Privacy Policy

I. INFORMATION COLLECTED

Hamilton Township (“Township”) collects non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, most-recently visited URL and referral sites. This information is used for identifying certain information such as; hits, referral sites and unique IP addresses.

The Township does not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information , for example, by registering a personal account with middletownnj.org for emergency services or municipal service requests. The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, email address, and telephone number along with information unique to your interests as well as other personal information that you may choose to submit but are not required to do so.

II. CONFIDENTIALITY

Any data gathered or voluntarily submitted is the property of the Township and intended for the Township’s use. The Township will not sell, rent, swap, or otherwise disclose your information to any third party unless otherwise required by law. The Township maintains and stores all data on a secure server that is not directly accessible to the Internet. 

III. USE OF INFORMATION

The Township will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided. Account holders may elect to de-register at any time.

IV. USE OF COOKIES

When you view our website we might store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a website as easily as possible. We use cookies to ensure that interactive portions of the Township ’s website will be only entered once and prevent you from reentering all your personal data at each connection.

V. SECURITY

Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information.

VI. COPYRIGHT

By using this website, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this notice. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of our sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes. Unless otherwise indicated, the materials displayed on our sites and individual web pages are the property of the Township and are therefore protected by United States and international copyright laws. This includes, but is not limited to, the compilation, selection, arrangement and presentation of all materials (including information in the public domain), the overall design of our sites and the computer programs that create the web page displays.

VII. TRADEMARKS

Unless otherwise indicated, the Township’s logos and facility names are trademarks or service marks of the Township and may not be used or displayed in any manner without the express prior written permission of the Township. All other trademarks or service marks that appear on our sites are the property of their respective owners.

VIII. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The visitors and users of these website agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the members of the Township Committee, its officers, employees, agents, successors and assignees (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), regardless of outcome, caused by, arising out of, or otherwise sustained as the result of the use of these sites and the Township’s technology.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE TOWNSHIP’S WEB SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IX. DISCLAIMER

THE MATERIALS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP ’S WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE SUCH MATERIALS AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT, OF MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS WEB SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

X. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you wish to contact the Township to request permission to use any materials you may send a letter delivered by first class U.S. Mail, postage prepaid to the following address:

Hamilton Township
c/o Division of Technology
2090 Greenwood Avenue
P.O. Box 00150
Hamilton, New Jersey 08650-0150

Please contact the Department of Law for information about our privacy policy.