Privacy Policy
The Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis maintains this website as a public service to provide available service and information to our constituents. This policy explains how the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis handles information collected from you during your visit to its website. It is important to keep in mind that the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis does not collect personally identifiable information (name, address, e-mail address, social security number, or other unique identifiers) on our website unless we specifically advise you that we are doing so.
Please Note:
All information collected or maintained by the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis is subject to the Texas Public Information Act (chapter 552, Texas Government code).
How we handle the information we gather when you visit our website:
We collect and store only the following information about you: The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e., erols.com if you are connecting from an Erols account or harvard.edu if you are connecting from Harvard University's domain); the date and time you access our site; the item you requested from the server; and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. If your browser accepts cookies, we may use a cookie to determine if you are a repeat or new visitor or to understand how many different visitors come to our sites. When we examine this data, it is always presented in an aggregate form. Except as outlined in the Security section at the bottom of this document, we do not track or look at individuals' usage behavior.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail:
When you send us personally identifying information (e.g., in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment) or by filling out a form that E-mails us this information, the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis will use this information to respond to your request. We may also forward the information you submit (including your E-mail address) to other Government employees, who are better able to answer your questions.
We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations or as otherwise required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.
If you identify yourself by submitting a Web Form:
When you send us personally identifying information (e.g., by signing up for our e-mail list, signing up to receive phone calls and text messages, submitting a media request, etc.), the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis will use this information to reach out to you on the requested platforms.
We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us. Text message opt-ins are excluded from any information sharing. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations or as otherwise required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.
Links to other sites:
The documents posted on this Website may contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for visitors' convenience. The Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis does not control or guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information from other sites.
Cautionary Note:
The Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis's privacy policy only applies to this website. When you follow a link to another site, even the sites of state agencies, local governments, and other Harris County officials, this policy will not apply. You should check the privacy policy of each of these sites if you have concerns about how they handle personally identifiable information.
The inclusion of links or pointers to websites is not intended to assign importance to those sites or the information contained therein, nor is it intended to endorse or recommend any views expressed or products or services offered on these sites.
Security:
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, Harris County web servers employ industry-standard methods to 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 Harris County servers are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
Cookies and Harris County:
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser -- along with a web page -- when you access a website. There are two kinds of cookies. A session cookie is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's RAM. Because a session cookie is never written to a drive, it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved by your browser to a file on your hard drive. Depending on your browser settings, you may receive notification that a given site is requesting cookie information, possibly with an expiration date. Persistent cookies have an expiration date in the future. Session cookies have no date associated with them.
The Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s Use of Cookies:
The site will create a session cookie whenever you access the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis. The session cookie is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. The Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis does not create persistent cookies.
Official Seal:
It is a violation of the law to use the Harris County Seal or the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis's seal in an unauthorized manner. It is strictly prohibited for anyone to use any official logo on the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis's website to imply an official endorsement, recommendation, partnership, or other relationship with the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis without express written consent.