Privacy Statement

Any information provided by you to the City of Naples, including but not limited to feedback, questions, comments, and suggestions are non-confidential; moreover, such information is a public record subject to public inspection pursuant to law. The City of Naples has no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and is free to reproduce, use, and disclose the information to others without limitation.

All communications with the City of Naples and its employees become a matter of public record and are subject to the various State and Federal regulations concerning public records. We do capture some user and browser information on this site and we may analyze the server logs to generate traffic reports, and these reports may list your origination address.

E-Mail directed to the City of Naples or its employees may be retained as part of the public record, and these communications may be available through public information requests. Because of the public information nature of this web site, users should have no assumption of privacy of any kind, as any information you or your system may provide can become public information.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the web site, read pages, or download information, we will still gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

The Internet domain (for example, "company.com") and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our web site;
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
The date and time you access our site;
The pages you visit;
If you linked to the web site from another web site, the address of that web site.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use.

If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information, as in an e-mail to City staff, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our web site, that information may become a part of a public record. We are required to maintain many types of information and documents. We do not collect personal information for commercial solicitation, or for any type of profiling of you as an individual or member of any group.

Information provided by you may be shared with other agencies as required by law or the nature of your information. Information you provide may also be shared with private organizations or individuals, such as during a background check for an employment application.

The City of Naples tries to protect your personal information and privacy, but the extent of that protection can be limited by the public nature of government operations in Florida. Because of that, individuals should have no legal expectation of privacy with regard to internet communications with the City of Naples.

A cookie is a tiny piece of text that, with your permission, is placed on your computer's hard drive. If your browser is set to notify you before accepting a cookie, you will receive a request for a cookie to be stored on your computer. This cookie is used to track visitors and the information they provide, it doesn't tell us private information about you, unless you give us the information before you have accepted the cookie. Accepting a cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any additiona personal information about you. If you have concerns about cookies, your browser can be set to reject them, although some functionality of this web site may be affected.

Protection of Minors

The City of Naples is concerned about protecting the privacy of minors. We believe that parents should be involved in their children's Internet explorations, and it is important for parents to guide their children when children are providing personal information on line. Children should get their parents' permission before providing any information on line -- at our site or any other site -- and we recommend parents always be involved. We do not collect information specifically targeting minors as individuals or a group, even if information provided identifies the provider as a minor. We attempt to protect the information gather from or about minors to the extent possible while still meeting legal requirements concerning public information.