| It is
the policy of the Maryland Environmental Service
("MES") to preserve the privacy of
personal records and to protect confidential or
privileged information. Such information will be
disclosed publicly only as required by the
Maryland Public Information Act or as necessary
and permissible to carry out the duties of MES.
When MES collects
personal information - that is, information that
identifies an individual with an address,
identification number, telephone number,
photograph, or medical information - it is the
general policy of MES, pursuant to State law, to
collect that information from the person to whom
the information pertains. If we collect such
information from you, you generally have a right
to know: the purpose for which we are collecting
that information; the consequences if you refuse
to provide that information; your right to
inspect, amend, or correct that information;
whether that information is available to the
public; and whether that information is shared
with other entities. Under State law, these
policies do not apply to information gathered for
certain specified purposes, such as the
investigation of a possible violation of law.
If
you have any questions about these privacy
policies, please e-mail them to mes@menv.com.
Web
site Privacy Policy
When you visit
the Maryland Environmental Service website, no
personally identifying information about you is
gathered, unless you choose to provide such
information in an email message or in a brochure
order request you send to us.
Browsing this
Site: If
you visit our site to read, print or download
information, the only information MES collects
about your visit is "site usage
information," i.e. the number of visits
(hits) to each area of the MES website. MES does
not collect any information that identifies you
personally. MES uses these site usage statistics
to analyze how our site is used and to improve its
usefulness to the public. In addition, this
website does not use "cookies," a
technology which allows websites to track
information about visitors who make multiple
visits.
E-Mail: If
you send us e-mail, we use the information you
send us to respond to your inquiry, just as we do
with written correspondence. E-mail correspondence
to MES, like mailed correspondence, may become a
public record. As a public record, your
correspondence could be disclosed to other parties
upon their request, in accordance with Maryland's
public records law.
Requests: You
may, as a result of your visit to our site, fill
out a form requesting information about MES. [The
information you submit for such a request will be
used by MES only to fill your order, and will not
be made available to, transferred to, or shared
with any other entity, unless otherwise required
by law.]
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