Jefferson Utilities is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Jefferson Utilities website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Jefferson Utilities website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Jefferson Utilities may collect user-provided personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Jefferson Utilities may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Jefferson Utilities. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Jefferson Utilities for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Jefferson Utilities website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Jefferson Utilities public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Jefferson Utilities does not read any of your private online communications.
Jefferson Utilities encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Jefferson Utilities so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Jefferson Utilities is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Jefferson Utilities website.
Use of your Personal Information
Jefferson Utilities may collect and use your personal information to deliver the services you have requested. Jefferson Utilities also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Jefferson Utilities and its affiliates. Jefferson Utilities may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Jefferson Utilities does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Jefferson Utilities 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, Jefferson Utilities may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Jefferson Utilities, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Jefferson Utilities does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Jefferson Utilities keeps track of the website and pages our customers visit within Jefferson Utilities, in order to determine what Jefferson Utilities services are the most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content within Jefferson Utilities to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Jefferson Utilities 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 Jefferson Utilities or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Jefferson Utilities; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Jefferson Utilities, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Jefferson Utilities website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage 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 personalize Jefferson Utilities webpages, or register for Jefferson Utilities services, a cookie helps Jefferson Utilities 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 Jefferson Utilities website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Jefferson Utilities features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Jefferson Utilities services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Jefferson Utilities secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Jefferson Utilities 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
Jefferson Utilities will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Jefferson Utilities encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Jefferson Utilities is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Jefferson Utilities welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Jefferson Utilities has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Jefferson Utilities at shinze@jeffersonutilities.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.