Last updated July 11, 2022
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at This Is Kingsport (“CompanyCity”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at contact@kingsporttn.gov.
When you use our website we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our services (which, as described above, includes our website), as well as, any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
3. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
4. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
5. APPLICATION OF THE TENESSEE GOVERNMENTAL TORT LIABILITY ACT
6. APPLICABLE LAW
7. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
8. SMS
9. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
1. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate government interests, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of the purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate governmental interests, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.
2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:
Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve a legitimate governmental interest.
Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, including but not limited to the Tennessee Public Records Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503, et. seq.), governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal processes, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
3. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the website within a secure environment.
4. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at contact@kingsporttn.gov.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Contact us using the contact information provided.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases subject to the provisions of the records retention schedule of the City of Kingsport. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list — however, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt-out, you may:
Access your account settings and update your preferences.
Contact us using the contact information provided.
5. APPLICATION OF THE TENESSEE GOVERNMENTAL TORT LIABILITY ACT
Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, as a municipality created under the laws of the state of Tennessee, City of Kingsport’s liability is limited by the provisions of the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (Tenn. Code Ann. §29-20-101, et. seq.). As consideration for the use of This Is Kingsport, user agrees to be subject to the limitations of liability contained therein, regardless of users domicile or the geographic location of user at the time This is Kingsport is accessed. Additionally, no elected official, officer, employee, or agent shall be personally liable to user for any harm which may occur as a user of the website.
6. APPLICABLE LAW
This policy shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Tennessee. Should any provision of this policy be deemed unlawful or invalid, the remaining provisions of this policy shall remain in full force and effect.
7. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
8. SMS
When you opt-in to the service, This Is Kingsport will send you a message to confirm your signup.
This Is Kingsport SMS campaigns are sent to opted-in subscribers about open positions at the Company. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Text “HELP” to 65162 for help. You can cancel this service at any time. Just text “STOP” to 65162. After you send the message “STOP” we will send you a reply message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time, and we will start sending messages to you again.
Message frequency varies. For all questions about the services provided by this short code, you can contact:
This Is Kingsport
415 Broad StreetKingsport, TN 37660
THIS IS KINGSPORT does not sell or share data collected in this campaign to third parties.
Reply Help for more information.
Reply Stop to unsubscribe.
Message and data rates may apply.
Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
9. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at contact@kingsporttn.gov or by post office to:
This Is Kingsport
415 Broad Street
Kingsport, TN 37660