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This website is maintained and operated by Salt Lake County, Utah. For questions or comments regarding this site, contact Salt Lake County Privacy.

Salt Lake County (SLCo) respects the privacy of every individual who visits our websites. This Privacy Statement outlines the information Salt Lake County will collect and how Salt Lake County will use that information.

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Purpose of This Notice

This notice supports Salt Lake County privacy practices and Utah's Government Data Privacy Act. It applies to general use of saltlakecounty.gov. 

A separate privacy notice may apply when a County agency asks you to submit information for a specific form, program, application, or service. 

Websites Covered by This Notice

This notice applies to saltlakecounty.gov and County webpages operated by Salt Lake County under that website. 

If another County website, online service, or third-party platform has its own privacy notice, that notice applies to that specific service. 

Who Is Responsible for This Website

Salt Lake County is responsible for saltlakecounty.gov.

Questions about this notice may be sent to the Salt Lake County Privacy Program at:

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Key Terms

This notice uses a few privacy terms. These short explanations are meant to help readers understand the notice and do not replace the full legal definitions in Utah law. 

  • Personal data: information that is linked or can be reasonably linked to an identified or identifiable person. 
  • Government website: a set of related webpages operated by or for a governmental entity under one domain or web address. 
  • User: a person who accesses a government website. 
  • User data: information about a user that is automatically collected when the user accesses a government website. This notice lists only the user data confirmed for saltlakecounty.gov. 
  • Website tracking technology: a tool used by a government website to monitor website activity or collect user data, such as cookies, analytics tools, tags, logs, or similar tools when confirmed. 
  • Website information: the website-related user data, personal data, and records described in this notice. 
  • Record series: a category of government records managed under an approved retention schedule. 
  • Data Privacy Ombudsperson: the state official who receives data privacy complaints about government data privacy practices. 
  • At-risk government employee: a qualifying current or former government employee who may request that certain personal information be classified as private under Utah law. 
  • Sell: to transfer personal data in exchange for monetary consideration. Salt Lake County does not sell website user data.  

Information We Collect

  • IP address or approximate network location; 
  • Browser, device, and operating system information; 
  • Pages visited, links clicked, date and time of visit, and referring website; 
  • Cookie or session identifiers; 
  • Form interaction, error log, performance, or security information; and 
  • Information a user chooses to submit through a form or online service. 

Website Technologies, Cookies, and Analytics

We use the following technologies for tracking and analytics:  Cookies (to assist with analytics, performance, personalization, forms, etc.), analytics tools, accessibility monitoring tools, performance monitoring tools, CAPTCHA or security tools, embedded maps, embedded videos, or vendor-managed online services. Additional tag management tools or third-party tags may be used to assist Clark Planetarium.  Other third-party marketing tags may be used temporarily to assist agencies with special events or time-limited campaigns.  

 

You may be able to control some cookies through your browser settings. If cookies are blocked, some website features may not work as intended. 

Why We Use Website Information

We use this data for the following purposes: 

  • Operating the website and online services; 
  • Personalization and maintaining personal preferences (font size, etc.); 
  • Responding to forms, questions, applications, requests, or service submissions; 
  • Improving website usability, accessibility, and performance; 
  • Protecting County systems and preventing spam, fraud, or automated abuse; 
  • Troubleshooting errors and maintaining reliable online services; and 
  • Meeting legal, audit, security, and records-management responsibilities. 

Information You Choose to Submit

Some pages let you submit information through forms, applications, registrations, payment tools, service requests, subscriptions, or messages. We use information you submit for the purpose described by the form or service. 

If a specific privacy notice is provided with that form or service, please review that notice before submitting information. 

You may choose not to provide requested information. If the information is needed to provide a service or process your request, the County may not be able to complete that service without it. 

Public Records and Non-Public Records

Information submitted to Salt Lake County may become a government record. Some records may be public. Other records may be private, controlled, protected, or otherwise restricted under Utah law. 

The County reviews records requests before releasing records. This notice does not change the classification of any record or replace a specific public records notice, privacy notice, or legal notice. 

Sharing and Selling of Website Data

Salt Lake County does not sell website user data. 

The County may share website information when needed to provide County services, operate or protect the website, work with authorized service providers, comply with law, respond to records requests, support audits, or fulfill County responsibilities. 

Service providers may process website information only as needed to provide services to The County and subject to applicable agreements and requirements. 

Record Series and Retention

Website information and related records are kept according to approved Salt Lake County record series and records retention requirements. Transitory tracking records (GRS-1720).

Information submitted through a specific form, application, payment tool, public records request, or service request may be retained under a separate record series for that program or service.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

You may ask questions about, request access to, or request correction of information related to your use of Salt Lake County websites. 

Contact Salt Lake County Privacy

Ask the County agency or program that collected your information about correction or amendment options. Contact the Salt Lake County Privacy Program.

Contact Utah Data Privacy Ombudsperson

File a complaint with the Utah Data Privacy Ombudsperson.

At-Risk Government Employees

Utah law allows certain at-risk government employees to request that qualifying personal information be classified as a private record. 


Eligible individuals may submit a request through the County at-risk government employee process:

Data Security

Salt Lake County uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect website information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or alteration. 

No website or electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Data Breach Notification

If Salt Lake County determines that a data breach has occurred, the County will review the incident and provide required notifications in accordance with applicable law and County procedures.

Links to Other Websites and Embedded Services

Salt Lake County websites may link to or embed services operated by other organizations. These may include payment processors, job application platforms, mapping tools, video platforms, social media platforms, or other third-party services. 

Those services may have their own privacy notices, terms, cookies, and data practices. The County is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or platforms it does not operate.

Children's Information

Salt Lake County does not knowingly collect personal data from children through the general County website unless the information is submitted for a County program, service, activity, or process where collection is permitted and appropriate.

Questions and Updates

Updates to this notice will be posted on this page.
Updated: 09/01/2026

Questions about this notice may be sent to:

Contact Salt Lake County Privacy