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Privacy Policy for the use of the Will County Recorder's
Online Website
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Will County is dedicated to protecting your privacy. We
are committed to establishing and maintaining your trust. We strive
to assure you that when you are visiting our site, you are accessing
official government information. Will County reserves the right to
deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or
unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with the
Official County Web site mission or policies.
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In summary, our policy is to allow you to visit Will County
Web site without collecting any personal information about you. Our
Web site is defined as those pages you visit within the
"www.WillCountyIllinois.com" address. In some instances,
for the purpose of providing feedback or completing transactions, you are
given the choice of providing us with pertinent information.
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What Information is being collected
from you and why?
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Browsing Web Pages - When you visit the Will County
website, the Web server automatically logs the following information:
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The Internet domain you came from, such as "www.state.il.us"
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The IP address from which you accessed the site. This
is a number unique to your computer. It may not change or may
change between visits if you connect through an ISP.
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The Web page visited along with the date/time.
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The browser type and operating system used to access our
site.
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The address of the Web site you came from when arriving at
our site from their link.
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This information does not result in the identification of your
personal E-mail address or other personal information.
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E-mail Address - We collect E-mail addresses from visitors
who wish to conduct transactions or to be sent confirmation E-mail
messages. We also retain E-mail addresses for the purpose of responding to
requests for information.
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Financial Information - Will County utilizes Google Pay, a third
party on-line credit card service provider, and does not collect or store
personal credit card information.
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Email - Emails sent by you to the Will County
become a matter of public record.
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Survey Responses - We retain survey responses. This provides
us the capability to improve our services to you.
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Page Hit Statistics - We retain statistics on what Web pages
have been visited. We track information about the visits to our Web
pages and compile statistics that show the daily number of hits.
These aggregated statistics are used internally to better provide services
to the public. The statistics contain no personal information.
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Cookies - A cookie is data that is stored on your computer's
hard drive. We may store cookies in order to process government
transactions, or to customize content specific to your interests. For
example, we may retain information to prevent you from having to re-enter
it every time you visit a new page or return to our site. We also may
use cookies to track your progress during transactional processes, like
paying for a document. You may choose to reject all cookies by
modifying your browser preferences. If you do not accept cookies, you
will be unable to use some online functions.
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How are we going to protect the
information?
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We keep your personal information in our secure
environment. The information is kept in a secure location accessible
only by designated staff. This government computer system employs
programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to
access, upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
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What's going to happen to the
information once it's provided?
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We keep your personal information in our secure
environment. Will County does not rent or sell any information you
provide. The information is only used for the purposes for which you
provided the information. We may share information between government
agencies and departments for the purpose of forwarding your request to an
appropriate party for action.
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Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled
for regular destruction in accordance with State Statutes.
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Will we divulge it, and if so,
under what circumstances?
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When processing online government transactions from you, it is
absolutely necessary to share personal information with appropriate
technology entities which process certain portions of these transactions,
such as credit cards.
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For authorized law enforcement investigations, we may need to
comply in identifying individual users or their usage habits.
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Privacy Policy Disclaimer
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Information on our Web servers reside on a computer system
operated and funded by Will
County. The use
of this computer system may be monitored for computer security purposes.
Any unauthorized access to this system is prohibited and is subject to
criminal and civil penalties under State and Federal Laws.
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We use the Secure Socket Layer Protocol (SSL) to send
sensitive information over the Internet. This information is
encrypted. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can
be guaranteed to be totally 100% secure.
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Will County strives to protect your personal
information. Will County cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to us or from our online services. You do so
at your own risk.
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