Tom Green County Information Technology maintains the Tom Green County Web Site as a public service. The following is the privacy policy for the site (all pages starting with www.co.tom-green.tx.us).

We do not use cookies or any other method to collect information. Note: A cookie file contains unique information a web site can use to track such things as passwords, lists of pages you've visited, and the date when you last looked at a specific page or to identify your session at a particular web site. A cookie is often used in commercial sites to identify the items selected for a specific shopping cart application.

All electronic mail messages, attachments, audio, video, or graphics delivered to a Tom Green County employee, office, department, elected official or any other governmental entity, are subject to the Texas Public Information Act. This means that the messages received are subject to possible disclosure to any person making an appropriate request to see such information pursuant to the Act.

CHILDRENS PRIVACY POLICY

We are especially interested in protecting the interests of children. We believe that parents have the ultimate responsibility to supervise their children's online activities, in order to ensure that children have a safe and rewarding experience. We urge parents to discuss the online release of personal information with their children and we urge children to check with their parents before entering information on any site.

Not collect online contract information from a child under 13 without prior parental consent or direct parental notification of the nature and intended use of this information, which shall include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. This online contract information shall only be used to directly respond to the child's request and shall not be used to recontact the child for other purposes without prior parental consent.

Not collect individually identifiable offline contact information from children under 13 without parental consent.

Not distribute to third parties any individually identifiable information collected from a child under 13 without prior parental consent.

Not give the ability to children under 13 to publicly post or otherwise distribute individually identifiable contact information without prior parental consent. Sites directed to children under 13 must take best efforts to prohibit a child from posting contact information.

Not entice a child under 13 by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in that activity.

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