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Privacy
Policy and Terms of Use
By
using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy of the Calcasieu Parish District
Attorney's Office. If you do not agree to the Policy, please do not use this site. The
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office reviews its privacy policy periodically and
reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify or remove portions of this policy at any
time. This page should be reviewed periodically so that you are updated on any changes. If
you want to communicate with us about our policy, please write to us at Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 3206, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601 or email us at
admin@cpdao.org
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office, which operates the Internet site
located at www.idfy.org, recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personally
identifiable information collected about visitors to our sites. As a general policy, no
personally identifiable information, such as your name, address or email address, is
automatically collected from visitors to our sites. Personally identifiable information
about visitors to our sites is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. We
may collect certain non-personal information to optimize our Web pages for your computer
(i.e., the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your
IP address and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such
non-personal information for internal purposes, including but not limited to improving the
content of our sites.
In those instances when we do collect personally identifiable information, the
following policies apply:
Notice
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office will notify you when we are
collecting personally identifiable information about you and how we intend to use it. For
example, we may need to collect such information to provide you with answers to questions
that you have requested.
Use and Security
Personally identifiable information that visitors submit to our sites is used only
for the purpose for which it is submitted unless we disclose other uses in this Privacy
Policy or at the time of collection. Such other uses may include sending you information
or materials we think you will find interesting or beneficial. However, at the time of
collection, you will have the option of instructing us not to send you additional
information.
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office may use personally identifiable
information in aggregate form to make our sites better and more responsive to the needs of
our visitors. This statistical compilation and analysis of information may also be used by
us or provided to others, in aggregate, for research purposes.
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office does not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.
Personal information may be disclosed in special situations where the Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney's Office has reason to believe that doing so is necessary to
identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring, or interfering
(intentionally or unintentionally) with the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office
rights, property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office maintains appropriate safeguards to
ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally identifiable information
submitted to our sites, and periodically reviews and updates its security measures in
light of current technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can
be guaranteed to be totally secure. Although the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office strives to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warranty the
security of any information you may transmit to us or from our online services. This is
done so at your own risk. Once we do receive your transmission, however, we make our best
effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Cookies
Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for
record-keeping purposes. Cookies, which are an industry standard used by most Web sites,
including those operated by the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office, can
facilitate a user's ongoing access to and use of a site. They allow us to track usage
patterns and to compile data that can help us improve our content. The Calcasieu Parish
District Attorney's Office does not save passwords or credit card information within
Cookies, nor are our Cookies programs that can cause damage to a user's systems or files.
If you do not want information collected through the use of Cookies, there is a simple
procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the Cookie feature.
Links to Third Party and Co-Branded Sites
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office has established relationships with
community partners that allow visitors to our Internet sites to link directly to sites
operated by these organizations. Some of these sites, are not operated or maintained by
the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office. These sites may collect personal
information from you that may be shared with the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's
Office. As noted above, this Privacy Policy will apply to any personal information we
obtain in this manner.
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office is not responsible for the content or
practices of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links
are meant for the user's convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute
sponsorship, endorsement or approval by the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office of
the content, policies or practices of such third party sites. Once you have left the
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office site via such a link, you should check the
applicable privacy policy of the third party site.
The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office sites may also be linked to Web sites
operated by organizations affiliated with the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office.
Visitors to those sites should refer to their separate privacy policies and practices.
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