Privacy Statement:
At Anderson County Emergency Medical Services your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. Anderson County Emergency Medical Services web site privacy policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our web site users, consistent with applicable laws of the United States and the State of Tennessee. We do not collect, use or disclose any information about our users without their knowledge and approval. Under no circumstances do we share user information with third parties.
In general, you can visit the Anderson County Emergency Medical Services web site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. If you submit e-mail correspondence via the e-mail hyperlinks that are available throughout the web site, the minimum of a return e-mail address will be requested. The Anderson County Emergency Medical Services web site does not retain personally identifiable information about you when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide such information to us (ie e-mail). We consider any information that could reasonably be used to identify you as "personally identifying information." This includes, but is not limited to: your name, your address, your telephone number, or your e-mail address. Anderson County Emergency Medical Services may request personally identifiable information from you in order to provide requested services, but such information is handled as it would be on an in-person visit. If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered by the user, state and federal law may protect it. However, this information is a public record once you provide it, and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by state or federal law.
On some pages we may use cookies to keep track of your frequency of visits to our web site. A cookie is a tiny piece of text that, with your permission, is placed on your computer's hard drive. You can disable our ability to use cookies by changing the cookies option in your browser's preferences. We do not use a cookie to store your personal information. In order to improve the content and usability of this web site, Anderson County Emergency Medical Services web site automatically collects non-personally identifiable information that includes the following:
- The IP address of your internet service provider and/or your computer.
- The comain name of your internet service provider and/or your computer.
- The type of browser used and the operating system on a user's computer
- The date and time a user visited the web site
- The web pages accessed at the site
Anderson County Emergency Medical Services uses this information to identify site performance needs, to identify popular web site pages, to ensure compatibility with technology used by web site visitors, and to improve services offered on the web site. Anderson County Emergency Medical Services does not collect, distribute, nor sell the data collected by its web site for commercial or marketing purposes. Other sites accessible through our web site have their own privacy policies and data collection practices. Please consult each site's privacy policy. Anderson County Emergency Medical Services is not responsible for the actions of third parties.
Anderson County Emergency Medical Services fully cooperates with state and federal law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we reasonably believe to be unlawful and to take appropriate action against violators of law. Visitors should be aware that Anderson County Emergency Medical Services could be required to disclose personal information in response to valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Disclosures may also be necessary to protect the service’s legal rights or during emergencies if physical safety is believed to be at risk.


