Who we are
Johnson County Public Health (JCPH) is using healthyjoco.com to discover, explore, and engage with the community to improve population health within Johnson County through collaborative action using community connections and current information about the status of health.
Use of this website, and any other content originally produced by Johnson County Public Health signifies acceptance of all terms and privacy policies issued on this page.
All content submitted on healthyjoco.com is considered to be in the public domain. Wherever possible, any concepts, ideas, or designs are also submitted into the public domain so as to promote Public Health and empower communities to connect.
Any content published on this website may be utilized for any purpose, and is not considered to be private, or under restricted use. Do not submit any personal information on this website that would lead to individual identification. Additionally, healthyjoco.com will never ask for any personal information via email or private message.
Use of this site is intended for those age 13+ as regulated by the COPPA laws or other applicable governing doctrine. Anyone under this age must have a parent or guardian provide documentation in compliance and observance of these regulations to participate.
All opinions are those of the original contributor and are not to be recognized as agency or organization statements. Social media is personal in nature, and as such, any opinions may be of professional reference or experience, but do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of associated agencies, organizations, or businesses. Please do not submit anything vulgar, or that would otherwise create an unfavorable image for yourself, your organization, or others. We will make every attempt to archive records of every content submission, which may not be eligible for removal at a later date.
Note that any use of the words public, private, and hidden are used purely for front-end access control, and do not guarantee any degree of privacy. Website features are designed to create a safe space for contributors to test theories prior to release, but should not be relied upon as a method to store any sensitive data whatsoever.
Use of this website is entirely optional, and in no way is connected with any personal health information or personally identifiable information maintained by any of our sponsoring agencies.
What data we collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Any information related to your request to be contacted with for a specific reason will be stored and used to best respond.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, maps, data visualizations, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Google Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Why we collect this information
We are improving the website. We collect information to understand what is working within the website and what needs additional attention.
We want to improve user experience. We are interested in better understanding our users and the user experience through the collected information.
We want to improve the capabilities of JCPH. Building a website that allows JCPH to better engage with the community creates opportunities for impact that extend beyond previous efforts.
Who we share your data with
Your data will not be shared with any entities outside JCPH. Any data provided on the website for group use
Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service; the privacy disclosure for that service is provided with the comment box.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators have the ability to see and edit that information, but will only only do so as a request from the user.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Johnson County Public Health contact information
Johnson County Public Health
healthyjoco@co.johnson.ia.us
Health & Human Services Building
855 S Dubuque Street Suite 217
Iowa City, IA 52240
Additional information
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information.