The City of Carlsbad's website is an essential tool for communicating information about the city, providing services, and encouraging citizen participation in City government.
The City of Carlsbad ("City") is committed to protecting the privacy of the individuals utilizing the City's website; however, personal information submitted to the City's website may be subject to disclosure pursuant to various California laws, including, but not limited to, the California Civil Discovery Act of 1986 and the California Public Records Act. The City may share such information with other agencies if: (1) the information relates to that agency; (2) to protect the interests of others; (3) to protect and defend the rights or property of the City; or (4) as otherwise provided by law.
The City's website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that the City is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the City's website.
The City of Carlsbad does not use its website to:
The City of Carlsbad does use its website to:
The City's website may transfer information to your computer through cookies or other technology. The use of cookies or similar technology is an industry standard and does not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Cookies or similar technology can make the Internet more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular site. If preferred, you can configure your browser to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the City's website if you do so.
The City website utilizes encryption technology, however, the user should not assume that information submitted to the City Web server would be treated as confidential (See above Privacy Statement). If a user submits information to the City's server through a web page containing visible indicators of active encryption technology, the City will take all reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of such information.
By using the City's website, user agrees to indemnify or hold harmless the City of Carlsbad for any occurrence resulting from an act of user's use of the City's website. The City will take all reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of user information, but is not liable for any injury caused by the disclosure of that information, whether caused by security breach, accident, inadvertence, or any other act resulting in disclosure.
Questions about this Privacy and Security Statement should be directed to Clerk@CarlsbadCA.Gov.