05.04.04 Website Policy
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY MANUAL CHAPTER: 05 Public Affairs Policy No: 05.04.04 SECTION: 04 Administrative Directive Page: 1 of 2 SUBJECT: 04 Website Policy
Purpose The purpose of the City of Boynton Beach’s website is to provide the public with convenient and efficient access to information about Boynton Beach Government services, programs
and attractions and to its departments and officials. It also is intended to provide the user with access to information about community life, including cultural, educational and recreational
activities in the City. Information Accuracy The City of Boynton Beach has made every effort to insure the accuracy of information provided on its website. However, due to the possibility
of unauthorized modification of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser incompatibilities, changes made since the last update to the website, or other aspects of electronic communication
that are beyond the City’s control, neither the City nor its agency, officers or employees warrant the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of the information published on its website.
External Links To meet its purpose, the City’s website may contain links to other websites that are not owned, regularly reviewed or controlled by the City. The City’s website does not
provide links to external sites that are strictly political or religious in nature. The provision of direct links should not be construed as an endorsement or sponsorship of these external
websites, their content or their hosts. The City specifically disavows legal responsibility for what a user may find on another site, whether or not operated by the City. The views and
opinions of the authors of documents published on or linked to the City’s website do not necessarily state or reflect the opinion, policy or position of the City. The City of Boynton
Beach is not responsible for the content, quality, accuracy or completeness of any offsite materials referenced by or linked through the City’s website. By using the City’s website,
the user acknowledges and accepts the risk of injury or damage from viewing, hearing, downloading or storing such materials rests entirely with the user and that the City is not responsible
for any materials stored on other websites, nor is it liable for any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illegal materials found on other websites. The City does not endorse any content,
viewpoint, products or services linked from this website and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information.
The City does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of or endorse any products or service providers listed or linked to its site. 1
2 External Link Criteria Links to other websites are approved if they meet the following criteria: • They are state, regional, local or federal government agencies, special purpose districts,
hospitals, scientific or cultural organizations serving the Boynton Beach community and public educational institutions. • They are human service organizations that receive direct support
from the City of Boynton Beach. • They are community festivals and events that are open to the general public and that are sponsored or cosponsored by the City. • Providers of search
engines from the City of Boynton Beach websites. • No links are allowed to sites containing inappropriate material or to information irrelevant to the City’s mission or services. • The
City’s Review Team, consisting of the Public Affairs director, IT director, Assistant to the City Manager, and Recreation & Parks Marketing Manager, must approve all external links.
• The City’s Review Team is authorized to order removal of material that is noncompliant with these guidelines from the City’s website. Links shall not be made to sites that are associated
with, sponsored by or serve a candidate for elected office or any political part or organization supporting or seeking to defeat any candidate for elective office or ballot proposal.
The City’s website is not intended to function as a public forum. Privacy Policy The City will not sell, distribute or otherwise provide to third parties any information of a personal
nature that is obtained as a result of any person subscribing to or visiting the City Website, except where a public record is generated during the contact which is otherwise discoverable
under Florida Sunshine Laws. Created: July 25, 2007 Revised: December 1, 2009 Kurt Bressner Kurt Bressner City Manager