Department of Human Services Website - Privacy/Security Policies

PRIVACY AND SECURITY STATEMENT: This Website is maintained by: Maricopa County Department of Human Services Office of Information Services 234 North Central Avenue, Suite 3000 Phoenix, AZ 85008 Maricopa County Department of Human Services ("the DEPARTMENT") collects no personally identifying information about individuals except when specifically and knowingly provided by such individuals. In addition, the DEPARTMENT's web servers may place a "cookie" on the hard drive of a user's computer. It enables the DEPARTMENT's Web servers to manage communications between the server and the browser and may be used to store personalization information provided by individuals. All email addresses maintained by the DEPARTMENT contain the names of people who voluntarily communicated with or requested information from the DEPARTMENT. At present, email addresses or any personally identifying information about individuals are not sold or rented to any governmental or commercial entities. When a user has given the DEPARTMENT his/her email address for purposes of communicating with or requesting information from the DEPARTMENT, that communication becomes public record and may be subject to disclosure under applicable Arizona and Federal statute(s). For security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the DEPARTMENT's website also employs measures to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under applicable Arizona and Federal statute(s).