Last updated: June 17, 2025
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") governs the manner in which Jefferson County Fire Wire ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information on the website jeffersonfirewire.com (the "Site") and related alert services. This Policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by us.
Personal Information for Alert Services: If you voluntarily opt-in to our alert services, we collect:
This information is collected only with your explicit consent and is used solely for delivering requested alerts.
Website Usage: We do not directly collect any personal information through general Site browsing. There are no registration forms, comment sections, or contact forms on the main Site designed to capture personally identifiable information.
Server Logs and Technical Data: Our Site is hosted by a cPanel shared hosting provider (Westelcom). In connection with your use of our Site, standard server logs are automatically generated and maintained. These logs may include your IP address, browser type, access times, pages viewed, and referring URLs. Such information is collected solely for operational and security purposes and is not used to personally identify individual users.
Third-Party Services: Our Site incorporates an embedded Google Maps component on some pages for displaying incident locations. When you interact with these maps, Google may collect information such as your IP address, device data, and other technical details as described in their Privacy Policy. Additionally, if you arrive at our Site via a Facebook post or link, Facebook may record that activity per its own privacy practices.
Alert Service Information: We use contact information provided for alert services exclusively to:
General Site Information: Server logs and technical data are used for:
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We do not use the information for marketing unrelated services.
Alert Service Data: We retain your contact information and preferences for as long as you remain subscribed to our alerts. Upon opt-out, we retain minimal information (hashed phone number or email) for up to 90 days solely to honor your opt-out request and prevent inadvertent re-subscription. After this period, all personal data is permanently deleted.
Server Logs: Technical logs are automatically purged after 30 days unless required for security incident investigation.
You have the right to:
To exercise these rights before our self-service portal is available, contact us through our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonFireWire/.
For SMS subscribers:
Our Site does not use any first-party cookies for tracking. Our alert opt-in forms may use temporary session storage for form functionality only. The embedded Google Maps and any interactions via Facebook referrals may result in those services placing their own cookies on your device. We have no control over these cookies; please refer to Google's and Facebook's privacy policies for details on their data practices.
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect your information, including:
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You acknowledge and accept this risk when providing us with your information.
Our Site and services are not directed toward children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children. Alert services are available only to individuals 18 years or older. If we discover that personal information from a child has been collected, we will promptly delete it.
We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting to this page. For material changes affecting alert subscribers, we will attempt to notify you via your preferred contact method. Your continued use of the Site or alert services constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
Some pages on this Site may not be accessible from the home page and are provided only via direct URL. Access to such pages is granted exclusively to authorized users. Any information contained on these pages is confidential and must not be shared, reproduced, or used to reverse-engineer, hack, modify, or otherwise compromise the integrity of our service.
This Site and alert services are independently operated by an individual using the name Jefferson County Fire Wire and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Jefferson County Government or any other official agency.
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact us through our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonFireWire/.