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• Data that users provide through voluntary registration on our site
• Aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our site

Such information enables us to better tailor our content to users' needs and helps us understand the demographics of our audience. Information is gathered using the following:

• User Registration
  Although many features of this web site are available to anonymous users, some areas e.g. Job Passport require registration prior to accessing content. By registering, users take advantage of various personalized features such as the ability to invoke unique functions and content based on their identity. During registration, users supply information required to enable transactions--including, but not limited to--username, password, address, e-mail address, resume, and country. This information is available to all registered area members.
• Usage Tracking
  City of Independence tracks user traffic patterns throughout this site; however, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. City of Independence does segment overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
• Cookies
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A cookie can't read data off a hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. City of Independence uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). When users enter the site or register, City of Independence uses a cookie to store the user ID. Cookies enable users to enter various parts of the City of Independence site as a registered user without having to log on each time, and to visit other restricted areas of the site with similar security settings.

Use of Collected Information

City of Independence uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users. City of Independence does not share user lists with outside parties, including advertisers. City of Independence may disclose this information to Federal or State government agencies to meet legal requirements in special circumstances. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our site are most (and least) popular based on traffic to those areas. City of Independence does not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for our users.

Opt-Out Policy

City of Independence gives users options wherever necessary and practical. Users may choose not to participate in certain interactive areas of this site, which alleviates the need to collect any information from the user.

City of Independence takes security measures to protect personal information from loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure.

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