Privacy Policy-Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Thank you for visiting the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s website and for reviewing our Privacy Policy. This policy extends to the collection of all personally identifiable information, regardless of the source or the medium. This policy addresses our standardized process for access to and for the collection, storage, use, transfer, and security of personally identifiable information.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fully supports the protection of individual privacy and minimizes the collection of personally identifiable information.

Public Records
The State Open Records Act is applicable to this Privacy Policy pursuant to the Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 24, Article 72, Part 2, which states the following: "It is declared to be the public policy of this state that all public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as provided in this part 2 or as otherwise specifically provided by law."  Much of the information the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment collects includes individually  identified health information that is not subject to the Colorado Open Records Act.  Other information, however, is available through the Colorado Open Records Act.

See http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/cora.asp for Hazardous Waste Records available through the Colorado Open Records Act.

 See http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/cora.asp for the Environmental Audit Privilege and Immunity Act discussion, including the Colorado Open Records Act.

 This website:

If personal information is requested on the website or is volunteered by the user, state and federal law may protect that information. However, all information becomes a public record once it is provided and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by federal or state law.

Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information requested from or volunteered by children online or by email will be treated the same as information provided by an adult and may be subject to public access.

The following information may be collected during your visit to this Website:

• Internet protocol address and domain name used but not the email address
• Type of browser used and client operating system identification
• Date and time visited occurred
• Web pages or services accessed at this site 

The information we collect or store is used to improve the content of our web services and to better understand how people are using our services.

If during your visit to our site you send an email to us, the following information will be collected:

• E-mail address used to send e-mail; and, 
• content of the e-mail. 

We use your e-mail to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to further improve our web site, or to forward the e-mail to another agency for appropriate action.

Security Statement: 

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, along with the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration, the developer and manager of the Colorado home page, have taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of the telecommunications and computing infrastructure, including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, and auditing. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day practices of the entire operating environment as part of its continuing commitment to risk management.

Disclaimer: 

These pages may include links to other web sites. These include links to web sites operated by other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses. When you link to another site, you are no longer on our site and this Privacy Notice will not apply. When you link to another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

Neither the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, nor any employee of the State of Colorado warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by this system, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.

 Feedback:

To offer feedback about this website or about this Privacy Policy, you can contact our office:

By Email  
By Telephone: 303.692.2311
By Fax: 303.782.0095
By Mail: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,
Privacy Officer, A5-CHEIS
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South,
Denver, CO 80246-1530

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