Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

The San Joaquin Tributaries Authority (SJTA) is committed to protecting users’ privacy and developing technology giving users a safe online experience. This policy applies to our website and governs how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store information. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by SJTA. This information can include your IP address, browser type, device type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by SJTA for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the SJTA website.

SJTA encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to visit from SJTribs.org so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. SJTA is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the SJTA website.

Use of your Personal Information

SJTA collects and uses your personal information to operate the SJTA website.

SJTA does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

SJTA keeps track of the websites and pages our users visit within SJTribs.org. This data is used to determine what information is most important to our users and to help improve the information offered on the site.

SJTA websites 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 SJTA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of SJTA; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of SJTA, or the public.

Protection of your Personal Information

SJTA takes precautions – including administrative, technical, and physical measures – to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

SJTA uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal information is collected. Doing so protects the confidentiality of your personal information while it is transmitted to SJTA.

Use of Cookies and other technologies

SJTA’s website, online services, and email messages, may use “cookies” or other technologies, such as pixel tags and web beacons, to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page 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.

These technologies help us better understand user behavior and tell us which parts of our website people visit most often. We treat information collected by cookies and other technologies as non-personal information.

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 SJTA services or websites you visit.

Changes to this Statement

SJTA will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and user feedback. SJTA encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how SJTA is protecting your information.

Contact Information

SJTA welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that SJTA has not adhered to this Statement, please email admin@SJTribs.org.