Thank you for visiting the City of
Miami website and
reviewing our
privacy policy. We
will collect no
personal information
about you when you
visit our website
unless you choose to
provide that
information to us.
Here is how we
handle information
about your visit to
our website:
If all you do during
your visit is browse
through the website,
read pages, or
download
information, we will
gather and store
certain information
about your visit
automatically. This
information does not
identify you
personally. Only the
following
information is
automatically
collected and stored
about your visit:
The Internet domain
(for example, "xcompany.com"
if you use a private
Internet access
account, or "yourschool.edu"
if you connect from
a university's
domain) and IP
address (an IP
address is a 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 used to access our site;
• The date and time you access our site;
• The pages you visit; and
• If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.
We use this
information to help
us make the site
more useful to
visitors -- to learn
about the number of
visitors to our site
and the types of
technology our
visitors use. We do
not track or record
information about
individuals and
their visits.
If you send us
personal information
If you choose to
provide us with
personal information
-- by filling out a
form with your
personal information
and submitting it to
us through the
website -- we use
that information to
respond to your
message and to help
us get you the
information you have
requested. We only
share the
information you give
us with another
government agency if
your inquiry relates
to that agency, or
as otherwise
required by law. The
City of Miami does
not collect
information for
commercial
marketing.
Public Disclosure
The State of Florida
law requires that if
requested, any
information we
collect must be
disclosed to the
requestor under
section 119.07 of
the Florida Statutes
(Public Records
Act).
Choice
You may decline
participation in any
activity that asks
for information
(i.e., surveys or
emails). Your choice
to not participate
will have no effect
on your ability to
access information
on the City’s web
sites.
Cookies
To better serve you,
we occasionally use
"cookies" to
customize your
browsing experience.
Cookies are simple
text files stored by
your web browser and
they provide a
method of
distinguishing among
visitors to the web
sites. Cookies
created on your
computer by using
our web sites do not
contain personally
identifiable
information and do
not compromise your
privacy or security.
We use the cookie
feature to store a
randomly generated
identifying tag on
your computer. If
you have further
questions about
cookies, the
Computer Incident
Advisory Capacity
Unit that monitors
computer problems
for the U.S.
Department of Energy
issued a study on
March 12, 1998, of
the risks to users
of cookies, titled
"Information
Bulletin 1-034:
Internet Cookies".
You can refuse the
cookie or delete the
cookie file from
your computer at any
time by using any
one of a number of
widely available
methods. Your choice
to refuse the cookie
will not inhibit
your access to any
of the information
available on the
City web site. Your
acceptance of the
cookie will serve to
provide you with
additional
functionality in
choosing the
information you wish
to view on a regular
basis.
Passwords
In certain
instances, you will
have the opportunity
to receive or create
a password to access
or submit personal
information. You
should not divulge
your password to
anyone and the
County will never
ask you for your
password in an
unsolicited phone
call or e-mail. When
you are finished
with those
applications that
are password
protected, you
should exit the
page.
Site security
For site security
purposes and to
ensure that this
service remains
available to all
users, this
government computer
system employs
commercial software
programs to monitor
network traffic to
identify
unauthorized
attempts to upload
or change
information, or
otherwise cause
damage.
Except for
authorized law
enforcement
investigations, no
other attempts are
made to identify
individual users or
their usage habits.
Raw data logs are
used for no other
purposes and are
scheduled for
regular destruction
in accordance with
State guidelines for
records management
and retention.
Unauthorized
attempts to upload
information or
change information
on this service are
strictly prohibited
and may be
punishable under the
Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act of 1986
and the National
Information
Infrastructure
Protection Act.
Links to other web
sites
The website has
links to many other
governmental
agencies. In some
cases we link to
private
organizations. Once
you link to another
site, you are
subject to the
privacy policy of
the new site.
Email
Communication
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. See Sec. 668.6076, Florida Statutes. Click here to review a list of departments and offices in the City.