Privacy Policy

• Collection of personally identifiable information is limited to only that which is reasonably necessary to provide proper service and/or response.
• This site never collects or maintain information from those known to be under 13, and no part of this web site is structured to attract anyone under 13.
• The Village of Oak Park accepts email, online form submissions, written and verbal communications from anyone and/or any organization. These communications may be shared within the government, and may, depending on the subject matter, be retained in agency files. Sharing of these emails or form data is generally limited to those individuals who are responsible for or with oversight of the subject matter contained in the email. Emails received are not used to create a master list for unsolicited contacts by the Village of Oak Park. Information from Village files is subject to information requests made under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and as otherwise required by law.
• The Village of Oak Park never sells, markets, trades or otherwise shares personally identifiable information with any third party.

This web site collects and stores the name of the domain and host from which users access the Internet (for example, comcast.net or princeton.edu); the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer being used; the browser software and operating system of the user; the date and time of site access; and the Internet address of the web site from which a user linked directly to the site. This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of the site to help make the site more useful. The Village of Oak Park does not link the log data collected to the personal information that users submit online.

Cookies are information files that web browser place on a computer when it user visits a web site The Village of Oak Park does not use cookies to track visitors on this site. However, secure on-line transactions, such as parking citation payments, vehicle sticker purchases and utility bill payments, may require the use of cookies.

This web site was created and is maintained by the Village of Oak Park, Illinois, and is intended to be a non-public forum, the purpose of which is to provide access to local government departments, services, programs and information. The user assumes all risks related to use of this information. In no event will the Village of Oak Park be liable to the user or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data.

No one may use the Village of Oak Park seal, logos, designs, slogans, images, trademarks or service marks contained in this site without specific, written permission from the Village of Oak Park. Village staff maintains this official web site. While every effort is made to keep content accurate and up-to-date, the Village cannot guarantee that all information will be entirely current. Anyone who sees something on the web site that should be corrected or updated is urged to email village@oak-park.us. Be sure to give the full URL of the web page in your message.

• Government and educational institutions
• Organizations with a current relationship to the Village, including but not limited to:
  • organizations contracting with the Village 
  • organizations sponsoring Village activities
  • programs and organizations participating in Village activities or programs
• Organizations that have an established partnership with the Village of Oak Park and which promote the economic welfare, tourism and industry of the Village.

• Candidates for local, state, or federal offices
• Political organizations or other organizations advocating a position on a local, state, or federal matter
• Corporate or other for-profit organizations unless they fit any of the criteria above
• Individual or personal home pages

Questions, comments or concerns regarding the privacy policy and/or practices of Village of Oak Park web site should be sent via email tovillage@oak-park.us.