High Point Fire District is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the High Point Fire District Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the High Point Fire District website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

High Point Fire District collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. High Point Fire District also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by High Point Fire District. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by High Point Fire District for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the High Point Fire District Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through High Point Fire District public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: High Point Fire District does not read any of your private online communications.

High Point Fire District encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from High Point Fire District so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. High Point Fire District is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the High Point Fire District and High Point Fire District family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

High Point Fire District collects and uses your personal information to operate the High Point Fire District Web site and deliver the services you have requested. High Point Fire District also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from High Point Fire District and its affiliates. High Point Fire District may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

High Point Fire District does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. High Point Fire District may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, High Point Fire District may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to High Point Fire District, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

High Point Fire District does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

High Point Fire District keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within High Point Fire District, in order to determine what High Point Fire District services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within High Point Fire District to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

High Point Fire District Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on High Point Fire District or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of High Point Fire District; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of High Point Fire District, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The High Point Fire District Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize High Point Fire District pages, or register with High Point Fire District site or services, a cookie helps High Point Fire District to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same High Point Fire District Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the High Point Fire District features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the High Point Fire District services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

High Point Fire District secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. High Point Fire District secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

High Point Fire District will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. High Point Fire District encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how High Point Fire District is protecting your information.

Contact Information

High Point Fire District welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that High Point Fire District has not adhered to this Statement, please contact High Point Fire District at host@change.me. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.