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Privacy Statement
IowaAuditors.org
IowaAudiors.org is a web site which serves as a governmental web
site directory and portal to the Iowa State Association of County
Auditors and Iowa Counties.
Personally identifiable information that is available from governmental
web sites through IOWAccess™ 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™ 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™ Web
sites or download information . The IP (Internet Protocol) numbers
of computers used to visit IOWAccess™ 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™.
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.
The use of a browser cookie:
A non-informational gathering cookie called a "session variable" needs
to be set temporarily in your browser to keep a private session between
you and the server during electronic transactions. This "session
variable" cookie is removed when your transaction has been completed
or when you close your browser.
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