Gopher State One-Call
Website Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: June 25, 2025

The Site; Consent to Terms

Welcome to www.GopherStateOneCall.org (together with any related websites maintained by us, the “Site”). The Site and the services provided thereon are provided by Gopher State One-Call, Minnesota non-profit corporation (“GSOC” or “we”,“our”, or “us”).

By accessing, visiting, or using the Site in any way, including, without limitation, by browsing the Site, using any information on the Site, interacting or attempting to interact with the Site, or submitting information to the Site, you agree to the following terms, conditions, policies and notices, together with any documents or policies they link to, reference or incorporate (collectively, these "Terms").

Please read these Terms carefully before using the Site. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should immediately exit and stop using the Site. If you have any concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us at customersupport@gopherstateonecall.org or use the contact form located on the Site.

Changes to the Site and These Terms

You acknowledge that all content on the Site, including these Terms, may change at any time, without any obligation on our part to notify you of such changes. When these Terms are updated, we will revise the “last updated” date stated above, but otherwise undertake no obligation to notify you that the Terms have changed. All changes are effective immediately when posted. It is your responsibility to review the Site, and these Terms, for any changes. Your use of the Site following any amendment or modification of these Terms will signify your agreement to and acceptance of its revised Terms.

We may, in our sole discretion, and at any time, discontinue the Site or any part thereof, with or without notice, or may prevent your use of the Site with or without notice to you. You agree that you do not have any rights in the Site or the content contained herein, and that we will have no liability to you if the Site is discontinued or your ability to access the Site or any content you may have posted or previously accessed on the Site is deleted.

Use of the Site

You may only use the Site for lawful purposes. Use of the Site to access, transmit, communicate, deliver, or store any information, data, content, or material in violation of any federal, state, local, or international regulation or law (including material protected by copyright, trademark, and trade secret or otherwise confidential information) is strictly prohibited. The Site is intended for, offered, and made available only to users who are 13 years of age or older. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you may not access or use the Site.

Geographic Restrictions

GSOC is based in, and exclusively provides services with respect to, the State of Minnesota in the United States. The Site is primarily intended for use by persons located in Minnesota. We make no claims that the Site is accessible or usable outside of the United States. Access to the Site may be illegal outside of the United States. If you access the Site from outside of the United States, you are fully responsible for your compliance with local laws.

Privacy Policy

GSOC maintains a privacy policy, located on the Site at www.gopherstateonecall.org (the “Privacy Policy”), which is hereby incorporated as a part of these Terms. The Privacy Policy sets forth how information about you is collected, used, and stored. Please read the Privacy Policy for more information about our information collection and use practices. Your use of the Site constitutes acknowledgement and agreement with the Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge and agree that the Site may collect and use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy.

Your Feedback

We welcome your comments, feedback, suggestions, and other communications regarding the Site and the information and services we make available through the Site (collectively, “Feedback”). The Feedback you provide to us through the Site will be and remain our exclusive property. Your submission of Feedback will constitute an assignment to us of all worldwide rights, title and interests in your Feedback, including all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in your Feedback. We will be entitled to reduce to practice, exploit, make, use, copy, disclose, display or perform publicly, distribute, improve and modify any Feedback you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way.

Registration; Accounts; Personal Information

Certain areas of the Site may require registration or may otherwise ask you to provide information (including personal information) to participate in certain features, access certain content, or to obtain certain promotional items. It is your responsibility to maintain the currency, completeness, and accuracy of your registration data and/or account access information, and any loss caused by your failure to do so is your responsibility. If the Site requires you to create an account or otherwise submit information, you agree that you will provide current, accurate and complete information for your user account; that you will not impersonate a third party in your communications with us; that you will only submit information about yourself or those for whom you are authorized to submit information; and that you will otherwise comply with these Terms. You may not authorize any other person or entity to use your account or to access restricted or protected content or features available at the Site.

If the Site requires you to create an account, you are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, including all transactions and other activities undertaken with your device, whether authorized or unauthorized, and you must keep your user account, username, and password secure. If the Site requires you to create an account, you acknowledge and agree: (i) to notify us immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account; (ii) not to email, post, or otherwise disseminate any user name, password, or other information which provides you access to the Site; (iii) that we are not liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge; (iv) that we are not responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of user information transmitted from or stored on a computer or device or from unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Site; (vi) to exit from your account at the end of each session on the Site; (vii) that you have no ownership rights in your account or other access to the Site or features therein; (viii) that we may terminate your access to the Site, cancel your account and/or delete all information associated with your account, including any materials you may have submitted to us, at any time, and without notice, for any reason; and (ix) that we assume no liability for any information removed from our Site and reserve the right to permanently restrict access to the Site or a user account.

Additional Terms; Call Center Operations

You understand and acknowledge that certain services and features that may be available on the Site may be subject to additional specific terms and conditions. In certain cases, you may be asked to agree (by checking a box or clicking on a button) to special terms governing your use of particular areas of the Site or services provided thereon. This type of agreement is referred to as a “click-through agreement.” In the event of any conflict between these Terms and any such specific terms and conditions, the specific terms and conditions will control.

In addition, we provide many of our services by contracting with One Call Concepts, Inc. (“OCC”). In particular, OCC operates GSOC’s call center and internet-based ticket services (the “ITIC” system). Your use of ITIC and OCC’s other software solutions to provide us with digital or electronic tickets is, therefore, subject to your acceptance of the terms and conditions of those programs, as published by OCC.

Content and Intellectual Property Ownership

All right, title and interest in and to the information, content, data, photographs, images, graphics, videos, audio, trademarks, service marks, logos, and other material (collectively, the "Site Content") available or displayed on the Site, including, without limitation, any copyrights in or to the Site Content, belong to GSOC and/or its content providers, industry partners or licensors (“Content Owners”), and is protected in the U.S. and internationally under trademark, copyright, privacy, and other intellectual property laws. In particular, but without limitation, "GOPHER STATE ONE CALL" ITIC, IMAP and all other trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos of ours appearing on the Site are the property of GSOC or another Content Owner. All uses of such marks shall inure solely to the benefit of the owner of such intellectual property. The use of any protected marks in conjunction with any other logos or marks shall not create a unitary or composite mark. Our trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos, and those of the other Content Owners, may not be used without our or their permission.

Any copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any such content or any part of the Site is prohibited, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Under no circumstances will you acquire any ownership rights or other interest in any Site Content. The Site Content may not be reproduced, downloaded, disseminated, published, re-displayed or transferred in any form or by any means, without our written permission. You further agree to in no other way misuse any Site Content or third-party content that appears on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the Site Content may be a violation of federal, state, or international law subject to criminal and civil penalties.

Copyrights and Copyright Agent

If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have otherwise been violated, please provide a notice containing all of the following information to our Copyright Agent:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
4. Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Our Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on the Site is Kelly Connolly, who can be reached as follows:

By Mail: Gopher State One Call, 1100 Centre Point Curve, Suite 100, Mendota Heights, MN 55120

By Phone: 651-681-7308

By E-mail: kelly.connolly@gopherstateonecall.org

Our Function; Your Responsibilities

GSOC is an intermediary between underground facility operators and excavators. When an excavator notifies us of a planned excavation, we facilitate contact with relevant facility operators to let them know of the planned excavation, in order to allow such facility operators to comply with their statutory obligations. Our processes and functions are described in detail at gopherstateonecall.org.

To carry out these functions, we rely on the information used and/or provided by the underground facility operators and excavators. We receive information from underground facility operators as to where they operate, and the locations for potential excavations for which they want to be notified. If an underground facility operator’s mapping information is faulty, outdated, incomplete, or otherwise inaccurate, we will not be aware of it and therefore rely on inaccurate data. Our ability to contact the appropriate underground facility operator(s) is therefore constrained by the data provided to us, without the ability to confirm accuracy. We therefore disclaim any responsibility and liability for any errors based on the underground facility operators’ decisions or actions.

You further acknowledge and agree that you may need to obtain the services of a private locating company to locate private underground utilities or facilities on a property. The Site will not assist you in that. Such private locating services are available, and you must determine if they are needed.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

We strive to ensure that the information contained in the Site is accurate and reliable; however, errors may sometimes occur. Your use of the Site and consumption of the Site Content is not legal or business advice. Your compliance with applicable laws related to excavation activities (including for pre-excavation notification) remains your own liability.

THE SITE AND THE INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF AND RELIANCE UPON THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES, STATUTORY WARRANTIES, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS THAT YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES OR THE SITE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT ANY FUNCTION OR CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE USE, OR THE RESULT OF USE, OF ANY SERVICE OR CONTENT IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT ANY SITE CONTENT WILL BE PRESERVED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SITE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND WE MAY MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY YOU. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE (i) THE SITE OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE, (ii) A THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON A THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY OCC), OR (iii) ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LINKED TO THE SITE OR MAINTAINED BY OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF GSOC. WE SHALL ALSO NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY EVENTS BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold GSOC, and its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, licensors, vendors, representatives, and third-party providers harmless for any claims, judgments, awards, damages and, expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, in any way related to (i) your access and use of the Site, including your use of any information obtained through the Site, (ii) your access and use any third-party website whether or not accessed through use and access of the Site, or (iii) your violation of these Terms, or unlawful or abusive behavior, including the infringement of any intellectual property or privacy rights of any person, or any violations thereof by any person who uses your account.

Third Party Websites

The Site provides links to third-party websites which are not owned, operated, or maintained by us, including, without limitation, those owned by or maintained for the benefit of OCC or the Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for the content of such websites. If, through use of and interacting with the Site, you are directed to and access a third-party website, you are subject to the terms and conditions and policies posted on those third-party websites, including any associated privacy policy. Those third party websites may contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of us. We make no representations or warranties about the content, currency, completeness, or accuracy of those third-party sites or information located on such sites. Access to any other websites linked to or from the Site is at your own discretion and risk. Furthermore, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. The information you submit at a third-party site accessible from the Site is subject to the terms of that site's privacy policy, and we have no control over how your information is collected, used, shared, sold, or otherwise handled. Similarly, we have no control of or responsibility for any actions taken by third parties on the social media platforms linked on the Site or on which GSOC maintains a presence. We may disable links to any social media features at any time without notice in our discretion.

Miscellaneous

Applicable Law, Jurisdiction, and Venue. You agree that the internal laws of the United States and the State of Minnesota, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions, will govern these Terms and any dispute that may arise between you and us or our affiliates. By using the Site, you hereby agree that any and all disputes regarding these Terms will be exclusively subject to the federal, state and local courts in Ramsey County, Minnesota: you further agree to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction by and venue such courts. YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SITE AND/OR THESE TERMS, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect.

Waiver. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of these Terms by us must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of GSOC. The waiver of any right or provision of these Terms in a particular instance shall not constitute a waiver of any future right or the future application of such provision.

Entire Agreement. These Terms (including any other policies referenced or incorporated herein) constitute the entire agreement between you and us and governs the terms and conditions of your use of the Site, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, communications, and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and us with respect to the Site.

Headings. The headings in these Terms are for your convenience and reference only. These headings do not limit or affect these Terms.

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Gopher State One-Call
Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 25, 2025

Introduction; Consent

Gopher State One-Call (“GSOC” or “we”,“our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how we collect and use information about you. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide to us, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, and disclosing that information. This information may be collected through our website at http://www.gopherstateonecall.org (together with any related websites maintained by us, the “Site”), as well as through social media, our marketing activities, our live events and the other sources and activities described in this Privacy Policy.

GSOC may provide additional or supplemental privacy policies to individuals for specific services that we offer or for other purposes at the time we collect personal information.

By browsing, accessing, using or interacting with the features of the Site, you are agreeing to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you should immediately exit and stop using the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. Please read these terms carefully before using the Site.

Intended Audience

The Site is intended for, offered and made available only to users who are 13 years of age or older. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you may not access or use the Site. We do not intentionally collect personal information from persons younger than the age of 13. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child age 13 years or younger and believe that we have inadvertently collected personal information from your child, please contact us by using the information below.

Personal Information We Collect

When you visit our Site, create an account with us, or communicate with us, we may collect certain information about you, which may be personal information. “Personal Information” includes information that is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked to, a particular consumer or household. This section describes the types of Personal Information we may collect about you, and the ways in which we may collect such information.

Information you voluntarily provide to us. You may, at times, intentionally provide us with the following:

• Contact information, such as your first and last name, email address, mailing address, professional title and company name, and phone number.
• Account data, such as the username and password that you may use for secured sections of the Site, and any other information that you add to your account profile as a user.
• Communications data, including when you contact us through the Site, e-mail, social media, or otherwise.
• Marketing data, such as your preferences for receiving our e-mail communications and details about your engagement with them.
• Other data not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
• Transactional data, such as information relating to shipment requests on or through the Site, including order numbers and transaction history.

We do not collect, and ask that you not provide us with, any sensitive data, such as data that reveals the race, ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health conditions or diagnoses, sexual preferences or orientation, or citizenship status or citizenship of an individual.

Third-party sources. We may combine Personal Information we receive from you with information we obtain from public sources, such as government agencies, public records, social media platforms, and other publicly available sources.

Automatic data collection. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Site, our communications, and other online services, as follows:

• Device data, such as your computer or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
  
  
• Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to the Site, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times and duration of access, and whether you have opened our emails or clicked links within them.

Tracking technologies. Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by the following technologies:

• Cookies, which are small text files that websites store on user devices and that allow web servers to record users’ web browsing activities and remember their submissions, preferences, and login status as they navigate a site. Cookies used on our sites may include both “session cookies” that are deleted when a session ends, “persistent cookies” that remain longer, “first party” cookies that we place and “third party” cookies that our third-party business partners and service providers place.
  
  Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us or our services providers, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of the Site may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.• Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
  
  
• Web beacons, also known as pixel tags, single-pixel gifs, or clear gifs, are small electronic files which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked. Certain sections of our Site and our emails may contain web beacons that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (e.g., recording the popularity of a blog post, and assessing the effectiveness of our industry outreach efforts, etc.). We use these primarily to assist in determining the efficacy of our marketing and education initiatives.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes or as otherwise described at the time of collection:

General Business Operations. We may use your Personal Information to:

• operate our business as Minnesota’s exclusive underground excavation notification center;
• provide, operate and improve our business generally, such as to send confirmations, reach out to you on matters related to underground damage prevention, and answer your questions regarding the same;
• establish and maintain your user profile on the Site, if any;
• communicate with you about GSOC and the Site, including by sending announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages related to the Site;
• understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Site and our communications; and
• provide support for the Site and respond to your requests, questions and feedback.

Industry Outreach. We, our service providers, and our third-party advertising partners may collect and use your Personal Information for marketing and advertising purposes that are tied to our mission as Minnesota’s exclusive underground excavation notification center:

• Direct outreach. We may send you direct communications, which are generally intended to provide you with information related to the underground damage prevention industry, excavations, underground locate services, and related businesses and industries. These communications may include information on regulatory updates, upcoming events, compliance reminders, and related educational materials.
  
  
• Interest-based advertising. Our third-party advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your interaction (including the data described in the automatic data collection section above) with the Site, our communications and other online services over time, and use that information to serve online ads that they think will interest you or are important for you work in the excavation, utility, facility location, or related industries. This is called “interest-based advertising”. We may also share information about our users with these companies to facilitate interest-based advertising to those or similar users on other online platforms.

Notification Center Operations. As discussed on the Site, we provide many of our services by contracting with One Call Concepts, Inc. (“OCC”). In particular, OCC operates GSOC’s call center and internet-based ticket services (the “ITIC” system). Your use of ITIC and OCC’s other software solutions to provide us with digital or electronic tickets is, therefore, subject to your acceptance of the terms and conditions of those programs, as published by OCC, including its privacy policies.

Because the Site, and ITIC, are intended for excavators and homeowners to submit notices of excavation within the State of Minnesota, please be aware that we or OCC will forward these notices to public and private sector “Facility Operators” that have indicated a desire to be notified of an excavation in the identified area, and these notices may include your name, address and other contact information.

We may also share your personal information if we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of GSOC, OCC, our customers, homeowners, excavators, public and private sector Facility Operators, or others, including the general public.

Automated Redaction of Certain Ticket Information. State law requires excavators in Minnesota to provide GSOC with certain personal information (including contact information) in order for GSOC to communicate this information to affected underground facility operators. Although a ticket has a 14-day life, GSOC has determined it is appropriate for all ticket data to be accessible via OCC’s “Search and Status” system for 30 days after submission of the data to GSOC. After the 30-day period has expired, certain personal identifier data is automatically removed from Search and Status and the ISITE ticket search tool. After one year from the time of submission (365 days), a ticket is removed from Search and Status and the ISITE ticket search tool altogether.

Please Note, however, that Minnesota law requires GSOC to maintain all ticket information (including your personal information contained in a ticket) for 6 years.

Compliance and protection. We may use your Personal Information to:

• comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
• protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
• audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies;
• enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Site; and
• prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your Personal Information, such as when required by law.

For Analytics Purposes. To help us understand user activity on the Site, we may use services such as Google Analytics to learn more about the types of users that visit the Site, how they use the Site, and to help us improve our services and outreach efforts. These services may provide us with certain data regarding the demographics of the users that visit the Site. To do so, the service may collect certain information about you from your computer using cookies, including information described in the online activity data section above.

Retention. We generally retain Personal Information to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish or defend legal claims, or for fraud prevention purposes. To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we may consider factors such as the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

How We Share Your Personal Information

We may share Personal Information we collect about you with third parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that this Privacy Policy only governs GSOC’s use of your Personal Information -- not the use of any information by any other party. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use. See the links below of the third parties we may work with to provide the Services for more information.

Service providers. Third parties that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Site and provide services.

Advertising partners. Third-party advertising companies for the interest-based advertising purposes described above.

Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, compliance professionals, bankers and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us to enable us to operate our business and provide services to you.

Authorities and others. Law enforcement, state regulators, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the compliance and protection purposes described above.

Your Rights for Personal Information We Collect

For the Personal Information we collect about you, you have the following choices with respect to such personal information.

Correct Data. You may correct inaccurate Personal Information by contacting us.

Opt-out. You may opt out of the sale or sharing of your information, including targeted advertising, by contacting us. Additionally, at any time you may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email you received from us or our marketing vendor, or by contacting us. Please note that if you choose to opt-out of marketing-related emails, you may continue to receive Service-related and other non-marketing emails.

Non-discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your rights granted under this privacy policy and applicable privacy laws.

Mobile location data. You can disable our access to your device’s precise geolocation in your mobile device settings.

Advertising choices. You may opt-out of use of your information by third parties as instructed in their privacy policies, and through the following settings/options/tools:

• Browser settings. Changing your internet web browser settings to block third-party cookies.
• Privacy browsers/plug-ins. Using privacy browsers and/or ad-blocking browser plug-ins that let you block tracking technologies.
• Platform settings. Google and Facebook offer opt-out features that let you opt-out of use of your information for interest-based advertising.
• Mobile settings. Using your mobile device settings to limit use of the advertising ID associated with your mobile device for interest-based advertising purposes.

You will need to apply these opt-out settings on each device and browser from which you wish to limit the use of your information for interest-based advertising purposes. We cannot offer any assurances as to whether the companies we work with participate in the opt-out programs described above.

Other Sites and Services

The Site may contain links to websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not associated with us. These links and integrations are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security

We employ a number of technical, organizational, administrative, and physical safeguards designed to protect the Personal Information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies, and we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Site or other appropriate means. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your use of the Site after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acknowledgment that the modified Privacy Policy applies to your interactions with the Site and our business.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy and privacy practices, please contact us as set forth below:

Email: customersupport@gopherstateonecall.org

Mail:
Gopher State One-Call
Attn: Privacy Coordinator
1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 100,
Mendota Heights, MN 55120

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GSOC has developed the following Purpose and Values that describe all that we do to serve the Minnesota underground safety stakeholders.