Mar 11
2009
There is a good article in a local newspaper Florida that outlines the important work of code enforcement officers. Here is a link to the article titled Understanding Code Enforcement, written by reporter, Gavin Wernicki, of the SWVolusia News.
From the article …
First, and probably most obvious function of Code Enforcement, is they are the front line in the battle of controlling blight. It has been said that they are the imaginary line that represents that fence between gated communities and “the rest of the world.”
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The top ten violations
- Animals at large
- Inoperative motor vehicles
- Motor vehicle parking
- Recreational vehicles parking (boats, watercraft, campers)
- Registration stickers
- Tractor-trailer parking
- Commercial vehicles parking
- Yard maintenance
- Junk, trash and debris in yards
- No permits
Code Enforcement Officers are often times misunderstood as they are affecting people’s lives, livelihoods, and their cultures. When challenged to change, people become defensive. They have a difficult job and seldom fully appreciated, but vital for our community’s health, safety and welfare.
Mar 11
2009
SaaS and Privacy Policy
What’s the difference between privacy and security? Security is all about who can access your data. Privacy is about what people can do with the data they do have access to. How do SaaS providers ensure privacy?
Because personal data is handled and stored by your SaaS application provider, you would want to know that they hold your data in as high or higher regard than you do. What governs and restricts how, when, what can be done with your own contact data and your municipalities’ constituent data (it is your data) is referred to as the privacy policy.
As a SaaS provider with a Salesforce.com partnership, local government software subscribers, not only have their privacy policy aligned with those of TRUSTe, the internet privacy giant boasting the strongest and most trusted privacy policy model in the business, but with Salesforce.com it is actually certified by TRUSTe. This ensures that subscribers enjoy privacy protections in accordance with TRUSTe’s strict privacy principles, and that all customer information is respectively treated as though it were sensitive and not made available to 3rd parties for their own use. Data is managed responsibly, while ownership of the data remains firmly assigned to the municipality.
Click here to read last week’s post about SaaS and security.
