Terms and Conditions

Thank you for visiting the Association of Oregon Counties’ (“AOC”) website (“site”). Please read this policy carefully to understand AOC’s policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with AOC’s policies and practices, it is your choice whether to use AOC’s site. By accessing the site, you accept these terms and conditions without limitation.

Without limiting any of the foregoing, the content of the site is provided “as is.” To the fullest extent provided by law, AOC hereby disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, statutory, or otherwise, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for particular purpose.

The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

To the fullest extent provided by law, in no event will AOC and its agencies and officers be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the site, any websites linked to it, or any content on the site or such other websites, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, or loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless AOC and its agencies and officers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the site, including, but not limited to, your user contributions, any use of the site’s content, services, and products, or your use of any information obtained from the site.

Privacy Policy

Children Under the Age of 13

Our site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information on the site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this site through any of its features, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@oregoncounties.org.

Information Collected When You Browse This Site

If you browse or download information during your visit to this site, we collect and store only the standard data collected by all web server software. That information is:

1. 1. The Internet Protocol (“IP”) address used for your connection (but not your email address). The IP address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your internet service provider or directly to your computer. We use the IP address to respond to your browser request. Example: 122.125.36.42.
   2. The domain name assigned to your IP address (if there is one). Example: somename.com.
   3. The type of browser and operating system used. Example: Windows 7; IE 10.0.7.
   4. The date and time you visited this site.
   5. The web pages or services you accessed at this site.
   6. The website you visited prior to coming to this website. Note: this is included so that summary analysis can be done on how visitors get to our site, e.g., from a search engine, a link on another site, etc.

We do not track individual user navigation choices. We do, however, summarize the information listed above to determine:

• • What organizations are our most frequent users (item 2 above) to better target our content for the audience.
  • What browsers are being used on our site so we can develop pages that will work with different browsers (item 3 above).
  • How often our pages are being visited (item 5 above).
  • How search engines are directing people to the site (item 6 above).

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this site may monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. If security monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, system personnel may provide the results of such monitoring to appropriate officials. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts will be made to identify individual users or their usage habits.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under state law and federal statutes, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

Public Disclosure

All information on this site is a public record unless an exemption in law exists. ORS Chapter 192 contains the Oregon Public Records Law.

In Oregon, laws exist to ensure that government is open, and that the public has a right to access appropriate records and information possessed by state government. At the same time, there are exceptions to the public’s right to access public records that serve various needs, including the privacy of individuals.

Both state and federal laws provide exceptions. We may request personally identifiable information from you in order to provide requested services, but such information is handled as it would be for an in-person visit to a governmental office.

Personal Information and Nondisclosure

“Personal information” is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that individual, such as an individual’s name, address, and telephone number. Such personal information may be exempt from disclosure if disclosure would constitute an unreasonable invasion of privacy under the circumstances. A domain name or IP address is not considered personal information.

Most information collected by state government is assumed to be open to the public unless specifically exempted. Under ORS Chapter 192, individuals are permitted to request that public officials not disclose a public record that contains their home address and telephone number under certain circumstances. ORS 192.368 and OAR 137-004-0800 specify how to request non-disclosure.

Email

If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment that contains personal information or fill out a form that emails us this information, we will only use the information needed to respond to your request.

The information collected is subject to the access and confidentiality provisions of Oregon law including ORS Chapter 192.

Requesting Personal Information Inspection

You have the right to review information collected about you by this site. Contact info@oregoncounties.org.

Secure Transmission

This site uses the industry-standard encryption software, Secure Socket Layer,  to enable secure transmission of data. The URL in your browser will change to “HTTPS” instead of “HTTP” when this security feature is invoked. Your browser may also display a lock or key symbol on its taskbar to indicate invoked secure transmission.

If these indicators are not present, information may be susceptible to interception by other parties. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the site. Most internet email communication is not considered secure. If you are communicating sensitive information, consider sending it by postal mail or contacting AOC by phone.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file created by a website on your computer hard drive that contains unique information the site can use to track such things as passwords, lists of pages you’ve visited, the date when you last looked at a specific page, or to identify your session at a particular website. Cookies help us measure how many visitors come to our site and how many of these visitors are new or returning.

If cookies are used on the site, their use will be clearly marked. While most browsers have an option that allows you to control the use of cookies, their use might provide some features that cannot be used if cookies are turned off. Each application start page where cookies are used will have a specific statement that explains the use of the cookies, what information is being stored and whether the information is deleted or retained for future use when you complete your session.

Cookies placed on your computer by our web management tools are written so they can only be used by our web tools, and they only retrieve specific information. We do not gather information from you, from other cookie files, or access any other information on your computer.

Most web browsers allow you to deny or accept the cookie feature (refer to your browser’s help function for details). You can control the use of cookies on your computer and even eliminate them. However, eliminating cookie use may interfere with the function of some AOC website services.

Links to Other Sites Disclaimer

This site provides links to other websites as a convenience to our users. These include links to websites operated by other government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses.

When you use one of these links, you are no longer on this site and this Privacy Policy will not apply. When you link to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

When you follow a link to one of these sites, neither AOC, nor any agency, officer, or employee of AOC, warrants the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any information published by these external sites, nor endorses or sponsors any information, content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from these systems, and cannot be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of their information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from these systems does so at their own risk.

Advertising Disclaimer

Advertising by private entities is prohibited on this site. AOC does not endorse or sponsor the products, services, or information appearing on privately owned websites.

Changes to This Privacy Statement  

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to be informed of how we handle your information.

Last Updated: 2024