Thank you for visiting the Lyndhurst Municipal Court’s web site.
The Lyndhurst Municipal Court is committed to protecting your privacy and will collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. Such information is securely stored within the Lyndhurst Municipal Court’s private network. Some information may also be shared with the Lyndhurst Municipal Court’s business partners and other organizations and individuals with whom the Lyndhurst Municipal Court’ has established a strategic alliance or other contractual relationship. The primary purpose behind the sharing of information is to better the services being provided to you by the Lyndhurst Municipal Court and by the organizations and individuals for which the Lyndhurst Municipal Court has established contractual relationships. Information may also be used to improve the Lyndhurst Municipal Court’s marketing efforts.
The Lyndhurst Municipal Court recognizes the importance of privacy to our web site visitors. Therefore, visitors should be aware of the following information:
PUBLIC RECORDS
Visitors should be aware that, subject to certain statutory exceptions, most documents and records maintained by the Lyndhurst Municipal Court, including but not limited to electronic data, are public records under Ohio law. Therefore, information submitted through this web site may be subject to disclosure pursuant to a public records request.
USAGE STATISTICS
In order to generate usage statistics to help us improve our web site, we automatically collect certain information on every visitor to the web site. However, this information does not disclose "personal identifiers" (such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.). Each time a request is made to view a page within this web site, our web site creates a log file capturing generic user information, Examples of this type of information includes the type of Internet browser or computer operating system you are using, the date and time you accessed this site, the Internet protocol address of the individual computer (or proxy server) making the request, and the Internet address of the site from which you may have linked to this site. All information collected by way of server log files is used in aggregate form only, and may be analyzed for trends and statistics.
ONLINE FORMS AND E-MAIL
This web site will not collect personally identifiable information (such as name, address, telephone number, etc.) unless you provide such information voluntarily. Any personal information voluntarily provided by visitors, including personal information submitted on online forms and e-mail, will be used for the purposes stated on the web page and may also be shared with other agencies as required by law or pursuant to agency authority. Information submitted through this web site also may be subject to disclosure pursuant to a public records request.
ONLINE PAYMENTS
Personal account information collected for online payment will not be disclosed.
WEB COOKIES
Visitors who submit information via this web site should be aware that data linking your computer to this web site (a "cookie") may be created. Temporary cookies may be used when necessary to complete a transaction, to process data submitted to us online or to facilitate ongoing Internet interaction. Information collected on our web sites, including cookies, may also be subject to disclosure pursuant to a public records request. However, no information collected will be given to or sold to a third party for solicitations and/or advertising.
SECURITY MEASURES
We take very seriously the integrity of the information and systems that we maintain. Therefore, we have instituted security measures for all information systems under our control. These security measures are designed to identify attempts to tamper with this web site. Information collected through these security measures may be used in connection with a criminal prosecution or other legal proceedings.