Your privacy is important to EPB. This policy covers the collection, use and disclosure of personal information that EPB may collect any time you interact with EPB by visiting our website. Please read the following if you would like to learn more about our information practices, including what type of information we gather, how and for what purpose information is used, to whom information will be disclosed, and how EPB safeguards your information.
Data automatically collected on site visitors includes:
- Internet protocol (IP) address and domain name. The IP address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. The IP address can be translated to determine the domain name of your service provider.
- The type of browser and operating system you use to access the EPB website and any domain names that point to sites therein.
- The date and time you visited this site.
- The Web pages or services you accessed while at the EPB website and any domain names that point to sites therein.
- The website you visited before coming to the EPB website and any domain names that point to sites therein.
- We automatically collect this information and use it to improve the content of our website and to help us understand how people are using our services so that we may continually improve the site's usefulness to the public.
Portions of the EPB website may use cookies to improve visitor experience. Cookies are pieces of information generated by a Web server and stored on a visitor’s computer. Essentially, cookies make use of user-specific information transmitted by the Web server onto the user's computer so that the information might be available for later access by itself or other servers.
Visitor Provided Information
Information collected when you participate in a survey, send an e-mail, request information or perform some other transaction online will be used solely for the stated purpose. This purpose may be to respond to you, to address issues you may identify, to improve our website, or to forward the information you provide to another internal department for appropriate action. Survey information may be used to improve services and better gauge customer sentiment on issues ranging from services to website design. All collected information is only shared internally and will not be distributed. Survey data will only be released in an aggregated format.
EPB has taken measures to safeguard the integrity of customer provided information in order to prevent unauthorized access to information collected. These measures are designed to prevent corruption of data, block unauthorized access and provide reasonable protection of private information in our possession. This should not be construed as a warranty of the security of information provided via the EPB website and any domain names that point to sites therein.
Linked Sites
EPB’s website contains links to other sites, which allow you to leave the EPB site. Please be aware that the Internet sites available through these links, and the materials that you may find there, are not under EPB’s control. EPB cannot and does not make any representation about these sites or the materials and/or information available there. The fact that EPB has made these links available is not an endorsement or recommendation by EPB of any of these sites or any materials found there. EPB is providing these links only as a convenience to you.
Please be aware that EPB is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites when linked to them through the EPB site. Linked sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Visitors should read the privacy statements of those sites where they collect personally identifiable information. This disclaimer pertains only to the website(s) under EPB sole control.
Consent
By using this site, you signify your consent to this online privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this site.
Policy Changes
EPB reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to update, change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy from time to time. Changes to our disclaimer will be promptly disclosed here so that you can be fully informed about the privacy protections we provide.