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Website Policy
The Town of Frederick operates and maintains this official website to provide citizens, businesses, and visitors with information about Town programs, services, projects, issues, events, and activities. This information is intended to offer quick, convenient, and easy access for those wishing to learn about the Town of Frederick. The Town website is administered and maintained through the Town of Frederick's Communications Department. Town staff updates the website regularly, and every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on the site. The information is provided as a public service, and the Town of Frederick assumes no liability for any inaccuracies the website may contain. Please feel free to notify the Webmaster of any errors you discover on the website.
Links Policy
The Town of Frederick may select links to outside websites that offer helpful resources for users. Links may include federal, state, or local governmental agencies or quasi-governmental organizations, libraries, school districts and like entities, as well as reference sites for library patrons. These outside webpages are not under the control of the Town of Frederick. Users should be aware that these third party sites and the information found on those sites are not controlled by, provided by, or endorsed by the Town of Frederick, and the Town is not responsible for the content that appears on these outside links. The Town provides these links as a convenience only. Users who access these sites do so of their own free will and at their own risk.
Links to external content on the Town of Frederick's website will be permitted at the Town’s sole discretion and placed appropriately as determined by the Town of Frederick. The Town of Frederick reserves the right to disregard any outside link solicitations.
Removal of Links
Links to other websites may be removed or replaced at the sole discretion of the Town of Frederick at any time without notice.
Links by other entities to the Town of Frederick’s Website
It is not necessary to get advance permission to link to the Town of Frederick website. However, be aware that the website content and URLs may change at any time without notice. Entities and individuals linking to the Town of Frederick's website may not capture any of the Town’s web pages within frames, present Town of Frederick content as their own, or otherwise misrepresent the Town of Frederick website content. Furthermore, they shall not misinform users about the origin or ownership of the Town of Frederick website content.
Usage Policy
The Town of Frederick’s website is intended specifically to share information about Town programs, events, and services. From time to time, we receive requests from outside agencies to include details on events coordinated by these outside agencies. Our policy is to include information only on those events and programs that are coordinated and/or sponsored by the Town of Frederick.
Privacy Policy
The privacy of Frederick’s website visitors is important to the Town. The Town will use the utmost discretion with the use of personal information obtained through the website. If a user sends the Town an electronic mail message that contains personally identifying information, or if a user fills out a form online, the Town will use this personal information to respond to a request. While the Town 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 Town of Frederick 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 Town does track the traffic patterns on its website 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 Town staff to analyze data, measure server performance, and improve the content of our website.
ADA Access
The Town of Frederick is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Upon request, the Town of Frederick will make reasonable accommodations to provide individuals who have disabilities access to information regarding Town services, programs, or activities set forth on the Town's website. Learn More about the Accessibility Policy and Plan Here ADA Access
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 Town of Frederick or any of its officers, employees, agents, or representatives where notice to the Town is required by any law, rule, regulation, or contract.
Jurisdiction Notice
The materials provided on the Town of Frederick’s website are intended for public use on computer systems located primarily within the Town of Frederick and for the benefit of visitors, businesses, and/or potential businesses and residents. By using any website published and/or sponsored by the Town of Frederick, including http://www.frederickco.gov/ and any linked materials or other websites or pages from this site (collectively the “website”), the user agrees that any and all claims or disputes arising out of or in any way related to the website or materials/information obtained therefrom, including but not limited to claims regarding website accessibility or accuracy of information, shall be governed by the laws of the state of Colorado and any lawsuit resulting therefrom shall be filed in District Court located in Weld County, Colorado.
Copyright Policy
All information and materials provided on this Web site are the property of the Town of Frederick. The Town retains copyright on all text, graphic images, and other content found on the website. Use of the Town 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 Town of Frederick. The Town of Frederick reserves all other rights.