Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement
The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) has created this privacy statement to demonstrate the agency’s commitment to privacy of personal information consistent with its duties and responsibilities as a department of Williamson County, Tennessee. The purpose of this statement is to inform you about the use of information gathered when you visit this website.

 

The WCSO administers this website. In order to improve the usefulness of our website, WCSO may collect and maintain statistical information that concerns network traffic flow and volume. The information collected is not associated with any specific individual and no attempt is made to profile individuals who browse the website.

 

Use of Information
If you voluntarily submit information to WCSO, i.e., you complete a form requesting information or send us an email, the information submitted will be used for governmental purposes only.

 

Such governmental purposes could include, but not be limited to:
  • Evaluating applications for employment;
  • Helping WCSO staff respond to your request for information; and/or
  • Investigating a problem you brought to WCSO staff’s attention.

 

Please be aware that the information submitted may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the requirements of the Tennessee Public Records Act.

 

Intellectual Property
The content of WCSO web pages is copyrighted and may contain some third-party graphics/images that are used with the copyright holder’s consent. If you wish to use any of this content, you must obtain permission from the copyright holder before reproducing or otherwise using those graphics/images.

 

WCSO reserves the right to amend this policy at any time without notice.

 

Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA)
If you believe that any material contained on the WCSO website infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, you may notify the WCSO of your copyright infringement claim in accordance with the following procedure. The WCSO will process notices of alleged infringement which it receives, and may take action as authorized by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and/or other applicable intellectual property laws if it has the ability to do so. The DMCA requires that notifications of claimed copyright infringement be sent:

 

By mail:
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
408 Century Court, Franklin, TN 37064

 

By fax: (615) 790-5580

 

 

To be effective, the notification must be in writing, labeled “DMCA Notice”, and contain the following information:
  • Physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and that is sought to be removed or access to which is sought to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the location of the material;
  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
  • A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).