THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED SUBJECT TO YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS AND CONDITIONS”) SET FORTH BELOW. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE WILL INDICATE YOUR TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROMPTLY EXIT THIS WEBSITE.

DISCLAIMERS

The City of Hermosa Beach is neither responsible nor liable for any viruses or other contamination of your system nor for any delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of the City’s website or with respect to the material contained on this website, including without limitation, any material posted on the website. This website and all materials contained on it are distributed and transmitted "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title, implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. For example, the City of Hermosa Beach makes no warranties about the content or features of the website, including their accuracy, reliability, availability, or ability to meet your needs. The City of Hermosa Beach is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that may arise from your use of, or the inability to use, the website and/or the materials contained on the website whether the materials contained on the website are provided by the City of Hermosa Beach, or a third party. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of this website, website-related services, and hyperlinked websites. The information and materials on the City’s website are subject to change without notice.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Some content on the City of Hermosa Beach’s website, including the City seal, logo, insignia, and other graphics and images are protected either by the City of Hermosa Beach as outlined in Hermosa Beach Municipal Code Chapter 1.06 or by a third-party provider. The City prohibits use of the City seal, logo, or insignia for anything but official City business. All other trademarks, service marks, and logos used in this website are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners.

ENDORSEMENTS AND THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Content on the City of Hermosa Beach’s website is intended to provide information about City services and City events, keep residents and visitors informed about matters of interest, and help the City fulfill service requests. The links, images, applications, or references on the City’s website are included as a convenience for the residents of the City. The inclusions of such links, images, applications, or references do not constitute an endorsement of the destination website, nor the content, viewpoint, accuracy, opinions, event, products, or website accessibility. Nor does any linkage between the City of Hermosa Beach and a third-party website imply sponsorship of that website or event. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use or download is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature.

WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

We may collect and use your personally identifiable information (“PII”), which is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual who is the subject of the information). We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect your information both by fair and lawful means, and with your knowledge and consent.

The information we gather is information that you either: 1) voluntarily provide when you fill out a form, register or initiate a transaction (e.g. your name, address, and the address of a service request); or 2) information that we gather related to the usage patterns and preferences of visitors that use the application.

You also provide us with information in other ways, such as via a browser’s cookies or through similar technologies when you use or view our website.

You agree that we have the right to share your PII for any lawful purpose, including but not limited to responding to any court order.

COOKIES

We use browser cookies to assign each visitor a unique, random number that resides on your electronic device. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to allow us to facilitate an ongoing internet interaction. Cookies do not identify the visitor, just the device that a visitor uses to access the website. Unless you voluntarily identify yourself, we won’t know who you are. The only personal information a cookie can obtain is the information you provide. A cookie cannot read or access unrelated data off your device. We use cookies to help us deliver better, more personalized service. For example, we use cookies to track the pages and services on our website’s pages most visited by our users. We use these tools to improve the quality of our website, including storing user preferences and tracking user trends. We use cookies to track, however your individual user data will be reported or identifiable.

BROWSER LEVEL INFORMATION AND IP ADDRESSES

The City’s website automatically collects information about your device and configuration when you access the website. This information includes the type of browser you use, the operating system you are running, the resolution of your monitors, the website that referred to you, and your IP address. An IP address is a number that is used by computers connected to the internet to identify your computer so that data such as the web pages you want to view can be transmitted back to you. We only use IP address information for systems administration and trouble-shooting purposes.

USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION

The City’s website may share your personal information in limited circumstances, such as to facilitate in the resolution of a request for service or reported code violation, when legally required, or with your consent. We retain collected information in accordance with the City’s retention policy.

RELEASE OF USER INFORMATION

The City may occasionally release information about our visitors when: 1) the release of this information is appropriate to comply with federal, state, and local laws; 2) to protect the rights, property or safety of our website visitors, the public, our customers, or our government and its employees, agents, partners, and affiliates.

In the State of California, laws exist to ensure that government is open, and that the public has a right to access appropriate records and information possessed by municipalities. At the same time, there are exceptions to the public’s right access to public records that serve various needs including the privacy of individuals. Exceptions are provided by both State and Federal laws.

All information collected at this website becomes a public record that may be subject to inspection and copying by the public unless an exception in law exists.

CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE

These Terms and Conditions are entered into in the State of California and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, exclusive of any choice of law rules.  Each party to these Terms and Conditions submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the County of in the State of California, and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. In any action to enforce these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and attorney fees.

SEVERABILITY

In the event that any of these Terms and Conditions are held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, those provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED PURPOSE

As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant to the City of Hermosa Beach that you will not use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the City of Hermosa Beach and you pertaining to their subject matter.  In its sole discretion, the City of Hermosa Beach may modify these Terms and Conditions by posting one or more revisions to the same on this website.