This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a public service
by the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island. This site is intended to
be used by the public for viewing and retrieving information only.
In providing information on this site, we have attempted to be as
accurate as possible. However, the Town of Jamestown makes no claims,
guarantees or promises about the accuracy, currency, or completeness
of the information provided and is not responsible for any errors
or omissions, or for results obtained from the use of the
information. Every possible effort is made to keep the content of
this site accurate and current, but that may not always be the case.
Distribution of the information does not constitute any warranty.
The user assumes the risk of verifying any materials used or relied
on.
The Town of Jamestown's computer resources and materials may contain
hypertext or other links to external sites not owned or controlled
by the Town.
Links to external servers do not imply any official Town of
Jamestown endorsement of the opinions or ideas expressed therein,
or guarantee the validity of the information provided.
Links to commercial sites are in no way an endorsement of any
vendors' products or services.
Links to other computer systems are not supervised nor regularly
reviewed by the Town of Jamestown.
Any information, endorsements of products or services, materials
or personal opinions appearing on such external sites are not
controlled, sponsored nor approved by the Town of Jamestown.
Links may be provided to external servers that are managed in
a professional manner, that are fully operational, available most
of the time and do not serve inaccurate information or obscene
information, including graphics. The Town of Jamestown will
not link to external servers if such link would appear to provide
an official endorsement of fundraising efforts or lobbying for
a political agenda.
The Town of Jamestown makes the content of this WWW site available
to the public. Anyone may view information found here without obligation
to the Town of Jamestown, unless otherwise stated on particular
articles of information to which a restriction on fair use may apply.
However, the Town of Jamestown makes no warranty that materials
contained herein are free of copyright claims or other restrictions
or limitations on fair use or display. The compiled information
presented on this WWW site is considered public information and
may be distributed or copied. However, use of appropriate byline/photo/image
credits is requested.
All Town of Jamestown computer systems are subject to monitoring
at all times to assure proper functioning of the systems, to provide
security for the computer systems' operations and the information
contained therein, to prevent unauthorized use, and to deter and
investigate violations of the law. There is no reasonable expectation
of privacy in the use of this public computer system, save in areas
designated and labeled as being presented by our secure server.
We may collect some or all of the following information about visitors
who view or download information from our websites:
Information
Definition
Date
Date the visit occurred.
Time
Time the visit occurred.
Client IP
Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the website visitor.
IP address recorded is normally that of the visitor's Internet Service
Provider, e.g., aol.com if the visitor connects from an America
Online account.
Server IP
Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Town of Jamestown
Government web server accessed.
HTTP Status
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error code, e.g., "404 Requested
Page Not Found."
HTTP Request URL
Identifies the web page or file requested by the website visitor.
Bytes Sent
Amount of data sent from the web server to website visitor during
that connection.
Bytes Received
Amount of data sent from website visitor to the web server.
User Agent
Type of web browser or other client software that made request
to the web server.
Referrer
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred to the requested
file.
Protocol Version
Version of HTTP used by the visitor's web browser software
The information we collect is used to improve the
content of our Web services and help us understand how people are
using our services. We analyze our web site logs to continually
improve the value of the materials available on our site. The information
in our web site logs is not personally identifiable, and we make
no attempt to link it with the individuals that browse our web site.
Some of this statistical information, such as a running count of
the number of visitors, may be displayed on the website or shared
with other town governments to aid in the provision of better service
to the public.
Cookies are small text files which a web server may
ask your web browser to store, and to send back to the web server
when needed. Cookies may be used to store a transaction identifier
or other information a user may provide. At some date in the future
we plan to use cookies in the following ways:
Complex transactions: Cookies are used to store and
retrieve unique transaction identifiers or other server-generated
or user-provided information in complex, multi-page web applications.
This allows us to distinguish between different users, and to
use information provided at one stage of an application at a
later time (for instance, items placed in a 'shopping cart'
might need to be displayed on a later 'check-out' screen). When
we use cookies in this way, the cookie is stored on your web
browser only temporarily; the cookie is destroyed at the end
of the transaction or at the end of the browser session.
Customized Services: Cookies may also be used to automatically
identify a particular user to the system, in order to provide
a customized service, such as a personalized web page. In this
case, a cookie containing a unique user identifier will be permanently
stored on your web browser. We do not store sensitive information
in such cookies; only a unique user identifier or generic preference
values are stored. Personal information you give us for processing
a transaction or using one of our personalization features,
may be stored on our secure web server. Personal information
that you give us for processing a transaction or using one of
our personalization features, may be stored on our secure web
server, retained only as long as necessary and properly disposed
of by destruction under the State of Rhode Island Title 38 Access
to Public Records law.
We do not use cookies in order to track your visit
to our website. The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers
will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies
or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you
to take full advantage of some of the Town of Jamestown's e-government
services, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
The Town of Jamestown does use cookies to note new
and repeat visitors for statistical purposes. We do not use cookies
to keep a database of personally-identifying information about visitors
when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information
to us. Indeed, we do not maintain any information at all that can
personally identify a user of our websites.
No other attempts are made to identify individual
users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other
purpose than those stated above and are scheduled for frequent and
regular destruction. The Town of Jamestown makes no guarantee or
warranty that servers not managed or controlled by the Town of Jamestown
that are linked to this WWW site are not using cookies or collecting
personally-identifying data.
For site security purposes and to ensure that WWW
service remains available to all users, the State of Rhode Island
computer system employs software programs which can monitor network
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage. 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. The
State of Rhode Island website content materials are provided for
public use on computer systems located within the State of Rhode
Island and for the use and benefit of citizens of Rhode Island and
others. Any person choosing to use this system or seeking access
to information or materials on this system is subject to Rhode Island
jurisdiction. Any dispute arising therefrom shall be decided under
the laws and in the courts of Rhode Island.
