Legal Information and Site Practices

Website Privacy Policy - Public Information Collected

Introduction

Thank you for visiting the Larimer County website and for reviewing our website privacy policy. This policy addresses Larimer County's standardized process for access to and for the collection, storage, use, transfer, and security of personally identifiable information that may be obtained through use of Larimer County's website. If you have any feedback or comments regarding this privacy policy, please send them to Larimer County at: 200 W. Oak St., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, (970) 498-7015.

Personal Information Collected

"Personal information" is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes an individual's first and last name, residential address, telephone number, or e-mail address.

Larimer County fully supports the protection of individual privacy, and minimizes the collection of personally identifiable information to the least amount of information required to complete a particular transaction. This policy extends to the collection of all personally identifiable information, regardless of the source or the medium.

Larimer County automatically collects some information about your visit to our website. This information may include:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address (an IP address is a numerical identifier assigned to your Internet Service Provider or directly to your computer)
  • domain name used
  • type of browser used
  • date and time that you visited the site
  • web pages or services accessed at this site

This data is used to improve the content of our Web services and to help us understand how the public is using these services. This data is not considered personally identifiable information.

If you send an e-mail message to us or use the website's "Contact Us" function to send us a message during your visit to our site, the following personally identifiable information will be collected:

  • e-mail address used tsend the e-mail message
  • contents of the e-mail or "Contact Us" message.

We collect this information to ensure we respond appropriately. For example, we may need to address issues you identify, make improvements to our website, or forward your e-mail message to another agency for appropriate action.

It is Larimer County's policy to collect no personally identifiable information about you unless that information is required to complete a particular transaction. In addition, we collect no personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily participate in activities that ask for information. Choosing not to participate in these activities will not affect your ability to use any other features of our website.

SMS Messaging Terms & Conditions

General

When you opt-in to the service, we will send you a message to confirm your signup.

By opting into messages, you agree to receive recurring automated marketing and informational text messages from Larimer County for Larimer County. Automated messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system to the mobile telephone number you provided when signing up or any other number that you designate.

Message frequency varies, and additional mobile messages may be sent periodically based on your interaction with Larimer County. Larimer County reserves the right to alter the frequency of messages sent at any time to increase or decrease the total number of sent messages. Larimer County also reserves the right to change the short code or phone number where messages are sent.

Message and data rates may apply. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider. Your wireless provider is not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Your consent to receive marketing messages is not a condition of purchase.

Carriers

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Cancellation

You can cancel any time by texting "STOP". After you send the SMS message "STOP", we will send you a message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed and no more messages will be sent. If you would like to receive messages from Larimer County again, just sign up as you did the first time and Larimer County will start sending messages to you again.

Info

Text "HELP" at any time and we will respond with instructions on how to unsubscribe. For support regarding our services, email us at web@larimer.org.

Transfer of Number

You agree that before changing your mobile number or transferring your mobile number to another individual, you will either reply “STOP” from the original number or notify us of your old number at web@larimer.org. The duty to inform us based on the above events is a condition of using this service to receive messages.

Messaging Terms Changes

We reserve the right to change or terminate our messaging program at any time. We also reserve the right to update these Messaging Terms at any time. Such changes will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued enrollment following such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes

Website Privacy Policy - Public Records

The Colorado Open Records Act is applicable to this Website Privacy Policy pursuant to the Colorado Revised Statutes. Title 24, Article 72, Part 2 of the statute states:

It is declared to be the public policy of this state that all public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as provided in this part 2 or as otherwise specifically provided by law.

A public record is defined here as:

all writings made, maintained, or kept by the state, any agency, institution, a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to CRS § 23-5-121(2), or political subdivision of the state, or that are described in CRS § 29-1-902, and held by any local-government-financed entity for use in the exercise of functions required or authorized by law or administrative rule or involving receipt or expenditure of public funds.

CRS § 24-72-202 (6).

All information provided by the user becomes public record once provided and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by federal or state law. Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information requested from or volunteered by children online will be treated the same as information provided by an adult and may be subject to public access.

Website Privacy Policy - Security

Larimer County has taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of its telecommunications and computing infrastructure, including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, and auditing. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation, and day-to-day practices of the entire operating environment as part of a continuing commitment to risk management.

Website Privacy Policy - Disclaimer

The Larimer County website contains links to other websites, including websites operated by other government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses. When you link to another website, you leave our site, which means that this Website Privacy Policy will no longer apply. When you link to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that website.

Neither Larimer County nor any employee of Larimer County warrants the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any information published by the Larimer County website and neither endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from this system. Neither Larimer County nor any employee of Larimer County shall be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of such information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or obsolete. Any person who or entity that relies on any information obtained from this system does so at his, her, or its own risk.

Links to external websites may be removed or replaced at the sole discretion of Larimer County, at any time without notice.

Linking to the Larimer County website is permitted under limited conditions. If you link to this site, you may not portray any person or subject in a false or misleading light. You must also refrain from creating frames, or using other visual altering tools, around the Larimer County pages. Lastly, you may not imply that Larimer County is endorsing your product, services, content or views. To link to Larimer County, you may only use the web address www.larimer.gov. All links to this website are subject to Larimer County's sole discretion and must be removed immediately upon request by Larimer County or any employee of Larimer County.

Larimer County reserves all rights to materials on this website including, but not limited to, publications, photographs, and digital files. Larimer County hereby grants users of this website permission to reproduce materials available therein for fair use purposes provided for in federal statutes. Re-use, reproduction, or distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited. Each reproduction of any part of the materials available in this website must contain notice of Larimer County's copyright as follows: ©1995 - 2012 Larimer County. All rights reserved.

Except for these specified uses, no part of the materials available in this website may be copied; downloaded; stored in a retrieval system; further transmitted; or otherwise reproduced, stored, disseminated, transferred, or used, in any form or by any means, except as permitted herein or with Larimer County's written consent. Distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Pursuant to Colorado law, Larimer County's use and enforcement of such copyright shall not restrict public access to or fair use of such copyright materials under the Colorado Open Records Act, CRS §§ 24-72-101 et seq. Fair use of copyright material includes uses for criticism, comment, news, reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.

The Larimer County logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and such trademark is owned by Larimer County. The Larimer County logo may not be used, downloaded or reproduced without written permission.

Accessibility

Accessibility for visitors to the Larimer County web site is very important to us. This site uses accessibility guidelines set by the World Wide Web Consortium(W3C). A primary mission of the W3C has been to maintain the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

For those unfamiliar with accessibility issues pertaining to Web page design, consider that many users may be operating in contexts very different from your own:

  • They may not be able to see, hear, move, or may not be able to process some types of information easily or at all.
  • They may have difficulty reading or comprehending text.
  • They may not have or be able to use a keyboard or mouse.
  • They may have a text-only screen, a small screen, or a slow Internet connection.
  • They may not speak or understand fluently the language in which the document is written.
  • They may be in a situation where their eyes, ears, or hands are busy or interfered with (e.g., driving to work, working in a loud environment, etc.).
  • They may have an early version of a browser, a different browser entirely, a voice browser, or a different operating system.

In an effort to insure access to as many of our residents as possible, we have attempted to meet W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA. 

GIS Disclaimer

The information presented on this site is part of Larimer County's ongoing commitment to providing online services to our community. The GIS database, applications, and information in these products are subject to constant change. We strive to provide the best data as is reasonable and practical. The data in these applications/maps/digital data downloads comes from multiple sources, including sources outside of Larimer County. We cannot accept any responsibility for any errors, omissions, or positional accuracy, and therefore there are no warranties that accompany these products. These products are for informational purposes only and may not be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. For questions about this information or to make corrections, contact the Assessor's office: 200 W. Oak Street, Suite 2000, Fort Collins, CO 80521, (970) 498-7050 or Send an Email 

Additional Features of larimer.org

  • The standard navigational links at the top and bottom of most pages provide a link to a plain text version of the page. This version is dynamically generated from existing content and not a separate document, ensuring common content. This version strips out all images, applets and most HTML formatting. However, this feature may not work for all pages, especially those dynamically generated from a database query.
  • The standard navigational links at the bottom of most pages provide a link to a Spanish Language conversion of the page. This link calls Google to convert the page to Spanish.