Modified from a Privacy Policy at a San Mateo County website. Last update: 20 February 2024
Thank you for visiting the MPC (Menlo Park Community) Ready website and reviewing our privacy policy. The information contained on this website is collected and maintained for the benefit of the public. While the MPC Ready Board makes best efforts to maintain accurate information, we do not endorse the authenticity of information that originates from third parties.
Your Personal Information
MPC Ready will not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. We do not sell, any personal information. With your permission, we might introduce you to other MPC Ready core volunteers and/or a block coordinator working in your area. In general, we err on the side of your privacy.
Some of our programs or projects require you to register for an account. We ask you for some personal information (typically your name and email address) and we will use that information to help provide the service. We might also ask a few questions to inform our planning efforts.
Information that you voluntarily provide to us through our optional online feedback form is used to help enhance our services and website. It may be used internally by MPC Ready Board and/or Committee members for that purpose alone. When you visit the MPC Ready website, you should be aware that data linking your computer to a particular website (a “cookie”) may be created. Temporary cookies may be used when necessary to complete a transaction, to process data submitted to us online, to facilitate an ongoing Internet interaction, or to understand trends in the use of the MPC Ready website. Cookies do not compromise your privacy or security. Using web browser settings, you can refuse the cookies or delete the cookie file from your computer by using any of the widely available methods.
Traffic Analysis and Security
We do analyze user traffic patterns on our website automatically through your browser. This information includes the IP address of your computer or network, current date, current time, your browser, and operating system, the page(s) you visited on our website, and the referring page (page that you came from). We use the aggregated information from all of our visitors to measure and improve site performance, analyze user traffic, and to improve the content of our site. At times, we may track the keywords entered into our search engines from all users to find out which topics are popular although we don’t keep track of specific words that any one user enters.
We only use this information to measure website performance, to improve the content on our website, and to guarantee a high level of security for all users. Unauthorized attempts to upload or modify information in any way are forbidden.
Users who are visiting the MPC Ready website are also expressly consenting to this monitoring of network traffic.