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Website Terms of Use

Welcome to Rutland County Solid Waste District, (RCSWD) Rutland, Vermont’s (“District”) website.  Access to the District website and all underlying pages is subject to the following terms of use, which we may update from time to time without notice.  By using our site, you understand and agree to all of these terms of use.

1. PRIVACY POLICY

We are committed to protecting your personal information. For more information on how your personal data will be used, please review our Privacy Policy below.

2.  YOUR USE OF THE SITE

You agree that you will not use the Districts’ website for any purpose that is unlawful or that could interfere with or impair the operation and functionality of the site. You further agree that, when using the Districts’ website, you will refrain from posting, uploading, emailing, or otherwise transmitting:

  • information that would infringe on the intellectual rights of others, such as copyrighted material to which you do not hold the copyright;
  • information that will breach applicable laws or regulations, including data protection or privacy laws;
  • material that is threatening, abusive, harassing, intimidating, discriminatory or defamatory to another; or
  • viruses, trojans, worms, or other computer code or materials that may alter, damage, or interrupt the functionality of the site, or the hardware or software of any other person who uses the site; or
  • content that you do not have the right to transmit.

As a further condition of your use of the Districts’ website, you agree that you will not:

  • alter, damage, or delete any content posted on the site;
  • use this site to commit a criminal offense or to encourage others to engage in any conduct that would constitute a criminal offense;
  • use the site in a way to give rise to civil liability or encourage others to engage in any conduct that would give rise to civil liability;
  • impersonate any entity or organization or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or organization;
  • advertise, sell, offer to sell or buy goods or services or engage in solicitation or promotional activity, except in those areas of our website that have been specifically designated for such purposes.  

In addition to the above, you agree that you are bound by, and will comply with, all local laws, regulations, and rules regulating your use.

The District reserves the right to suspend your access to its website if we have reason to believe that you are using it for any of the prohibited purposes of above.  If you have provided us with an electronic address, we will notify you of any suspension and provide you an opportunity to respond to the issue.

3.  YOUR PASSWORD

Some District websites may allow users to create an account in order to access content, register for an activity, or enter personal information.  If you elect to create an account:

  • You agree that you are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of passwords associated with your account(s).
  • You agree that you will be solely responsible to the District for all activities that occur under your account.
  • If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify the District immediately.
  • The District reserves the right to suspend your account if the District deems you are using the account in violation of these terms of use.
  • Portions of the District website may be administered by a third party. If you access these pages, you may be bound by their respective terms of use policies.

5.  INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE

In order to use certain aspects of this site, you may be required to provide information about yourself. You agree that any information you give to the District will always be accurate, correct, and up to date. To learn how the District may use such information, please visit our Privacy Policy below

6.  COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

A.    Certain content on the District’s webpages may be copyrighted and may contain images or graphics belonging to another party that are used with permission.  Users are notified, therefore, that one should presume the need to obtain permission from the copyright holder before reproducing or otherwise using images or graphics from the site. 

B.    The District respects the intellectual property of others and it asks its users to do the same. Service marks and trademarks contained in or displayed on the site, and the contents of linked sites operated by third parties, are the property of their respective owners. All rights are reserved.

C.    Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Notice/Takedown Request

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement via its display on, or other use by, www.rcswd.com, you may submit a notice pursuant to the DMCA by providing the District’s DMCA Designated Agent (below) with the following information in writing:

  1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
  3. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the District to locate the material;
  4. information reasonably sufficient to permit the District to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;
  5. a statement that you (and, if applicable, the person or entity on whose behalf you are acting) have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  6. and a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

D.   The District’s DMCA Designated Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached at:

By Mail:

Rutland County Solid Waste District - DMCA Agent
c/o District Managers Office
2 Greens Hill Lane
Rutland, VT 05701

By phone: (802) 775-7209

7.  LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND EMBEDDED CONTENT

This site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are operated by parties other than the District.  Inclusion of a hypertext link to an external site is not intended as an endorsement of any product or service offered or referenced on the linked site, the organization sponsoring the site, or any views that might be expressed or referenced on the site.  Once you link to another site, the District’s policies no longer apply and you become subject to the policies of that site.  Links may be removed or replaced at the discretion of the District at any time without notice.  

Entities or individuals linking to or embedding content from the District’s website should not in any way suggest that the District has any relationship or affiliation with that organization, or that the District endorses, sponsors or recommends the information, products or services of that site.  Furthermore, they should not misinform users about the origin or ownership of the District’s website content.

8.  VIRUSES, HACKING, AND OTHER OFFENSES

You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. You must not take any action that intentionally imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on the website’s infrastructure. You must not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website or any activity being conducted on the website. You must not use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation, browsers, spiders, robots, avatar’s or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the website other than the search engine and search agents available from the website and other than generally available third-party web browsers (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer). You must not attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up part of the website. By breaching this provision, you may commit a criminal offense under applicable laws. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

9.  DISCLAIMERS

  1. WWW.RCSWD.COM AND ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED ON IT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND TRANSMITTED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, CONTENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, FREEDOM FROM INTERRUPTION, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, FREEDOM FROM ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF CONTENT PLACED ON WWW.RCSWD.COM (WHETHER BY THE DISTRICT OR A THIRD PARTY) INCLUDING ANY OF THE DESIGN, INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, IMAGES, PAGES, INTERFACES, LINKS, SOFTWARE, OR OTHER MATERIALS AND ITEMS CONTAINED IN OR DISPLAYED ON WWW.RCSWD.COM.
     
  2. THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE FORESEEABLE) THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, WWW.RCSWD.COM AND/OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON WWW.RCSWD.COM WHETHER THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON WWW.RCSWD.COM ARE PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT OR A THIRD PARTY.
     
  3. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF WWW.RCSWD.COM IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
     
  4. CHANGES ARE MADE PERIODICALLY TO THE DISTRICT CHARTER AND MANY DISTRICT REGULATION, RULES, FORMS AND SCHEDULES, AND THESE CHANGES MAY OR MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY REFLECTED IN THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PRESENT ON WWW.RCSWD.COM.

11.  TERMINATION

We reserve the right to terminate your access for any reason including, without limitation, prolonged lack of use, violation of applicable laws or breach of these Terms of Use. You agree that any termination of your access may be affected without prior notice. You further acknowledge that we will not be liable to you for any termination of your access to or use of our website.

 
12.  MISCELLANEOUS

  1. Nothing contained in or displayed on this site or in these Terms constitutes or is intended to constitute legal advice by the District or any of its departments, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, or representatives.
  2. You agree that if the district does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in these Terms (or which the District otherwise has under applicable law), such omission will not be taken to be a formal waiver of the District’s rights and shall not be construed to be a modification of these Terms.
  3. If any court of competent jurisdiction rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from these Terms, without affecting the rest of these Terms. The remaining provisions of these Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
  4. These Terms of Use and your use of our website shall be governed by the laws of the State of Vermont without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. Any legal action or proceeding related to a District website shall be brought exclusively in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in the State of Vermont.
  5. The District reserves the right to revise and otherwise change these Terms at any time and without notice. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting, unless otherwise stated. Your continued use of the website following the posting of any modification signifies your acceptance thereof. You should periodically visit this page to review the current Terms of Use.
  6. These Terms, and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and the District with respect to your use of the site and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and the District with respect to the site. These Terms shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers and other terms contained in burlingtonvt.gov and its subpages; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and these Terms, the inconsistent terms shall control in the following descending order: (1) these Terms and the Privacy Policy; other terms contained in District websites.

Thank you for visiting our website.

Privacy Policy for Websites

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

OVERVIEW

The District automatically collects information from visitors to www.rcswd.com, including:

  • the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address and Fully Qualified Domain Name of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your computer, if assigned;
  • the type of browser and operating system you are using;
  • the page(s) you access; and
  • if you followed a link or were forwarded to www.rcswd.com from another website, the District collects the URL of the site that directed you to the District’s website.

The District uses this information to identify site performance needs, to ensure compatibility with the technology used by site visitors, and generally to add and improve services offered. In order to accomplish those goals, from time to time, the District may conduct analysis of the data it collects, using a service such as Google Analytics. We do not sell this information to outside parties.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

www.rcswd.com collects personal information, such as your name, address, email address, or other information if you provide it to us - for example, if you ask us to process various applications, such as:

  • You respond to a survey.
  • You perform a transaction such as obtaining a permit.
  • You submit a comment or question though a contact form.
  • You post a question or comment on an applicable page.
  • You register for a program.

All of these activities are purely voluntary.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you submit personal information to www.rcswd.com, RCSWD generally does not share the personal information it collects with outside parties except to complete the transaction for which you have submitted it.  For example, the District may use a third-party payment processor such as EB2gov to process credit card payments.  We will not use the personal information you provide for purposes other than those outlined in this policy without providing you an opportunity to opt-out.  We will not sell your information to an outside party.  We may, however, aggregate personal information data from individuals to analyze and improve our site and services.

SECURITY

The District has security measures in place in the design, implementation and operation of the site and in its underlying servers and networks.  Furthermore, the District maintains ongoing efforts to identify and/or block unauthorized intrusions into the site. Unauthorized attempts to upload to or change information on or otherwise cause damage to the site are prohibited.

By using this site, you consent to the District’s monitoring of your uses of the system. If such monitoring reveals possible evidence of criminal activity or other unauthorized use, District personnel may provide your information to law enforcement or other officials, as authorized or required by law.

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OVER THE WEB

The District may already have, or may acquire, personally identifiable information through the normal functions of government. The Vermont Public Records Act governs the use of any information maintained or acquired by a public agency. If state or federal law treats information as public and not confidential, a District may choose to make the record available through this site in much the same manner as it would make a record available to a member of the public who visits the department in person.

COOKIES

A cookie is a small text file that a website can place on your computer’s hard drive, for example to collect information about your activities on the site. The cookie transmits this information back to the website’s computer, which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Cookies may be used on the District’s website for purposes such as to distinguish between visitors, track information about site usage, or to enhance the user experience.

Most consumers do not know that cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit Web sites. If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a website attempts to place a cookie on your computer.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

RCSWD website may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are operated by parties other than the District. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of the new site. These links are provided for your convenience, and the District does not control or make any guarantee about the other sites or their policies.  Further, links to particular items in hypertext should not be considered an endorsement of any organization or viewpoint in that text.  To report problems with links on our site, please see the contact information below.

CHILDREN

No applications on rcswd.com specifically solicit information from minors or seek to determine whether the visitor is a minor. Consequently, because such information will not be specifically identified as being from minors, users of the site should be aware that personally identifiable information submitted to the site by minors will be subject to being treated in the same manner as information given by an adult and may become subject to public records act requests.

The District strongly believes that parental supervision is an important factor in Internet use by minors. Therefore, the District asks parents to guide minor children under the age of 13 when children are asked to provide any personal information online. The District further requires that children under the age of 13 ask for and receive their parent’s permission before providing any information online to the District.  Any personal information for children under 13 that is identified as being collected without parental permission will be deleted.

The District may change this policy from time to time, and reserves its right to do so without notice.  This policy is effective July 1, 2021.