Privacy Policy

As part of the Electronic Bill Payment Service, and in order to process your payment, New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”) will collect certain information from you on this eBilling website.  NYCEDC believes that the information collected from users should only be that which is necessary to provide the information or services sought by a user.  The information collected is subject to the access and confidentiality provisions of applicable State and City of New York laws and federal law.  Any information provided by you, based on the completion and electronic filing of a payment, will be considered to be voluntarily provided by you and will be treated in the same manner as information provided in written form or in person.

We understand that you expect privacy in your use of the Internet and make every effort to address your privacy concerns by instituting and maintaining stringent standards in protecting the information with which you have entrusted us.

 

Public Disclosure

All information collected on our website will be treated the same as any written communication and is subject to the confidentiality and public disclosure provisions of applicable State and City of New York laws and federal law, including, without limitation, the New York State Freedom of Information Law.  Any information provided under this website may be provided to our contractors and to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and its affiliated entities and its and their contractors in connection with accounts maintained by NYCEDC and related matters, and is subject to their privacy policies.  In addition, any information provided under this website may be disclosed if required by law or court order or governmental rule or regulation.  If you are directed to another website, you will be subject to the privacy policy and terms of use for that website. 

Email Senders

Email messages sent to any NYCEDC address will be treated the same as any other written communication.  Email addresses obtained as a result of a communication to our website will not be sold or given to private companies for marketing purposes by NYCEDC.  The information collected from your email message is subject to the disclosure, access and confidentiality provisions of State and City of New York laws and federal law.  Email or other information sent to our website may be maintained in order to respond to your communication, and we may forward that communication to the appropriate persons at NYCEDC and our contractors and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and its affiliated entities and its and their contractors to process your communication or payment and related matters.

Security

We are committed to data security and the data quality of personally identifiable information that is either available from or collected by our website.  Unfortunately, no information transmitted via the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure due to the nature of the Internet. But we attempt to safeguard your information from loss, misuse or alteration.  To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have instituted physical, electronic and managerial procedures to protect your personal information. We also use firewalls and Secure Socket Layers, where appropriate.

 

In certain instances, a user may have the opportunity to receive or create a User ID or password.  One should not divulge a User ID or password to anyone, and NYCEDC will never ask a user for a User ID or password in a telephone call, fax, e-mail or other form of unsolicited communication.  When a user is finished with a communication that is User ID or password protected, such user should exit the relevant page(s).  If the browser used to access said User ID or password protected pages is a publicly-accessible browser, users should close down the entire session and, if applicable or possible, flush any temporary caches or other areas where such a User ID or password might be stored subsequent to use. 

Links to Other Websites

Various commercial websites may be linked through our website. Visitors to those sites may wish to check their privacy statements and terms of use and be cautious about providing personally identifiable information.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change our privacy policy from time to time. If you use this website after we make such a change, it will constitute your agreement to the revised terms. You should terminate use of this website if you do not agree with any such changes.