Boulder Housing Partners Website Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Boulder Housing Partners website and reviewing our Privacy Statement. This statement addresses collection, use of, and access to information that may be obtained through use of the Boulder Housing Partners webpages. This statement covers the following top
Personal Information
“Personal Information” is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal Information includes such things as an individual’s name, address, phone number, social security number, email address and, in some instances, bank account, credit card, debit card, or other rent payment information.
During a session on our website, a user may affirmatively submit information to Boulder Housing Partners by, among other means, email or filling in and submitting online forms.
We collect no Personal Information about you unless you voluntarily participate in an activity that asks for information. If you choose not to participate in these activities, your choice will not affect your ability to use any other features of our website.
Users are cautioned that the collection of Personal Information requested from or volunteered by children on-line or by email will be treated the same as information given by an adult, and may be subject to public access through the Colorado Open Records Act.
Personal Information submitted voluntarily to Boulder Housing Partners through online web forms, email subscriptions and messages, or through interactive web-based applications will be used to respond to your message and to help us respond to your requests. We may use your email to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to further improve our website, or to forward the email to another agency for appropriate action. This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information, and will not be released to any outside parties unless we are legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings. The information you submit will remain private; however, as a governmental agency, Boulder Housing Partners is governed by the Colorado Open Records Act. Any information that we receive through use of our site is subject to the same provisions as information provided on paper.
Boulder Housing Partners and its various departments maintain lists of subscribers who have asked to receive periodic email updates about various topics. Any recipient of a Boulder Housing Partners email may unsubscribe from future messages via a link at the top or bottom of each email message. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose our list of subscribers to persons or organizations outside Boulder Housing Partners unless legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.
As a governmental agency, Boulder Housing Partners is governed by the Colorado Open Records Act. Any information that we receive through our website or email subscription services is subject to the same provisions as information provided on paper.
User Accounts
Certain web-based applications or features on boulderhousing.org may require users to create an account in order to access full functionality or restricted areas of the site, including applying for other housing programs, expressing interest in BHP programs, paying rent online, etc. Account creation requires users to provide a valid email address, a first and last name, and, in some instances, bank account, credit card, debit card, or other rent payment information. We use this information to communicate with you, to identify content you create or request with the account, and to process your rent payments, as applicable. Session cookies are required with user accounts in order to maintain a user's login while interacting with the site.
Information Collected
We may collect some information about your visit to our web site. This information may include:
- The Internet Protocol Address. The Internet Protocol Address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet Service Provider or directly to your computer.
- The type of browser you used.
- The date and time that you visited this site.
- The web pages or services you accessed at this site.
The information we collect or store is used to improve the content of our web services and to help us understand how people are using our services.
If during your visit to our site you complete a form that requests your email address or send an email to us, the following information will be collected:
- The email address you used in completing the form or sending the email.
- The contents of the form or email.
We use your email to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to further improve our website, or to forward the email to another agency for appropriate action.
Cookies
To better serve our users we may use “cookies” to customize your browsing experience with us. Cookies are simple text files stored on your computer by your web browser. They provide a method of distinguishing among visitors to our web site.
Cookies created on your computer by using this website do not contain personally identifying information and do not compromise your privacy or security. We use the cookie feature only to store a randomly generated identifying tag on your computer. You can refuse the cookie or delete the cookie file from your computer by using any of the widely available methods. Our services are provided in such a way that the use of cookies is not mandatory.
Linking to External Websites
Boulder Housing Partners may link to websites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. We provide these links as a service to our users at our discretion. When you follow a link to an external site, you are leaving boulderhousing.org and are no longer subject to our privacy and security policies, but instead those of the externally hosted website. Boulder Housing Partners does not endorse any external site, the views they express, or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained in an externally linked site.