PRIVACY POLICY
The Los Angeles Fire Department and the City of Los Angeles emphasize that your privacy is important; therefore, this policy addresses the following privacy and security practices on the Red Flag Alert website:
The Privacy and Security methods and practices only apply to Red Flag Alert website and do not recapitulate to websites re-directs to and from this website. The visitor to this website is encouraged to read the privacy policies of each website visited.
To better protect your privacy we provide this statement explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this website.
What information is collected and not collected
To provide the value-added service of notification, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) requests the visitors to this site to register as a member, renew membership, or delete their account on the website. The type of personal information collected is needed to make an accurate and prompt notification upon a Red Flag declaration. The information request is limited to the following: name, address, electronic mail address, and various phone numbers (landline, cell, and fax) solely. No information with regards to: financial, gender, national origin, ethnicity, or any type of affiliation or preference is collected.
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The purpose of collecting information
The sole purpose of collecting personal information is to make prompt and accurate notifications as requested by the registrant. The information collected will only be used for the intent of making notifications by the Los Angeles Fire Department and will not be shared, distributed, traded, leased, or loaned to any private or public party.
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How the collected information will be used
The personal information provided by the registrant will be held within the confines of LAFD. At times, collected data will be transferred to outside facilities for the sale of redundancy and disaster recovery. At no time will the data provided will be outside the supervision of the LAFD. The only time the data will be exposed to a third party is when required by law. The LAFD adheres to the Privacy Act of 1974.
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Electronic tracking software, i.e. cookies
A "Cookie" is a small text file stored on your computer's browser that makes it easy for you to move around a website without continually re-entering data or preferences. The website does not issue any cookies or any other type of tracking software.
"Web beacons" or clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page. For example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. We may use web beacons on this site from time to time for this and other purposes.
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System monitoring and administration
The LAFD has created this website and the information it contains as a public service. This system is monitored to ensure proper operation, to verify the functioning of applicable security features, and for comparable purposes. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring. Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored on this system, to defeat or circumvent security features, or to utilize this system for other than its intended purposes are prohibited and may result in criminal prosecution.
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Methods and practices in securing information
Properly securing the information collected online is the LAFD's primary commitment. To assist the following procedures are conducted:
- Implement strict internal access controls to ensure that people accessing the data in the System are categorized as need to know staff or need to perform sanctioned official procedures
- Train relevant personnel on our privacy and security measures to know requirements for compliance
- Secure the all physical areas where data is stored
- Perform regular backups of the information we collect online to insure against loss
- Use technical controls to secure the information collected online including but not limited to:
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
- Encryption
- Firewalls
- Password protections
- Test security procedures to ensure personnel and technical compliance
- Employ external access safeguards to identify and prevent unauthorized attempts of outsiders to hack into, or cause harm to, the data stored
Tampering with LAFD's Red Flag Alert website is against the law. Depending on the offense, it is punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
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Accessing or correcting personal information
Lastly, you may send an e-mail or letter to the following e-mail or street address requesting access to or correction of your personally identifiable information. For verification purposes please include your first name, last name, e-mail address and any pertinent information that may help make the requested modifications.
Administration
- Los Angeles Fire Department
- Community Liaison Office
- 200 North Main Street
- 18th Floor, Room 1800
- Los Angeles, CA 90012
- email: info@lafd.org
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Registrant rights under the Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974 protects the personal information the federal government keeps on you in systems of records (SOR) (information an agency controls recovered by name or other personal identifier). The Privacy Act regulates how the government can disclose, share, provide access to, and keep the personal information that it collects. The Privacy Act does not cover all information collected online. The Act's major terms require agencies to:
- Publish a Privacy Act Notice in the Federal Register explaining the existence, character, and uses of a new or revised OR
- Keep information about you accurate, relevant, timely, and complete to assure fairness in dealing with you
- Allow you to, on request, access and review your information held in an SOR and request amendment of the information if you disagree with it.
When the Los Angeles Fire Department collects information from you online that is subject to the Privacy Act (information kept in an SOR), we will provide a Privacy Act Statement specific to that collected information. This Privacy Act Statement tells you:
- The authority for and the purpose and use of the information collected subject to the Privacy Act
- Whether providing the information is voluntary or mandatory
- The effects on you if you do not provide any or all requested information
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How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the online privacy statement for this site or its
implementation you may contact us at info@lafd.org.
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Updates and Effective date
From time to time, we may update this privacy statement. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
The Privacy Statement posted on this site was updated on or about November 11, 2012.
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