Privacy Policy
Effective Date: December 29, 2014
Milwaukee Transport Services, Inc., DBA Milwaukee County Transit System (“MCTS”) takes seriously the confidentiality of your personal information. The following Privacy Policy sets forth our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website. By accessing or using this website, you hereby agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection and use of information as discussed in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not access this website.
MCTS reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting to this website. Material changes will be conspicuously posted on this website. By accessing or using this website after such changes are posted you agree and consent to all such changes.
Personally Identifiable Account Information
MCTS may collect information you voluntarily share with us in submitting an application for services, as well as other information, for example through Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses and the use of “cookies,” which may be placed on your computer when you access the website. (See the sections on IP Addresses and Cookies below.)
MCTS may collect any content, record, or electronic communication of any kind, including without limitation your (1) contact information, (2) financial information, (3) demographic information, and (4) other personal information required, so that we may provide you with the information or services that you request, and so that we may communicate with you and send you information and materials for marketing and other purposes, subject to applicable laws and the terms of the Privacy Policy.
We do not sell, rent or loan any of your personally identifiable information to any third party. We may use and share information with those persons and third-party entities specifically involved in the processing of your payment or your request to receive services from MCTS. In addition, we may use and share aggregated information that does not uniquely identify you when it enables us to improve and enrich our services and website content. In addition, MCTS reserves the right to use and share your information in the event MCTS believes doing so is necessary to operate this website or where such disclosure may be required by law, or to protect MCTS's right or the rights of others.
MCTS maintains full rights to any information collected on this website, and may freely collect, use and disclose such information unless prohibited by this Privacy Policy or applicable law. In the event of a change in control of MCTS or sale by MCTS of substantially all of its assets, any information owned by or in the control of MCTS may be transferred to such MCTS successor, who will comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
IP Addresses
MCTS logs IP addresses for systems administration purposes. IP addresses are not used to track a user’s session. This information may be used to help us determine how often different areas of our site are visited. We do not link IP address to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies
MCTS may use cookies to track the use of our website and to facilitate and enhance your experience on our website. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Our cookies enable us to facilitate access to different aspects of our website. For example, by showing when and how you and others visit our website, cookies help us to see which pages of the website are popular and which are not. Cookies can also help us to improve your enjoyment of this website, for example, by remembering your address or other personal information when you request information or services on the website.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can disable this function so that your browser will not accept cookies. Please be aware that disabling this function may impact your use and enjoyment of this website.
Access by Children
This website is not directed toward children under 13 years of age and MCTS does not knowingly collect or use information from children under 13 through this website.
Do Not Track
We will automatically collect cookies and other non-personally identifying information when you visit this site. Due to this automatic collection, we do not currently honor do not track requests.
E-mail Communication
MCTS may use your personal information to send you informational and promotional communications. You have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving promotional communications from us at any time. To discontinue your receipt of such promotional communications, simply click on the unsubscribe link in the email you receive. To remove yourself from our mailing list, you may contact us by email at: marketing@mcts.org.
Security
We limit access to personally identifiable information about you to our employees and third-party agents who we reasonably believe need to have access to your information to provide you with the information or services you request from MCTS.
This website has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, MCTS uses industry standards, such as Secure Socket Layers (“SSL”) technology, to help safeguard against such occurrences. In certain areas, the information passed between your browser and our system is encrypted with SSL technology to create a protected connection between you and our website to ensure confidentiality. In the event that a breach into our security systems occurs and there is a possibility that an unauthorized person acquires your personal information, MCTS will notify you of such a breach under applicable law.
Access to Your Personal Information
If you wish to have access to your personal information in our records, please contact us with your request at marketing@mcts.org. You may also request that we update your personal information or correct any factual errors that you believe may exist regarding this information.
Third-Party Websites
This website may link to, or be linked to, other websites not maintained by or related to MCTS. MCTS is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third parties or third-party websites, including any linked or linking websites. To the extent that you disclose personally identifiable information to any such third parties, different rules may apply to their use and disclosure of personal information that you disclose to them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of such websites before disclosing your personal information to them.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Milwaukee County Transit System
1942 North 17th Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53205
(414) 343-1777
marketing@mcts.org