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City of Edina Website Privacy Policy

The City of Edina has issued this website privacy policy pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 (Government Data Practices Act). The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the City of Edina’s website. Generally, information received via e-mail or through the website will be treated in the same way as other written forms of communication, and in many instances it will be considered public information available to the public upon request.

This privacy policy does not apply to websites operated by third parties that you may access through a link from the City of Edina website. 

If you have any questions concerning the City of Edina’s website privacy policy, please e-mail them to edinamail@ci.edina.mn.us. To ensure a reply, please include your e-mail address in the text of your message.

Information you provide to the City of Edina
The City of Edina does not keep any personal information about you or your visit to the City of Edina website unless you have specifically supplied it to the City of Edina. Typically, this would be through e-mail or the submission of online transactions, as specified below. 

E-mail you send to the City of Edina

  • E-mail that you send to Edina may be saved, filed, and archived for a period of time. This is for the City’s use in tracking correspondence, and is similar to the policy for saving and archiving any written correspondence. All such correspondence becomes a matter of public record as if received in another written form.
  • The City of Edina does not collect or store e-mail addresses as a database. To do so would enter those addresses into public record, making them available upon request. However, e-mail addresses that are part of email correspondence with the City should be considered to be public information. 

Online permits and applications

  • Depending on the specific permit or application applied for online, some or all of the information you provide (the same as for a corresponding paper-based application) is collected and becomes public information, available upon request. 
  • Information submitted in job applications with the City of Edina is handled in several ways during the hiring process. Upon application, most of the information you provide remains private. If you become a finalist for a position with the City, some of the information becomes public. If you are hired, then additional information on your application becomes a matter of public record.
  • Interactive permits and applications are not sent via a secured transaction; however, the data is collected is stored on a secured server.

Surveys

  • Occasionally, the City of Edina conducts online surveys. The responses to these surveys are retained and become a matter of public record, available upon request. Under present practices, survey results do not contain the respondents’ email addresses.

Tracking information about your visit to our site
The City of Edina website uses a common tool called WebTrends that reads and compiles information about your visit to the site. This information is used to analyze traffic patterns, perform routine maintenance, maintain site security and help improve navigation on the site. Generally, the information collected is temporary; when you leave the site, the information is deleted. The information the City collects in this manner is:

  • total number of visits (“hits”) to the site
  • the number of times each visitor viewed the site
  • types of computer systems used to access the site
  • browser types and versions used to access the site
  • date and time of access
  • the most frequently downloaded files
  • the most frequently visited pages
  • the website you visited prior to coming to our site
  • information about possible system security threats 

Personal information, including your name and address, is not collected simply by your accessing or viewing the website.