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Privacy Statement
Personally identifiable information that is
available from governmental web sites through IOWAccess TM is
subject to these principles and policies:
1. Access to personally identifiable information in public records
at state and local levels of government in Iowa is controlled
primarily by Chapter 22 of the Code of Iowa, the law on EXAMINATION
OF PUBLIC RECORDS (OPEN RECORDS). Information generally available
under Chapter 22 - and not made confidential elsewhere in the
Code of Iowa - may be posted for electronic access through IOWAccess.
(While Chapter 22 sets the general policies for access to government
records in the State of Iowa, other sections of the Code of Iowa
as well as other federal laws deal with confidentiality issues.)
2. The Iowa Fair Information Practices Act, Section 22.11 of
the Code of Iowa, recognizes many concerns people have with regard
to public records that include information about them, including
the right to correct inaccurate information. Consequently, persons
concerned with regard to information about them should contact
the custodian of the record, which typically is the state agency
or other governmental entity that collects and maintains the
information.
Personally identifiable information that is collected by governmental
web sites through IOWAccess TM is subject to these principles
and policies:
1. The information collected should only be that necessary to
provide the information or services sought by a requester, just
as a person might provide such information when visiting a governmental
office in person. The information collected is subject to the
same controls and uses as that collected by governmental offices
visited in person, again subject to the access and confidentiality
provisions of Chapter 22, or to other applicable sections of
the Code of Iowa. You do not have to provide personal information
to visit IOWAccess TM Web sites or download information . The
IP (Internet Protocol) numbers of computers used to visit IOWAccess
TM sites are noted as part of our statistical analysis on use
of our web sites and how to better design services and facilitate
access to them. No marketing databases are created nor is any
commercial use made of any such data. Government agencies may
request personally identifiable information from you in order
to provide requested services, but such information is handled
as it would be on an in-person visit to a government office.
2. Various commercial Web sites may be linked through IOWAccess
TM. These private sector sites are not subject to Chapter 22
or to the Iowa Fair Information Practices Act (Section 22.11).
Visitors to those sites may wish to check their privacy statements
and be cautious about providing personally identifiable information. |
