The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Privacy Statement applies to the Lands & Surveys Portal and governs data collection and usage. By using the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal.

Use of your Personal Information

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division collects and uses your personal information to operate the Surveys & Mapping Portal and deliver the services you have requested. The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division and its affiliates. The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division keeps track of the Web pages our customers visit within the Surveys & Mapping Portal, in order to determine what Surveys & Mapping Division services are the most popular.

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Surveys & Mapping Portal uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal pages, or register with the Lands & Surveys Portal site or services, a cookie helps the Surveys & Mapping Portal to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Surveys & Mapping Division Portal, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Surveys & Mapping Portal features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Surveys & Mapping Division Portal services or pages you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division is protecting your information.

Contact Information

The Jamaica Surveys & Mapping Division welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that the Jamaica Lands & Surveys Department has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the Jamaica Lands & Surveys Department via the contact details available on this site. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.