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Thank you for visiting the BARTONVILLE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION "BWSC" website, http://www.bartonvillewater.com, and reviewing our Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy is simple: We collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal information to a third party.

Links to Other Sites:

BWSC provides links to several external websites. Please be aware that when you leave the BWSC website you will be going to sites that are beyond our control and standardsWebsites external to BWSC have their own privacy policies, and may collect data or solicit personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any external links. We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their privacy and security policies. Always be aware of where you end up.

Non-personal Information We Record:

During your visit as you browse through the website or download information, our operating system will automatically record some general information about your visit.
During your visit, our web operating system will record:

1. The type of browser (such as "Firefox version X" or "Internet Explorer version X") that you are using.
2. The type of operating system that you use (such as Macintosh, Unix, or Windows).
3. The date and time you visit our site, and the web pages that you visit on our site.
4. The address of the previous website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website.
5. The Internet domain for your Internet service, such as "xcompany.com" or "xcompany.net" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a college or university domain.

We use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This tracking system does not record information about individuals.

Cookies:

What are cookies? A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser when you access a website. The use of cookies is an industry standard and they are found at most major websites. There are two kinds of cookies. A session cookie is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's RAM. It is never written to a computer's drive and it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved by your browser to a file on your hard drive. Depending on your browser settings, you may receive notification that a site is requesting cookie information, possibly with an expiration dateSession cookies have no date associated with them.

On those pages where BWSC uses "cookies" to facilitate your use of our site, we do not collect personal information about you and the cookie is destroyed when you exit your browserThese cookies are called "session cookies." They help you use our website interactively and are destroyed when you close your browser.

These "session cookies" do not collect information about you, but only about your browser "session." The cookie makes it easier for you to use the dynamic features of these web pages, without having to provide the same information as you move from one page to another. You will find the use of these "session cookies" on several of our data access tools.

To protect your privacy, be sure to close your browser completely after you have finished conducting business with any website that uses cookies. If you are concerned about the potential use of information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can set your browser to prompt you before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet browsers have settings that let you identify and/or reject cookies.

Information from e-mail you send to us:

If you decide to send us an e-mail message, the message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your request. Also, e-mail is not totally secure against interception. Please send only information necessary to help us process your request.

BWSC MAKES NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE SECURITY OF YOUR DATA COMMUNICATIONS, OR THAT THIRD PARTIES WILL NOT GAIN UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR MONITOR YOUR COMPUTER(S), ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, OR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Changes to Privacy Policy:

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to changes, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Any such changes will be effective immediately upon our posting the change on this site.

How to Contact Us:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at

By visiting http://www.bartonvillewater.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

BWSC Privacy Policy v1.1, Published June 30, 2010.