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External Link Policy
It is the purpose of the County of Santa Barbara website to provide
accurate, non-editorial content that will inform Santa Barbara County
citizens about the services, issues, operations and projects of
Santa Barbara County government. In addition, the website will be
used to facilitate the delivery of direct services provided by the
Santa Barbara County government to its citizens and other customers.
All Santa Barbara County government offices, departments, agencies,
governing bodies, boards, and commissions are eligible to submit
content or request the posting or hypertext linking to appropriate
information to support their mission or service initiatives.
The County Webmaster, a member of the Information Technology division of the General
Services department, is responsible for the management and oversight of the Santa
Barbara County website. Comments about this site are welcome from any source and are
always greatly appreciated.
The security of the information you provide to the Santa Barbara County is important
to us. However, the Santa Barbara County site includes links to other sites, and when
you choose to visit those sites, we are not responsible for their privacy policies or
how they treat user information. In addition, we may permit third parties to offer
registration-based services through our site. We are not responsible for the actions and
policies of these third parties, and you should review the privacy policies of these
parties when supplying personally identifiable information to them.
Links from Santa Barbara County Website
Organizations wishing to establish external links on the County's
website must submit an external link application.
This form will contain all information necessary to verify the facts
stated and is necessary to establish that the proposed link is in
compliance with this policy.
External links may be made to websites that meet the following criteria, as
determined by the County Webmaster:
- Sites that are owned and managed by a state, local or federal governmental agency
or local school board.
- Sites that are maintained by an organization that receives direct financial
support from the County.
- Sites that have a direct contractual relationship with the County for the
provision of goods and/or services.
- Sites that provide a unique online resource that will assist in the provision of
services and/or information that compliment the purpose of the County’s web
presence as outlined above.
- Sites that provide of non-profit/non-religious services that support the mission
of the County of Santa Barbara.
- Entities that the County has an existing formal, contractual relationship with
through direct funding, or co-partnership on programs.
External links will not be made to sites that fall within any of the following
criteria, as determined by the County Webmaster:
- Sites that are owned or managed by a political party, candidate or special
interest group or are of a political nature that are associated with, sponsored by
or serving a candidate for elected office, any political party or organization supporting
or seeking to defeat any candidate for elective office or ballot proposal.
- Sites that are owned, managed or provide content for commercial entities, that do
not have a direct contractual relationship with the County for the provision of
goods and/or services.
- Sites containing any materials that may reasonably be considered scurrilous or
offensive. Offensive materials are defined as sexual content or images, slurs
against race, religious or political beliefs, age, gender, sexual orientation,
national origin or physical attributes.
The County of Santa Barbara reserves the right to 1) deny an external link
application as to any person, business or organization when it is determined, following
review of a complete application, that the entity or organization for which application
is made does not meet the criteria set forth in this policy; 2) deny an external link
application as to any person, business or organization which fails to provide all
required information, or fails to provide truthful information.
Removal of Content
The County Webmaster reserves the right to remove any external link if the nature of
the organization or business to which the link relates no longer complies with the
County’s external link policy; 1) to discontinue an external link at any time if
entities’ website provides or promotes false, slanderous, illegal, immoral, or
incorrect information at any time, or 2) to revise this policy without prior notice when
to do so is deemed to be in the best interests of the County.
The County Logo is a trademark of the County of Santa Barbara. Any use of the
materials stored on the County’s website is prohibited without the written permission
of the County of Santa Barbara. The County of Santa Barbara retains all intellectual
property rights including copyrights on all text, graphic images and other content. This
means that the following acts or activities are prohibited without prior, written
permission from the County of Santa Barbara: 1) modify and/or re-use text, images or
other web content from a County server; 2) distribute the County’s web content; or 3)
“mirror” the County’s information on a non-County server.
Disclaimer
The materials and information contained on or obtained from this website, are
distributed and transmitted “as is” without warranties of any kind, either express
or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Information contained on this
website, including information obtained from external links thereon, is provided without
any representation of any kind as to accuracy or content and should be verified by the
user. The County of Santa Barbara is not responsible for any special, indirect,
incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to
use, the website and/or the materials contained on the site whether the materials
contained on the website are provided by the County Santa Barbara or a third party.
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