Last updated on 8/1/2024

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The City of Elwood, Kansas operates the site https://elwoodks.org/ to provide resources and information to the residents of Elwood, Kansas.

The City of Elwood, Kansas is committed to protecting users' privacy and addressing potential privacy concerns. The following information has been posted to help you, the user, understand what private information we collect and how your information is used.

 

Types of private information we collect

We collect the following types of information when you fill out the contact form on https://elwoodks.org/.

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Personal information

• First and Last Name

• Phone Number

• Email Address

 

 

Automatically collected information

We automatically collect data on how our users visit https://elwoodks.org/, such as your IP address, location, browser, browser language, operating system, device identifiers, and cookies.

Our website uses cookies to enhance its performance.  Cookies are text files with small pieces of data that are used to identify your computer as you use a computer network. You can disable cookies in your web browser. Disabling cookies for all websites is not recommended, as it can interfere with your usage on other websites. The best course of action is disabling cookies in your web browser on a per website basis.

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Third-Party Services

We do not share personal data that you provide on our contact form on https://elwoodks.org/ with third-parties. We do use Google Analytics through Wix.com, where we host our website. Google Analytics works as a web beacon that tracks visitors to our website. The type of information they collect is number of users, session statistics, approximate geolocation, and keywords used to find https://elwoodks.org/. Google Analytics uses cookies to capture data about web visitors. You can disable cookies as described above, or visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to download the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which will prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics.

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How the information collected is used

We only use your personal information to process your submission on our contact form. We may use your phone number or email address to contact you after you have submitted a message to us on our contact form.

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Length of time personal information is stored

We may store your personal information for an extended period of time, as we review contact form submissions. We will not store your personal information electronically longer than necessary.

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Information Security

We do our best to keep your personal data secure and safe. https://elwoodks.org/ is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. When you fill out our contact form the submission goes directly to the email inbox of the City of Elwood, Kansas. Please understand that while we do our best to protect your data, providing your personal information is at your own risk and the possibility of a data breach is always possible.

 

Child Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 18 years. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal data from children under 18. If you believe that we have collected, used or disclosed personal data of a child under the age of 18 please contact us using the contact information below so that we can take appropriate action.

 

Ability to decline providing personal data

You can, of course, decline to provide any of your personal information to us on the contact form. Even if a field is required, you have the option to provide incomplete information in the field. However, not disclosing all of the required personal information on our contact form may prevent us from properly processing the submission.

 

Contacting Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or personal data you provided to us please email us at pam@elwoodks.org. A representative will respond as soon as possible.