The City of Fort Smith desires to protect online users' privacy. We believe that protection of personal privacy on the Internet is important. At AccessFayetteville, we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. The following is the privacy policy for this site (all pages starting with fortsmithar.gov).

If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment that contains personally identifying information, or fill out a form that e-mails us this information, we will only use the personally identifiable information to respond to your request and analyze trends. We may redirect your message to another government agency or person who is in a better position to answer your question.

We collect some information that is used for analysis and statistical purposes that help us manage the City of Fort Smith's website.

Information that you provide us when using our interactive forms and functions

This information may include such things as name, address, telephone number, and other personal and business data, depending on the particular service you use. We collect only that data necessary to provide the service that you are requesting.

Information that we collect for statistical purposes

We automatically collect electronically generated information about your visit to our site, such as the date, type of browser used and technical Internet protocol data.

Control of personal information

At any time, while accessing our site(s), any user, while online, may decline participation in any activity that asks for information (i.e. survey, e-mail or e-commerce). Your choice not to participate will in no way affect your ability to use any other feature on our site(s). You are provided an automatic way to "unsubscribe" to any newsletters, notices, schedules, etc., sent to you automatically by E-mail in our various contact services (listserves).

Use of cookies.

We do not use "persistent" cookies to collect permanent information. We may use "persistent" cookies (which would reside on the user's computer) to increase the ease of use. Such a cookie might contain the user's ID number, thereby relieving the user of having to always enter the number. Under this circumstance we will only use a "persistent" cookie when you give your permission.

Freedom of Information Act Requirements

All governments in Arkansas are subject to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act found at A.C.A. ���25-19-101 et seq. This law requires that almost all government records, including electronic data, must be supplied to anyone who requests it. Therefore, most personal information provided to the City of Fort Smith Web Site (FortSmithAr.gov) cannot legally be kept confidential.

Contact Information

City of Fort Smith, AR welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that City of Fort Smith, AR has not adhered to this Statement, please contact City of Fort Smith, AR at admin@fsar-its-web01. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.