City of Corning
Civil Service Commission

Thank you for visiting the City of Corning Civil Service Commission website. This website is designed to make it easier and more efficient for individuals to interact with the City of Corning Civil Service Commission. The City of Corning Civil Service Commission recognizes that it is critical for individuals to be confident that their privacy is protected when they visit the City of Corning Civil Service Commission website.

This Privacy Policy describes the City of Corning Civil Service Commission’s privacy practices regarding information collected from users of this website. This policy describes what information is collected and how that information is used. Because this Privacy Policy only applies to this website, you should always examine the Privacy Policy of any website, including other Civil Service websites, that you access by linking from this website.

When visiting this website, the City of Corning Civil Service Commission automatically collects and stores no information about your visit.

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During your visit to this website you may send an e-mail to the City of Corning Civil Service Commission. Your e-mail address and the contents of your message will be collected. The information collected is limited to text characters included in the e-mail. Your e-mail address and the information included in your message will be used to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to improve this website, or to forward your message to another Civil Service agency for appropriate action. Your e-mail address is not collected for commercial purposes and the City of Corning Civil Service Commission is not authorized to sell or otherwise disclose your e-mail address for commercial purposes and will not do so.

The City of Corning Civil Service Commission does not knowingly collect personal information from children or create profiles of children through this website. Users are cautioned, however, that the collection of personal information submitted in an e-mail will be treated as though it was submitted by an adult, and may, unless exempted from access by federal or New York State law, be subject to public access. The City of Corning Civil Service Commission strongly encourages parents and teachers to be involved in children’s Internet activities and to provide guidance whenever children are asked to provide personal information online.

As noted above, the City of Corning Civil Service Commission does not collect any personal information about you during your visit to this website unless you provide that information voluntarily by sending an e-mail. You may choose not to send us an e-mail. While your choice not to participate in these activities may limit your ability to receive specific services through this website, it will not prevent you from requesting services from the City of Corning Civil Service Commission by other means (such as writing to the City of Corning Civil Service Commission via the U.S. Postal Service or telephoning the City of Corning Civil Service Commission office) and will not normally have an impact on your ability to take advantage of other features of the website, including browsing or downloading most publicly available information.

The City of Corning Civil Service Commission will only collect personal information through this website or disclose personal information collected through this website if the user has consented to the collection or disclosure of such personal information. Participation in an online transaction (including use of e-mail) resulting in the disclosure of personal information to the City of Corning Civil Service Commission by the user, whether solicited or unsolicited, constitutes consent to the collection and disclosure of the information by the City of Corning Civil Service Commission for the purposes reasonably ascertainable from the nature and terms of the transaction.

However, the City of Corning Civil Service Commission may collect or disclose personal information without user consent if the collection or disclosure is: (1) necessary to perform the statutory duties of the City of Corning Civil Service Commission, or necessary for the City of Corning Civil Service Commission to operate a program authorized by law, or authorized by state or federal statute or regulation; (2) made pursuant to a court order or by law; (3) for the purpose of validating the identity of the user; or (4) of information to be used solely for statistical purposes that is in a form that cannot be used to identify any particular person.

The City of Corning Civil Service Commission may disclose personal information to federal or state law enforcement authorities to enforce the City of Corning Civil Service Commission’s rights against unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to the City of Corning Civil Service Commission’s information technology assets or against other inappropriate use of this website.

The information collected through this website is retained by the City of Corning Civil Service Commission in accordance with the records retention and disposition requirements of the New York State Arts & Cultural Affairs Law. Information on the requirements of the Arts & Cultural Affairs Law may be found at http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/nysaservices/ns_mgr_laws.shtml. Information, including personal information, that you submit in an e-mail or otherwise is retained in accordance with the records retention and disposition schedule established for the records of the program unit to which you submitted the information. Information concerning these records retention and disposition schedules may be obtained through the Internet Privacy Policy contact listed in this Privacy Policy.

Any user may submit a request to the City of Corning Civil Service Commission privacy compliance officer to determine whether personal information pertaining to that user has been collected through this website. Any such request shall be made in writing to the address below and must be accompanied by reasonable proof of identity of the user. Reasonable proof of identity may include verification of a signature, inclusion of an identifier generally known only to the user, or similar appropriate identification. The address of the privacy compliance officer is provided on the main page of this site.

The City of Corning Civil Service Commission is strongly committed to protecting personal information collected through this website against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Consequently, the City of Corning Civil Service Commission limits employee access to personal information collected through this website to only those employees who need access to the information in the performance of their official duties. Employees who have access to this information are required to follow appropriate procedures in connection with any disclosures of personal information.

In addition, the City of Corning Civil Service Commission has implemented procedures to safeguard the integrity of its information technology assets. These security procedures have been integrated into the design, implementation, and day to day operations of this website as part of our continuing commitment to the security of electronic content as well as the electronic transmission of information.

The information provided in this Privacy Policy should not be construed as giving business, legal, or other advice, or warranting as failsafe the security of information provided through this website.

In order to provide users with certain information, the City of Corning Civil Service Commission provides links to the websites of certain local municipal and New York State agencies. A link does not constitute an endorsement of the content, viewpoint, accuracy, opinions, policies, products, services, or accessibility of that website. Once you link to another website from this website, including one maintained by the New York State Department of Civil Service, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website, including, but not limited to, its Internet Privacy Policy (if any).

For questions regarding the City of Corning Civil Service Commission Internet Privacy Policy, please contact: City of Corning Civil Service Commission, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Corning, New York 14830. The office is open on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or by appointment by calling 962-0340, ext. 156 and leaving a message that will be returned.