Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The City of Saratoga Springs makes available for your use on City owned and/or maintained web and social media sites ("these sites") information and documents subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document (the "Terms of Use"). By accessing any of these sites, you agree to the Terms of Use. The City of Saratoga Springs reserves the right to change the Terms of Use at its sole discretion at any time. Your use of these sites will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use posted on the City’s owned and/or maintained web and/or social media sites at the time of such use. When using any services or materials on these sites, you are subject to the posted guidelines and/or rules applicable to such services or materials within the Terms of Use. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of Use.

Your ability to utilize the City of Saratoga Springs’ owned and/or maintained web and/or social media sites (“this site”) is dependent upon your agreement to these terms:

1. You agree that you will not violate (or attempt to violate) the security of this site by hacking, sending viruses, or any other similar malicious or careless conduct. 
2. You agree that you will not utilize the communication methods found within this site for the communication of any material that may reasonably be considered scurrilous or offensive.
3. You agree not to upload (or attempt to upload) content of any type to this site.
4. You acknowledge that you have no right to the intellectual property associated with this site and that you have only a limited right to use this site.
5. You acknowledge that the City of Saratoga Springs does not warrant the accuracy or availability of this site.
6. You acknowledge that the City of Saratoga Springs is not responsible for any loss, damage, or injury that you may have as a result of your use of this site.
7. You agree to be bound by the laws applicable in the City of Saratoga Springs, State of New York and The United States of America with respect to your use of this site and you agree are legally responsible for any court proceedings relating to your use of this site.
8. You agree to grant the City of Saratoga Springs all ownership and intellectual property rights of the content of any e-mail that you send to the City.
9. All information and materials provided on this site are the property of the City of Saratoga Springs. The City retains copyright on all text, graphic images, and other content found on this site. Use of the City logo is prohibited for any non-governmental purpose. Commercial use of text, logos, photos, and other graphics is prohibited without the express written permission of the City of Saratoga Springs. The City of Saratoga Springs reserves all other rights. If you DO NOT agree to ALL of these terms, please log off of this site immediately.

Privacy Policy

The privacy of visitors to the City of Saratoga Springs’ web and social media site visitors is important to the City. The City will use the utmost discretion with the use of personal information obtained through the web and social media site. If a user sends the City an electronic mail message that contains personally identifying information, or if a user fills out a form online, the City will use this personal information to respond to a request. While the City will make every effort to protect your personal information, sharing any information via the Internet is not without risk and you are encouraged to use discretion when sharing personal information electronically. As a governmental agency, the City of Saratoga Springs is governed by open records laws. Your e-mail address and other identifying information may be subject to these open records laws if requested. In addition, certain e-mail may constitute a public record and is subject to disclosure under state law. Otherwise, we do not share personal identifying information with any third party without your permission. The City does track the traffic patterns on its web site from information automatically provided by the browsers of site visitors. This information includes the IP address of your computer or network, the date, time, and page you visited on our site, your browser and operating system. This information is used by City staff to analyze data, measure server performance, and improve the content of our web site. This information may also be used to determine abuse by a web and/or social media site user and may be used to bring that individual to justice. Any information disclosed to a social media site is outside the control of the City and will be subject to the privacy policy of the social media site provider.

Legal Notice

Communication made through e-mail or any other online messaging system shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice to the City of Saratoga Springs or any of its officers, employees, agents, or representatives where notice to the City is required by any law, rule, regulation, or contract.

Disclaimer

The materials and information contained on or obtained from this web and/or social media site are distributed "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose. Information contained on the web and/or social media sites, including information obtained form external links thereon, is provided without any representation of any kind as to accuracy or content and should be verified by the user. The City of Saratoga Springs is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the web and/or social media sites, and/or the materials contained on the site. This is the case whether the materials contained on the web and/or social media site are provided by the City of Saratoga Springs, or by a third party. Data contained on the web and social media sites are subject to change without notice. The City’s owned and/or maintained social media sites supervised and controlled by the City. Links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. The City does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked website; does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites or the views they express or the products/services they offer; cannot and does not authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites - users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website; and does not guarantee that external websites comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.

Indemnity

You the User agree to indemnify and hold the City of Saratoga Springs, its departments, elected and appointed officials, employees and agents, harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the City’s web and social media sites in violation of this use agreement and/or arising from a breach of this use agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in this use agreement and/or any content that you post on, through or in connection with the City’s web and social media sites.

Warning

Information published on the City’s web and/or social media sites may be retained by the social media site or search engines that are not within the control and/or legal purview of the City of Saratoga Springs. This may render such information available even after it has been removed from these sites. If information is posted that is incorrect or not in compliance with this policy, it may stay in the public view after it has been removed from the original published location.