Security and Privacy Notice

Information presented on this web site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied for noncommercial purposes. If the information is distributed or copied, use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. This web site computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for web site planning and maintenance, determining technical design specifications, and analyzing system performance. For security purposes, and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this web site computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic, to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, to cause damage, or to deny service to authorized users. Except for the uses mentioned above, the use of cookies described below, and authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this web site are strictly prohibited and are subject to legal action.

Use of "Cookies"

To better serve our users the City of Winston-Salem website, we may use "cookies" to customize your browsing experience. Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among visitors to city websites. Cookies created on your computer from using city websites do not contain personally identifiable information and do not compromise your privacy or security. The cookie feature is used to store a randomly generated identifying tag on your computer to remember the pages on this web site that you visit. You can refuse the cookie or delete the cookie file from your computer at any time by using any one of a number of widely available methods. Check your browser "Help" files for how to block or delete cookies. If you provide your e-mail or address when you register as a MyCityofWS member, that information is used only to provide a personalized experience for you for the MyCityofWS features. If you visit certain pages on this website, a cookie may be placed on your computer to mark the page viewed in order to show you a targeted message about that topic (generated by a third party site) on other websites (for example: notices about leaf collection season). If you have further questions about cookies, the Computer Incident Advisory Capacity Unit that monitors computer problems for the U.S. Department of Energy issued a study on March 12, 1998, of the risks to users of cookies, titled "Information Bulletin 1-034: Internet Cookies."