Updated February 26, 2019
Introduction
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before you begin to read through and use the Coos Health & Wellness website (herein after “Website”). By using the Website you accept and agree to be bound and abide by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to this Privacy Policy, including the agreements incorporated by reference herein, you must not access or use the Website.
Coos Health & Wellness is a government entity that conducts public business. Under Oregon’s Public Records Law, all writings that contain information relating to the conduct of the public’s business are considered public records and are generally available for public review, though certain records are conditionally or unconditionally exempt from public review. Coos Health & Wellness protects the privacy and confidentiality of all personal information contained in county records to the fullest extent allowable by law.
Our commitment to your privacy and confidentiality has deep roots not only in the law but also in the ethics and practices of governance.
This privacy statement explains your privacy and confidentiality rights and responsibilities, the steps Coos Health & Wellness takes to respect and protect your privacy when you use county resources, and how we deal with personally-identifiable information we collect from our users.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent Privacy Policy will always be found on this page. You may reach Coos Health & Wellness on our Contact page with any questions or concerns.
Privacy and Confidentiality Practices
Choice and consent
We will not collect or retain your private and personally-identifiable information without your consent. We may track the use of the Website to ensure its quality and improve our services; however, this information cannot be linked to a specific individual. Other than the information you voluntarily provide to Coos Health & Wellness on the Website, we will not collect data from you allowing you to be personally identified. If you consent to give us your personally-identifiable information, we will take steps to ensure the use of your information is limited to the stated purpose for which it was collected and to keep it confidential. We will not sell, license, or disclose your personal information to any third party, except an agent working under contract to the county, without your consent, unless we are required by law to do so.
Coos Health & Wellness never uses or shares the personally-identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to prohibit such unrelated uses, unless we are required by law to do so.
If we make a service available for your convenience (for example our contact form on our Contact page) that may in some way lessen our ability to protect the privacy of your personally-identifiable information or the confidentiality of information about your use of county services, we will: 1.) Provide you with a privacy warning regarding that service; and 2.) Make it possible for you to “opt in” or “opt out” of that service.
Data integrity and security
Coos Health & Wellness takes reasonable steps to assure data integrity.
We have invested in appropriate technology to protect the security of any personally-identifiable information while it is in Coos Health & Wellness’ custody.
Embedded content and third party security
Pages and documents on the Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Users must be aware, when accessing remote sites, that there are limits to the privacy protection the county can provide.
Some users may choose to take advantage of RSS feeds from the Website that send personal information related to Coos Health & Wellness use via public communication networks. These users must also be aware that Coos Health & Wellness has limited ability to protect the privacy of this information once it is outside our control.
Cookies
The Website may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser. The Website may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
To learn more please read our full Cookie Policy here: cooshealthandwellness.org/cookie-policy
Security measures
Our procedures limit access to data and ensure that those individuals with access do not utilize the data for unauthorized purposes. We limit access through use of passwords.
We host our Website on Bluehost, which is a reputable and secure hosting company. The Website is hosted on one of their servers where website information is transferred back and forth. You can find Bluehost’s privacy policy here: https://www.endurance.com/privacy/privacy
Staff access to personal data
Coos County staff may access personal data stored in the county’s computer system only for the purpose of performing their assigned duties. Staff will not disclose any personal data we collect from you to any other party except where required by law or to fulfill your service request.
Contact
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding Coos Health & Wellness’ Privacy Policy, please send us a message on our Contact page.