Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5/1/2025
This Privacy Policy applies to all websites owned and operated by Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland (referred to as “we,” “our,” or “us”), including but not limited to:

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information across all our websites. This Statement of Privacy applies to all Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland websites and governs data collection and usage. By using our websites you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

We may collect personally identifiable information, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and any other information voluntarily submitted through forms or communications.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by us. This information can include but is not limited to: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland Web sites.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

We encourage you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from any Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland website so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland and Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

We collect and use your personal information to operate our websites and deliver the services you have requested. Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, its divisions or affiliates. We may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, we may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or provide customer support. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland or its divisions, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

We will not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

We keep track of the pages our customers visit within our websites, in order to Improve site performance and user experience.

We will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland or its web sites; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, or the public.

Use of Cookies

We use cookies and analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to understand user behavior, improve site performance, and enhance your experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you register with Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland site or services, a cookie helps our websites to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

We will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland is protecting your information.

Contact Information

We welcome your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland at hr@tcclesmd.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.