It is the goal of the DeForest Windsor Fire & EMS department to respect and protect the privacy of our members and the users of www.deforestwindsorfire.com (hereinafter, the “Website”). Through this Privacy Statement, we want to assure users of the Website that we will not sell, share, or rent user information to others in a manner different than as set forth in this Internet Privacy Statement.

The DeForest Windsor Fire & EMS Department collects and/or requests information when a user:
• Contacts us using an online form
• Submits an e-mail for any reason
• Prints and completes any form data (which is returned via fax, mail, email, in person, or other)

We use this information for such purposes as: responding to your requests, improving our Website, and communicating with you via email, regular mail, or phone. There is no legal requirement that a person provide a name. Providing a name gives some measure of credibility to the information submitted and also gives us a point of contact if more information is needed. No information is shared with other agencies unless it is required that we do so by law. The DeForest Windsor Fire & EMS Department does not collect information for commercial marketing, nor do we sell your information to private companies.

Information collected and stored automatically

As you browse through the Website, certain statistical information is gathered, so that we can work to try to serve you better in the future. We do this with a tool called Google Analytics which uses a first-party cookie and JavaScript code to collect anonymous traffic data. We automatically collect and store the following:
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
• Your computer’s technical capabilities
• Network location
• Internet connection speed
• Preferred language
• The date and time you accessed our site
• The pages you visited
• If you linked to our Website from another website and the address of that website
• If you reached our Website through a search engine and the keyword(s) used

We use this information to help us make the site more useful to our visitors, and to learn about the number of visitors and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track and record information about individuals and their visits.

External Links

Our Website also contains links to external Internet sites that may be operated by an external party and they may have privacy practices that differ from those here at www.deforestwindsorfire.com. When you click on links that take you to such external sites, you will be subject to their privacy policies. We encourage you to become familiar with that party’s privacy policies as these may differ from those utilized on our Website. Please note that this privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the DeForest Area Fire & EMS department. While we strongly support the protection of privacy on the Internet, we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, uses of the information collected by other websites, or the content of those other websites.

Consent

By using our Website, the user agrees to the terms and conditions set forth in this Internet Privacy Statement and the Site Terms of Use INCLUDING ALL LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES PROVISIONS which are an integral part hereof and the user consents to the collection and use of this information by the DeForest Windsor Fire & EMS Department as disclosed in this Internet Privacy Statement. We may revise this Internet Privacy Statement or the Website Terms of Use at any time by updating these postings. By using this Website you agree to be bound by any such revisions in effect at the time of use and should therefore periodically visit this page and the Website Terms of Use page to determine the current policies applicable to users of the Website.