Policies & Practices
Disclaimer
The content in this web site is intended for the general public. Efforts are made to ensure that the information presented is complete and accurate. As laws or policies change, our site will be updated. Updates, additions or corrections may have been made to a web page since the last time you viewed it. Nonetheless, mistakes and technical problems can and do happen. Therefore, you are advised to confirm information such as meeting times, event dates, etc. Please contact the appropriate department to verify the accuracy of the data. If you believe there is an error in this site, please contact communications@shoreviewmn.gov.
The City of Shoreview is not responsible for errors made by other entities when republishing material from this site.
Data Practices Procedure
The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statute, Chapter 13) classifies data and provides the legal basis for determining how data and information are managed and distributed by government entities such as the City of Shoreview. The Data Practices Act prescribes that data is public - available to anyone who requests it - unless classified otherwise. Public data is available to anyone who requests it. Private data is available only to the data subject, person(s) authorized by the data subject, and City staff whose job requires access to the data.
More information about the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act →
Privacy and personal information
The City of Shoreview's website does not store personal information about you or your visit to our site unless you voluntarily provide us with this information when sending us an e-mail inquiry or registering for a program offered through our on-line registration service. (We must retain that information in order to enroll you in the activity you requested or reply to your e-mail. We use this information to carry out our duties in the same way we would with written communication.)
Like most Internet sites, our site records your visit in a log file. This log file does not contain any personal information. The log file is stored and used only to track general information concerning site visitors. This information may include the total number of visitors, most requested pages and whether errors occurred during your visit. This information is used to improve our website and your future visits.
Any on-line surveys in this website are anonymous. These surveys are used only to improve this web site and better serve our community. Although demographic information is sometimes collected, we do not ask for any personal identifying information.
Some of our application, order, feedback and course registration forms ask for contact information (name, e-mail address, phone number, etc.), demographic information (gender, address, etc.) and financial information (credit card or social security numbers). This information is used to process payments or job applications, answer a question or respond to a request.
The City of Shoreview is not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites linked to this site.
Accessibility Tools for Visually Impaired Users
Access.adobe.com provides a set of free tools that allow visually disabled users to read documents in Adobe pdf format. These tools convert pdf documents into either HTML or ASCII text, which can then be read by many screen-reading programs.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The City of Shoreview makes every possible effort to make www.shoreviewmn.gov compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. While we are committed to making our website accessible to all users, we recognize that some pages may not work with all types of assistive technology.
We welcome comments on how to improve the site's accessibility for users with disabilities. If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our web site interferes with your ability to access the information, please contact communications@shoreviewmn.gov. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the web address of the requested material, and your contact information.
Browser Compatibility
The City of Shoreview makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that all web pages on our site and all of our applications are usable in all browser types, with various settings. We strive to meet the standards required of Federal government web sites and the guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
If you are experiencing problems with a web page, application or document please let us know any details about the problem by contacting the communications@shoreviewmn.gov or 651.490.4613. We will correct the issue or provide the requested information in an alternative format.