The Woodlands Township (the “Township”) provides this website and other online services as a public service. The following are The Woodlands Township’s policies for websites and online services. This policy serves to describe The Woodlands Township’s privacy practices as it relates to websites and online services. This privacy policy is subject to change at any time by The Woodlands Township. The Woodlands Township will promptly reflect any such modifications on this page.
Disclaimer
The Woodlands Township’s websites and online services may contain links to other sites. These include sites operated by other governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses, among others. The Woodlands Township’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy will no longer apply when you follow links to these sites. Visitors following links to other sites are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the privacy policies of those sites.
Neither The Woodlands Township nor any department, elected official, or employee of The Woodlands Township warrants the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any information published on a site not under the control of The Woodlands Township. Furthermore, The Woodlands Township does not endorse, recommend or promote any content, viewpoints, products, or services on sites linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses or damages caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or incomplete. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from a source other than The Woodlands Township does so at their own risk.
Terms of Use
Websites and online services are governed and controlled by the policies, statutes, and ordinances of the State of Texas and The Woodlands Township. All use of this website and online services shall conform to all local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Certain content contained on this website and The Woodlands Township’s other online services may be protected by copyright, trademark, service marks, patents, or subject to other intellectual property protections.
You may make a copy of such content for your own personal, non-commercial use only, provided that any copyright and other proprietary notices remain intact. Modification, copying, reproduction, republishing, posting, uploading, transmittal or distribution of any such content without the prior written authorization of the intellectual property rights holder is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or alter information on this website or other online services provided by The Woodlands Township are strictly prohibited. Violators will be prosecuted.
The content of this website and The Woodlands Township’s other online services is for use for informational purposes only. This website and the information contained herein should not be relied upon or used as information for the purposes of securities disclosures about The Woodlands Township or its financial condition, and should not be relied upon when considering whether to buy, sell or hold bonds or other obligations issued by The Woodlands Township.
The Woodlands Township makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained on its website and other online services is accurate, and endeavors to undertake periodic reviews and makes updates, as appropriate, to such content. However, The Woodlands Township makes no representations or warranties that the availability of its website and other online services will be uninterrupted or that the information contained therein is current, suitable for any particular purpose, or free from errors or omissions.
By using this website, you are acknowledging that this website and the information contained herein are provided “as is” without any warranty of any kind. By using this website, you also consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the District Courts of Harris and/or Montgomery County with respect to any claims arising out of your use of this website and/or The Woodlands Township’s other online services. Further, you acknowledge and agree that The Woodlands Township provides this website and other online services as a part of its governmental functions, and is therefore immune from suit and liability in so doing.
Privacy Policy, Open Records Act & Legal Disclosure
The Woodlands Township strives to maintain your online privacy and the confidentiality of personal information you may provide while interacting with us online. The Woodlands Township does not sell or rent personally identifiable information. Our policy is to collect no personal information about you when you visit our websites and online services unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us.
The Woodlands Township uses web-based forms and digital portals. Personally identifiable information collected from these forms and portals has a specified use (e.g., registration, applications, survey response, etc.) The Woodlands Township uses this information only for that purpose.
Please be advised, however, that all information collected from The Woodlands Township website and other online services, including the summary server log information, e-mails sent to the website and information collected from web-based forms and digital portals, is subject to the provisions of the Texas Public Information Act. Information about the Texas Public Information Act is available from the Office of the Texas Attorney General at oag.state.tx.us/open/index.shtml.
The Woodlands Township may be legally required to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities. The Woodlands Township will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities, and we reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that The Woodlands Township in good faith deems to be illegal.
Accessibility
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Woodlands Township is committed to making its website accessible as outlined in the Federal government’s recommendations "Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities." The Woodlands Township will implement these standards on new pages and older pages as they are modified.