For more information, please visit the City's Website: http://villageofclarkston.org/ Social Media Policy for this page:
The City of the Village of Clarkston engages with the public through multiple digital outlets. We do this to provide information of citywide interest to city residents, the business community, visitors to our wonderful city, and other members of the general public. We encourage
you to engage with the city through these digital outlets. Please also feel free to share information that the City of the Village of Clarkston posts on our digital outlets with your friends, family, and followers. If you decide to submit comments or questions on official City of the Village of Clarkston social media site(s), we will do our best to respond to you as soon as we can. However, as you can imagine, the city receives a lot of correspondence – via social media and otherwise – so responses should only be expected during regular city business hours, and it may take some time to get back to you. When engaging with the city through social media you agree to the following City of the Village of Clarkston Social Media Customer Use Policy. Social Media Customer Use Policy
Those engaging with the City of the Village of Clarkston on social media are subject to the Terms of Service (TOS) of the host site. The City of the Village of Clarkston encourages anyone interested in sending or posting comments or questions to the city via social media to review host site TOS prior to engaging with the city on social media site(s) to ensure that you fully understand your rights before posting. If you decide to comment or ask questions on social media, please keep in mind that the City of the Village of Clarkston uses social media to engage with all members of the public. Thus, the city will moderate discussions on social media to ensure that those who want to comment feel welcome and are able to do so. The city reserves the right to remove content and comments that contain:
• Profane or obscene language or content;
• Content that promotes or perpetuates discrimination against protected classes;
• Content intended to sexually harass others;
• Content that encourages or promotes illegal activity;
• Spam, or any content that links to external sites;
• Solicitations of commerce, or advertisements, which include promotion or endorsement of a product, service, or individual;
• Promotions of services, products, or political candidates or organizations;
• Content that violates intellectual property interests of any third party (i.e. copyright or trademark infringement);
• Content that includes sensitive personal identifying information, including, but not limited to social security numbers, financial account numbers, or driver’s license numbers. For your protection, never post sensitive personal identifying information on social media!
• Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public, including public systems, and infrastructure;
• Information that may compromise the safety or security of the city, including city employees;
• Threats of violence;
• Trolling, or posting inflammatory, off-topic, or inappropriate comments or content for the purpose of upsetting other users and provoking an emotional response or disrupting on-topic discussion. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
All content posted on official City of the Village of Clarkston social media page(s) is public record. Content removed from official City of the Village Clarkston social media site(s) that is archived becomes public record as well. With limited exceptions, such content is therefore not exempt from FOIA requests. FOIA requests should be submitted through the official City of the Village of Clarkston request processes. Disclaimer
• Content posted by the public on the City of the Village of Clarkston social media page(s) will not replace statutory, administrative, or other requirements to provide the City of the Village of Clarkston agencies with required information. Failure to provide the city with the required information in the required manner will not be deemed satisfactory of this requirement. Put another way, if a City of the Village of Clarkston agency or statute requires you to provide the city with information, posting it on social media will not satisfy this requirement.
• City of the Village of Clarkston social media posts may include content or hypertext links to information created and maintained by other public or private sources. When viewing content or a link outside of the villageofclarkston.org domain, users are subject to the security and privacy policies of the host website.
• The City of the Village of Clarkston is not responsible for, nor can it control, content on, or the design of, third-party sites.
• Comments and content posted by the public on City of the Village of Clarkston social media do not reflect the opinions or position of the city.
• The City of the Village of Clarkston is not responsible for loss of sensitive personal identifying information that is voluntarily provided and posted by the public on City of the Village of Clarkston social media site(s). It is your responsibility to protect your sensitive information by not posting such information on social media sites designed to be viewed by members of the public. Questions about the City of the Village of Clarkston Social Media Community Guidelines and Customer Use Policy should be submitted to [email protected].
