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Is This Local Government's Privacy Policy Fair?

stinkydog asks: "I though some of the IANALs and privacy experts on Slashdot might have some good input on the following privacy policy for a Parks and Recreation department in a large city. Does it make sense? Would you sign off on it?" Read it below and share your thoughts on this, as always.

"What information do we collect?

Name - Allows us to identify parents, guardians and participants

Address - Provides an exact geographic location

Emergency contacts - Allows us to reach a responsible party in an emergency

Birth Date - Allows us to calculate age of participants

Sex - Provides further information on participants

School - Allows us to better partner with education providers

Waiver - The waiver contains three parts: 1) A liability release 2) Permission to seek treatment in an emergency situation 3) A release of claims against our photographic records of our programming

Some federally funded programs also require:

Household income - Calculated against the poverty line

Household size - Used in conjunction with household income

Ethnicity - Compared with census data

How do we use what we collect?

Although we my use the unique information we collect about participants to inform them of further recreational and cultural opportunities, we will not sell, trade or otherwise release unique information without a court order. Telephone number information will be used for contacts related to programming registered for by a household member (changes, cancellations, emergencies, and satisfaction surveys), Aggregate data, such as the number of participants by zip code or the average age of program participants will be used in marketing literature, in making management decisions, and to better tailor our offerings to the need of our customers. Aggregate data will be striped of all unique names and address before being released. The law protects the unique data we collect, and it can not/will not be released without a court order. The data we collect for the Federal Government is released to them in aggregate form. No unique information is sent to the Federal Government.

Definitions:

Unique information: Able to identify a single person or household (example: John Smith; 2013 W Third St., 333-2100)

Aggregate information: information that is the same for a group of people (example 4-6 years old; 45403)"

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