What information is collected from you and why

If all you do during your visit to nashville.gov is browse through our website, download information or read pages, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information will not identify you personally. The only information we automatically collect and store is the following information about your visit: the Internet domain (for example, "isp.com" if you use a private Internet service provider) and the IP address (the number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website; the type of browser and operating system you used to access our site; the date and time you accessed our site; the pages you visited; if you linked to our website from another website and the address of that website. We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors; learning about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use helps us improve the website and the services we offer. No other information about you is gathered or stored.

How voluntarily provided information is used

If you voluntarily send us information, i.e. you fill out a form requesting information, it will be used for governmental purposes only. These purposes could include, without limitation, helping us respond to your request for information; to look into a problem you are bringing to our attention; or to keep lists of interested people (e.g. prospective vendors or employees). We will not rent or sell information identifying you as a particular person (name, address, phone number, etc.) to third parties, without your express permission. We will also not disclose credit card information, except for purposes related to your credit card transaction, or with your permission, or as required by law under the State of Tennessee's Open Records Act.

Our policy on "cookies"

As of right now, this website does not use "cookies." Cookies are computer files (or entries in a computer file) to help track information during multiple visits to a website. However, in the future certain applications under consideration might call for the use of cookies. At that time, we will fully disclose this to our site visitors and make clear how this "cookie" can be refused.

For more detailed information on cookies, visit this page on the Microsoft web site.

http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm


Hosting of some parts of nashville.gov by outside parties

Some content on portions of this website resides on servers run by non-nashville.gov parties. The non-nashville.gov parties have direct control of what information is automatically gathered, whether cookies are used, and how voluntarily provided information is used, and thus we cannot represent that they abide by this privacy policy. We are working toward integrating the entire website on our servers so that we can guarantee our privacy statement across the site. Below are listed those Metro departments and associated agencies that are currently hosted by outside parties:

• Airport Authority
• Arts Commission
• Convention Center
• Credit Union
• Cumberland Science Museum
• Fire Department
• Health Department
• Justice Information System
• Nashville Public Schools
• Metropolitan Transit Authority
• Nashville Arena (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
• Nashville Career Advancement Center
• Nashville Electric Service
• Parks and Recreation
• Police
• Sheriff
• Tennessee State Fair

Use of nashville.gov by Children

nashville.gov would like to ask parents to assist their children when children are asked to provide personal information on line. We will also ask that children get their parents' permission before providing any information on line.

nashville.gov reserves the right to change this policy without notice