
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Password |
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Phone Numbers |
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Social Security Number |
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Or any combination of data that could be used to identify you, such as your birth date, zip code, etc. |
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Personally identifiable information will not be collected unless you voluntarily send an e-mail message or fill out and send an online form. This information will be considered to be voluntarily provided and will be treated in the same manner as information provided in written form. Your choice not to engage in these activities will not impair your ability to browse our web sites; however, it may impair your ability to utilize some of our online services and information.
When personal information is collected on the web site and is stored by the Maine Municipal Association, it is kept in a secure location where it is accessible only to authorized employees. This information will not be shared, unless allowed by law.
E-mail messages will be treated the same as any other written communication. They may be subject to public inspection or legal disclosure and may be saved for a period of time before they are destroyed.
We will not knowingly collect, store, use or disclose information from children.
No portion of the site or its services are designed for children. We do not accept registrations from children, nor collect personal information from them.
We may collect some or all of the following information about visitors who view or access information from our web sites:
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Definition
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Date |
Date the visit occurred. |
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Time |
Time the visit occurred. |
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Client IP |
Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the website visitor. The IP
address recorded is normally that of the visitor's Internet service
provider, e.g., aol.com if the visitor connects from an America Online
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Server IP |
Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the web server accessed. |
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HTTP Status |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error code. E.g., "404
Requested Page Not Found." |
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HTTP Request URL |
Identifies the web page or file requested by the website visitor. |
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Bytes Sent |
Amount of data sent from the web server to web site visitor during that
connection. |
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Bytes Received |
Amount of data sent from web site visitor to the web server. |
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User Agent |
Type of web browser or other client software that made request to the
web server. |
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Referrer |
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred to the requested file. |
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Protocol Version |
Version of HTTP used by the visitor's web browser software. |
The information we collect is used to improve the content and help us understand how people are using our services. We analyze our web sites logs to continually improve the value of the materials available on our site. The information in our web sites logs is not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link it with the individuals who use MMA’s sites or services.
We do not use cookies in order to track visits to MMA’s web sites. A temporary cookie may be placed during login on Affiliate web sites. It does not contain any identifiable personal information, and it is automatically deleted at the conclusion of the login process. The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies or how to disable cookies altogether.
Our web sites contain hyperlinks or "links" to other sites, and other sites may "link" to this site. Web sites linking to and from our web sites may have different privacy practices from the ones described herein. Visitors to our web sites should read the privacy statements of other web sites they visit. Our privacy policy applies solely to information collected by our web sites.
By using our web sites, you signify your assent to our privacy policy. If you do not agree with any term in this policy, please do not use our web sites or submit any personally identifiable information.
We will post any substantive changes in this privacy policy at least 15 days prior to the change taking effect. Any information collected under this current policy will remain bound by the terms of this privacy policy. After the changes take effect, all new information collected, if any, will be subject to the revised privacy policy.
If you have questions about this policy, please contact MMA’s Resource Center or call 207-623-8428.