Website Disclaimer & Privacy Policy

This Website Disclaimer and Privacy Policy states the terms and conditions under which you may use this Website. This Website contains various information relating to the Village of Elmsford (the “Village”) in the form of text, graphics, news, reports, and other materials (tangible or intangible) (“Content”). Your use of this Website signifies your acceptance of this Website Disclaimer and Privacy Policy. The Village reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Website Disclaimer and Privacy Policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes.

 
I.      WEBSITE DISCLAIMER
 
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS
 
You acknowledge that this Website contains Content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, patents, or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now and hereinafter developed. You also acknowledge that the Content is and shall remain the property of the Village or any other party (each a “Contributor”) who has been involved in the preparation or publication of the Content. You shall at no time assert any claims of ownership over any content by reason of your use of or any right to use this Website and shall not grant or create or suffer to exist any lien or other security interest arising therefrom. You agree to comply with all copyright and trademark laws and you shall not encumber any interest in, or assert any rights to, the Content. You may not modify, transmit, participate in the sale or transfer of, or create derivative works based on any Content, in whole or in part. You may print copies of the Content, provided that these copies are made only for personal, non-commercial use and that you maintain any notices contained in the Content, or maintained by the Contributor, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices. You shall not store electronically any significant portion of any Content. The Village authorizes you to view and use the Content on this Website solely for your personal, noncommercial use. The use of the Content on any other site, including by linking or framing, or in any networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited without the Village’s prior written approval.
 
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
 
The Village of Elmsford Website is intended to provide a public service to the Village of Elmsford’s citizens, visitors, business owners and those who may be interested in living or doing business in our Village or simply learning more about us.
 
This Website is intended to provide general information about the Village of Elmsford, its functions, programs and services. All reasonable measures are taken to ensure the quality and accuracy of the information presented. However, the Village does not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided on the Website and is not liable for reliance on this information.   This Website and the content therein are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.  
 
The information and data included on the Website have been compiled from a variety of sources and are subject to change without notice. The Village makes no warranties or representations with regard to the quality, content, accuracy, or completeness of such information and data.
 
The Village does not warrant that this Website will be uninterrupted or error free or that this Website, its server or any files available for downloading through this Website are free of computer viruses or other harmful elements.  You expressly agree that the entire risk as to the quality and performance of this Website and the accuracy or completeness of the content is assumed solely by you.  
 
BAR TO DAMAGES
 
Under no circumstances will the Village, its elected officials, employees or consultants be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the content on the website.  It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information or any content available through the website.  
 
In no event shall the Village, its elected officials, employees or consultants be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or relating to the content, service, or this agreement, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory.
 
In no event shall the Village, its elected officials, employees or consultants be liable or responsible for any damage, direct or indirect, consequential or otherwise, to any user’s computer or other equipment while accessing this Website.  
 
Your sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with this Website is to stop using this Website.  
 
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
 
As a convenience to you, this Website may periodically provide links to third party websites through links available on this Website. The Village’s decision to link to a Third-Party Website is not an endorsement of the content in that linked Third-Party Website. THE VILLAGE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE, NOR DOES THE VILLAGE MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE CONTENT (OR THE ACCURACY OF SUCH CONTENT) ON ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, AND THE VILLAGE, ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER IN RELATION TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING. You should take precautions when downloading files from all websites, including this Website to protect your computer from viruses and other destructive programs. If you decide to access linked Third-Party Websites, you do so at your own risk. You should direct any concerns to the Third-Party Websites’ administrator or webmaster.
 
TERMINATION
 
The Village reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate this Agreement and your access to all or any part of our Website or the Content, at any time and for any reason without prior notice or liability. The Village reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of this Website or the content at any time without prior notice or liability.
 
LACK OF NOTICE
 
Communications made through this Website’s e-mail and messaging system shall not be deemed to constitute legal notice with regard to any existing or potential claim or cause of action against the Village of Elmsford, or any of its officers or employees, boards or commission or agents, where notice to the Village is required by any law, rule or regulation.
 
II.     PERSONAL PRIVACY STATEMENT
 
The purpose of this statement is to inform users of the Website with regard to the collection and use of personally identifiable information. “Personally identifiable information” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual who is the subject of the information. This includes the name, addresses, date of birth, social security number, credit card numbers or any combination of information that could be used to identify you.
 
The Village does not routinely collect personally identifiable information. You are not required to provide such information to simply use the Website or download information. If you wish to seek specialized services offered on the Website, however, or seek to use the “Contact Us” feature on the Website, personally identifiable information will be handled just like a visit in-person to the Village offices.
 
There are state and federal laws that ensure that government operations are open, so that the public has the right to have access and obtain copies of public records. These laws provide for the ability of the Village to withhold public disclosure to preserve the privacy of individuals.
 
The “Internet Protocol” (IP) addresses of computers used to access the Website are noted as part of how to better design and deliver Village services – and make the Website even better. The Village of Elmsford does not attempt to obtain personally identifiable information on individual users or associate individual users with IP addresses.
 
Some Village of Elmsford applications create “cookies” to store user information. These cookies are then sent to and stored on the user’s computer. Any application that uses cookies will clearly state that it does so. No user information will be obtained by the use of cookies except that which is required to run the particular application.
 
INTERNET SECURITY
 
For Website security, the Village may use software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage history.