This is the official page for the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center in Lake County, Illinois. Social Media Comments Policy
Guidelines:
The purpose of this site is to present matters of public interest related to the Lake County Health Department and to provide a forum for discussion that is inclusive, social, and constructive. We encourage you to submit your questi
ons, comments, and concerns, but please note that this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum. In general: keep your comments civil, on topic, and refrain from profanity, vulgarity, slurs, or purely personal attacks. User Conduct:
We will limit the content on this site—including in the comments section—to the topics we post about, and we reserve the right to control the topical scope of posts we make to the site. In general, the content posted here will be limited to matters related to the Lake County Health Department. Things that do not relate to the business of the Lake County Health Department, and which we reserve the right to delete, include the following:
1. Profane/Personal: Comments containing material that is profane, obscene, pornographic, or material of a purely insulting nature that is directed at a particular individual. The Health Department's business relates to the public at large, and comments should reflect matters of public concern, not matters that are personal or private in nature.
2. Discriminatory: The Health Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, s*x, gender identity, disability, s*xual orientation, income, past or current drug use. Comments of such a nature will be removed.
3. Threats/Safety: We will remove threats to the safety of others, whether directed at an individual or to the public at large. Such threats include inciting imminent lawless action, fighting words, and true threats.
4. Political: The Health Department is not in the business of campaigning, politicking, or electioneering, and such content will be removed.
5. Commercial advertising: Solicitations or commercial advertisements (i.e., content that advertises a product or service) will be removed.
6. Illegality: Material promoting or providing instructional information about illegal activities will be removed.
7. Intellectual Property: Content that infringes the intellectual property rights of others (such as their patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, etc.) will be removed.
8. Unrelated: Comments not topically related to the original post being commented on will be removed. Please contact Health Department Communications at [email protected] or 847-377-8000 with any questions or issues. FOIA
Please note that comments posted by the public to the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center’s social media pages are subject to third party monitoring and disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Disclaimer for External Links
The Lake County Health Department is not responsible for the contents of any external pages referenced. The user specifically acknowledges that the Health Department is not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users, links, or third parties and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with the user. A link from the Health Department to another site does not constitute an endorsement from the Health Department. These links are provided as an information service only. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate the content and usefulness of information from other sites.
