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GENERAL

The Lake County Tourism web site is offered to you, the user ("User"), conditioned on acceptance of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein, without modification. User access and use of this site constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not wish to consent to the terms, conditions and notice contained herein exit this system now.

The website is a Lake County system, provided as a public service. Government personnel and the general public may use this system to review and retrieve publicly available government information. User agrees to use this web site as permitted by applicable local, state, and federal laws. User agrees, therefore, not to: 1) knowingly and without authorization, alter, damage, or destroy Lake County's or another user's computer system, network, software, program, documentation or data contained therein; 2) use this service to conduct or attempt to conduct any business or activity or solicit the performance of any activity that is prohibited by law. In addition, taking action which results in blocking access to this website by other users will be deemed an unauthorized use.

Anyone using this system expressly consents to administrative monitoring at all times. You (User) are further advised that system administrators may provide evidence of possible criminal activity identified during such monitoring to appropriate law enforcement officials. If you (User) do not wish to consent to monitoring exit this system now.

PRIVACY POLICY

It is the policy of the State of Florida that all state records are open for public inspection. This policy is embodied in the Florida Constitution, together with the right of an individual to be free from unauthorized governmental intrusion into their private life, as provided in Article 1, Section 23. In recognition of these policies, Lake County has established this Internet Privacy Policy. When you use our Site, you are acknowledging that personal information you provide is subject to Florida's Public Records Policy as stated in Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and Article I, Section 24 of the state Constitution.

You do not have to give us personal information to visit our Web Site, download our publications, use our e-mail communications, or any other feature. We collect no personal information about you when you visit DiscoverLake.com unless you choose to provide this information to us. We will use the information that you voluntarily provide to us to notify you of selected content changes or new publications. We may also use it to conduct statistical analyses of user activities in order to measure user interest in the information we provide and how we provide it. However, we do collect and store some non-personal information automatically.

What We Collect and Store Automatically

Name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, xcompany.com, if you use a private Internet access account, or yourschool.edu if you connect from an educational institution's domain).
The page from which you came and the pages that you access.
Date and time you access our Site.
Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our Site.
Your system's IP (Internet Protocol) address.
The type of browser and operating system you used to access our Site.

We use the information we collect in aggregate to count the number of and types of visitors to the different pages on our Site and to help us make our Site more useful to visitors like you.

Email

Email addresses are considered public record under Florida Law and are not exempt from public-records requirements. If you do not want your email address to be available for release via a public-records request do not send email to this entity or its employees. Instead, contact us by standard mail or telephone.

SITE SECURITY

When you use your credit card, debit card, or on-line checks to do business on the Official Site of Lake County, Florida, we protect the integrity and privacy of your account information with advanced technologies. However, even with advanced technologies, it is not always possible to prevent unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure. The County makes no representation and assumes no responsibility or liability concerning the accuracy of the information or for any loss which might result to the user by the use of this Web Site. Please be aware that in the event unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure, third party intervention, or any loss occurs due to error, omission, or inaccurate information being displayed on this Web Site, Lake County reserves the right to recover any unpaid fees and taxes.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND RELIABILITY

In preparation of these pages, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and clearly expressed information possible. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors in information may occur. The County makes no representation regarding the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of such information and data or that such information and data will be error-free. In the event that the information on the County's official printed documents differ from the information contained on this Web Site, the information on the County's official printed documents will control and take precedence. The information, data and materials are dynamic and may change over time without notice. However, the County makes no commitment to update the information, data or materials contained herein. Please be aware that in the event an error or omission occurs, Lake County will use all of its resources to recover fees and taxes due to it. Users should take the appropriate precautions to verify all information by reviewing the official version of all documents upon which they plan to rely.

In particular but without limiting anything herein, Lake County disclaims any responsibility for typographical errors and accuracy of the information that may be contained on Lake County web pages. The services, information, and data made available at the Lake County web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. Lake County makes no representations or warranties whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, adequacy, sequence, accuracy, timeliness of information and data, condition or functionality, its suitability for use, or that this web service will be uninterrupted or error-free. The information and data included on Lake County servers have been compiled by Lake County staff from a variety of sources, and are subject to change without notice to the User. The entire risk as to the results and performance of any information obtained from the County’s web site is entirely assumed by the user recipient. Any person who uses any information available from the County web site AGREES THAT THERE ARE NO REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES.

INDEMNITY

As a condition of use of Lake County's web site, the User agrees to indemnify Lake County, its Commissioners, officers, employees and agents against any and all liability, expenses (including attorney's fees) and damages arising out of claims resulting from User's use of this web site, including without limitation any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by User of these terms and conditions.

DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES

By using Lake County web pages, the User assumes all risks associated with the use of this site, including any risk to User's computer, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file which might be transmitted or activated via a Lake County web page or User's access to it. Lake County shall not in any event be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost revenues, or lost profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or misuse of the information or lack of information on the Lake County web site or with the delay or inability to use this web site, or from any information, documents, services, software, or other material obtained through this web site, or otherwise arising out of the use of this web site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if Lake County and/or any of its employees/affiliates has been advised of the possibility of damages. Lake County shall not be liable for any loss or injury caused in whole, or in part, by its actions, omissions, or contingencies beyond its control, including in procuring, compiling, or delivering the information, or arising out of any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information regardless of how caused, or arising out of any user's decision, or action taken or not taken in reliance upon information furnished.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES WEB SITES

There are links and pointers to third party Internet web sites (hyperlinks) contained in Lake County's web site. These hyperlinks are not under the County's control. Lake County does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information, communications or materials available at such linked sites, or at any link contained in a linked site. Lake County does not intend these third party links to be referrals or endorsements of the linked entities by the County, and are provided for convenience only. The County makes no warranty, or guarantee, or promise, express or implied, that the information, data, or material accessible via the hyperlinks contained on the County's world wide web pages is either accurate, complete, up to date, or fit for any use whatsoever, nor represents or implies that its use will not infringe privately held rights. Furthermore, any person who accesses information, data, or material via hyperlink text contained on the County's world wide web pages assumes all risk and agrees that there are no remedies for breach of warranty or contract including, but not limited to indirect, consequential, punitive or incidental damages.

DISCLAIMER OF ASSOCIATION WITH USER

User acknowledges that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between the User and Lake County as a result of this Agreement or use of this web site. User agrees not to hold himself or herself out as a representative, agent, or employee of Lake County and Lake County shall not be liable for any representation, act or omission of the User.

USE OF BULLETIN BOARD, OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTIVE FORUMS

To the extent that this web site contains or may in the future contain bulletin boards, discussion webs, chat rooms, or other message, interactive or communication facilities involving Lake County and other users ("Forums"), the User agrees to use such forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, the User agrees that when using a Forum, the User shall not violate the law by:

Defaming, abusing, harassing, stalking, threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publishing, posting, distributing, or disseminating any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.
Uploading or downloading files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all necessary consents.
Deleting any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
Falsifying the origin or source of any material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Knowingly introducing viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage, alter or destroy this website or the operation of another's computer system, network, software, program, documentation or data contained therein.
Knowingly accessing or attempting to access or use Lake County's computer system, computer network, or any part thereof, including this web site, for the purpose of devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud; obtaining money property or services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises; or committing theft, including but not limited to theft of proprietary information.

User agrees to (as available) send and receive electronic mail, engage in conferences and chats, download and upload files, and otherwise use this web site only as permitted by these terms and conditions, any additional policies or procedures published in this web site from time to time by Lake County, and applicable law.

Lake County reserves the right to remove any contents of this website received from users for violations of Lake County’s use policies and other applicable regulations and law, including violations of others' constitutional rights. Lake County reserves the right to edit any notices or postings for length if and when such length interferes with other users' access to and use of this forum.

The User acknowledges that chats, conferences, bulletin boards, discussion webs and any other such interactive or communications' forums hosted by this web site are public and not private communications. Further, the User acknowledges that chats, posting conferences, discussion webs and other communications by other Users are not endorsed by Lake County, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by Lake County.

COOKIES

In order to process some transactions (or in the future to customize content specific to your geographic area or interests), we use cookie technology. A cookie is data that is stored on your computer's hard drive or is stored temporarily by our system. This data allows your browser to communicate with our Web servers. We use the cookie to track your progress during a transactional process-like paying your real estate taxes online. When your transaction is completed, the cookie is saved on your PC. The only time we create a cookie is when you conduct a multi-part transaction. You may choose to reject all cookies by modifying your browser preferences. However, if you do not accept cookies, you will not be able to use some of our functions that require their use.

EXTERNAL SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF USE

Thank you for following Lake County on social media. The purpose of providing social media communications is to coordinate communication between the Lake County Board of County Commissioners and citizens, business owners and visitors regarding county services, goals, objectives, events and accomplishments.

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners' official Facebook page is www.facebook.com/LakeCountyFLBCC

Other official pages managed by Lake County include:

Additionally, the official Twitter accounts for Lake County include:

People who follow or "like" these pages may expect regular posts covering some or all of the following:

News releases and links to stories about Lake County
Information about special events and upcoming meetings
Alerts, announcements and time-sensitive updates
Shared content from organizations that partner with Lake County, offer resources for the convenience of users, or that may be of interest to our followers
Job postings and vendor bid announcements

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENT POLICY

The county welcomes followers to share their thoughts and feedback in a responsible and courteous manner.

While it is the goal to share ideas and information with as many people as possible, the County reserves the right to hide or remove prohibited content in any and all posts or comments, and ban any user who violates county's social media terms of use.

The County's terms of use are in place to encourage open discussion and civil discourse, and to prevent users from disrupting dialog in a way that impedes the purpose of these social media sites.

The following types of comments may be hidden or removed.

Comments that:

contain obscene, indecent, vulgar or profane language or content
contain hate speech, or content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination of protected classes
intend to defame any person, group or organization
contain sexual harassment or violent content, or content that bullies, intimidates, threatens, personally attacks or harasses any person
make or publish false, vicious or malicious statements concerning any employee, the county or its operations
promote or endorse commercial services or products; or advertisements including promotion or endorsement of commercial services or products
suggest, conduct or encourage illegal activity
may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
disclose confidential, sensitive or proprietary information
are multiple, repetitive and off-topic by a single user ("spam")
are not topically related to the particular posting
violate a legal ownership interest of any other party such as copyrights or trademark infringements
promote or oppose particular services, products
promote or endorse political issues, groups or individuals, political organizations, or candidates
link to or embed links to other internet sites
all of the above guidelines also apply to comments which include links to external sites, videos, photos, memes, animations, or animated gifs.

Repeatedly posting prohibited content will be cause for banning a user from participating on any of Lake County's official pages. Users who repeatedly post material that falls into any of the prohibited content categories will be banned from participating on any Lake County-hosted social media sites.

Comments posted to any of Lake County's Facebook pages do not represent official statements or opinions by Lake County, nor does Lake County endorse or support any comment or user participating on Lake County's social media pages. Retweets, links, shares, likes, favorites and follows made by Lake County do not constitute endorsements.

Comments or any other posting made on Lake County's social media pages are not considered official communications with Lake County. Not all comments or postings may warrant a response from a representative of Lake County. To contact Lake County with general inquiries, email webmaster@lakecountyfl.gov. To request a public record, email publicrecords@lakecountyfl.gov.

Comments or posts that are considered a violation of the County's External Social Media Terms of Use will be subject to an internal review process before being removed.

In the case of a fire, police of medical emergency, dial 911.

All content is subject to Florida Public Records Law.

SOCIAL MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND FREQUENCY

Social media postings can be expected regularly on weekdays during normal business hours, except on holidays. The number of postings per day, per page, may vary. Lake County's social media pages are not managed 24 hours per day or 7 days per week. Because social media servers are hosted by a third party, Lake County accepts no responsibility for its social media networks becoming unresponsive or unavailable at any time.

JURISDICTION

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA. User consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Lake County, Florida, USA, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this web site. Use of this web site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

Lake County's performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process and nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of Lake County's right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to the User's use of this web site or information provided to or gathered by Lake County with respect to such use.

SEVERABILITY

If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitation set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.

CLOSING OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the User and Lake County with respect to this web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the User and Lake County with respect to this web site. This Agreement shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers and other terms contained in this web site; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.