Privacy policy

Privacy Statement

The Missouri Association of Counties is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Privacy Statement applies to the Missouri Association of Counties website and governs data collection and usage. Using the Missouri Association of Counties website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Missouri Association of Counties collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. The Missouri Association of Counties also collects 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 the Missouri Association of Counties automatically collects. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and website addresses. This information is used by the Missouri Association of Counties for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Missouri Association of Counties website.

Please remember that others may collect and use this information if you directly disclose personally identifiable or sensitive data through the Missouri Association of Counties public message boards.

Note: The Missouri Association of Counties does not read any of your private online communications. The Missouri Association of Counties encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from the Missouri Association of Counties so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Missouri Association of Counties is not responsible for privacy statements or other content on websites outside the Missouri Association of Counties website. 

Use of your Personal Information

The Missouri Association of Counties collects and uses your personal information to operate the Missouri Association of Counties website and deliver the requested services. The Missouri Association of Counties also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Missouri Association of Counties and its affiliates. The Missouri Association of Counties may also contact you via surveys to research your opinion of current services or potential new services that may be offered. The Missouri Association of Counties does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Missouri Association of Counties website 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 Missouri Association of Counties or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Missouri Association of Counties: and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Missouri Association of Counties, or the public. 

Use of Cookies

The Missouri Association of Counties website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. 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 the Missouri Association of Counties pages or register with the Missouri Association of Counties site or services, a cookie helps the Missouri Association of Counties to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Missouri Association of Counties Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved so you can easily use the Missouri Association of Counties features that you customized. You can 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 Missouri Association of Counties services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

The Missouri Association of Counties secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Missouri Association of Counties 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. The Missouri Association of Counties does not retain any credit card information contained with our payment processing services.

Any questions should be addressed to the Missouri Association of Counties at the address and phone numbers below.

Missouri Association of Counties
1648 East Elm Street
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0234

Ph: 573-634-2120
Fax: 573-634-3549