Thank you for visiting the Hernando County Tourism Bureau’s website, promoted as The Mermaid Tale Trail. Your privacy is very important to us. We respect and are committed to your privacy. This Privacy Policy lets you know what information is collected and how your personal information is processed and used.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you visit Hernando County’s tourism website, www.themermaidtaletrail.com, the web server automatically collects certain data, such as the Internet domain and IP address from which you accessed the site, the type of browser and operating system used to access our site, the date and time you accessed our site, and if you linked to our website from another website, the address of that site. This information does not result in the identification of your personal e-mail address or other personal information. We only use this information to help us make our site more useful to our visitors. Again, only aggregate information is collected, and your personal information is not identified.
Use of Cookies
We currently do have “cookies” enabled. A “cookie” is a file placed on your hard drive by a website that allows it to monitor your use of the site. On occasion, “cookies” are enabled to collect current data to update our website and remove content that is not used or visited. This information is not shared with other organizations. Again, only aggregate information is collected, and your personal information is not identified.
Personally Identifiable Information
We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of subscriptions to e-mail newsletters or to provide additional services (for example, subscriptions to e-mail newsletters, announcement lists, online surveys, or information about events).
Our policy is to collect no personal information about you, such as your name, address, telephone number, or email address, when you visit our website. Personal information is collected only if you provide that information to us voluntarily. Whenever we request a visitor’s identity, we will clearly state the purpose of the inquiry before requesting the information. We maintain a strict “No-Spam” policy, which means that we do not intend to sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party without your consent. If you choose to make such information available to us by submitting your personal information via a form, we may contact you for feedback or to return the information you requested. Certain forms require you to enter personal information such as your phone number, e-mail address, or home address. Please provide this information if you are requesting information or a service so we can return the information or confirm your request. We do not share or reuse this information with other organizations.
If you choose to share personal information by sending an e-mail message or filling out an electronic form with personal information, the information will only be used for the purposes you authorized. Some of this information may be saved for a designated period to comply with the State of Florida laws and regulations for maintaining public records. However, information will not be disclosed to third parties or other government agencies, unless required by state or federal law. If the information is required by law to be disclosed about you, then every effort will be made to notify you about the disclosure in advance.
Occasionally, the voluntary information we collect is used for internal review, to notify visitors of updates to our website, and to conduct surveys or provide additional services. We may contact you, send you updates, solicit feedback on our services, or provide information only if you request it.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online – for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere – that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you’re online.
Your Consent to This Agreement
By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of information by Hernando County as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances (if any) we disclose it.