This privacy statement covers the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) website at WWW.HACSB.ORG. Because HACSB wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users’ privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices.
If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should first contact HACSB by email: webmaster@hacsb.org, phone: (805) 965-1071, or by postal mail: HACSB, 808 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
The HACSB privacy statement covers only information that is collected through this Website, and does not cover information that may be collected through other sites or software downloaded from other sites that are linked to from this site.
Information Collection
HACSB is the sole owner of the information collected on WWW.HACSB.ORG. HACSB collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.
Comments Form
During submission of a comment form, a user may give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he or she has expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as, username and password), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Housing Application Form
During submission of a housing application request form, a user gives contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he or she has expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as, username and password), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Section 8 housing rental listing form
We request information from the user on our listings form. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and phone number) and housing rental information (such as address, rental fees, and utilities responsibility). This information is used to communicate rental opportunities to qualified Section 8 voucher holders.
Information Use
Cookies
Some of the organizations we link to use cookies on their site. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We use a standard tracking utility provided by our website hosting service that uses log files to analyze user movement throughout our website.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We may share or publish aggregated demographic information with other organizations to report on usage of our website. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
We DO NOT Share Personal Information collected with Third Parties.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, HACSB, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.
All of our users’ information, is restricted in our offices and the offices of third parties who are contracted by HACSB who need the information to perform a specific job. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information.
If users have any questions about the security at our Website, users can send an email to webmaster@hacsb.org.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:
Phone 805) 965-1071
Fax (805) 564-7041
Email webmaster@hacsb.org
Postal Address: 808 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Website: www.hacsb.org
Revised March 2006
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