Solapur Municipal Corporation Solapur

01. Copyright Policy

1.1 Copyright Policy – Moderate

Material featured on this website may be reproduced free of charge after taking proper permission by sending a mail to us. However, the material has to be reproduced accurately and not be used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context.

Wherever the material is being published or issued to others, the source must be prominently acknowledged.

Permission to reproduce this material shall not extend to material identified as being copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the departments or copyright holders concerned.

Legal Notice: These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed according to the Indian Laws. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India.

1.2 Copyright Policy – Conservative

Important: Material featured on this website may NOT be reproduced under any circumstances.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed according to the Indian Laws. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India.

1.3 Copyright Policy – Liberal

Material featured on this website may be reproduced free of charge. However, the material has to be reproduced accurately and not be used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context.

Wherever the material is being published or issued to others, the source must be prominently acknowledged.

Permission to reproduce this material shall not extend to material identified as being copyright of a third party. Authorization to reproduce such material must be obtained from the departments or copyright holders concerned.

02. Privacy Policy

The website https://www.firenoc.solapurcorporation.org/ does not automatically capture any specific personal information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address, that allows us to identify you individually.

If you choose to provide us with your personal information, such as names or addresses, when you visit our website, we use it only to fulfil your request for information.

To use certain sections, this website may require user registration. We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on this site to any unauthorized third party.

Any information provided to this website will be protected from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Information Security

We take appropriate measures to protect information provided through this website against unauthorized access, misuse or disclosure.

Information Automatically Collected

We gather certain information about the user, such as Internet Protocol (IP) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, date and time of visit, and pages visited.

We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the website has been detected.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a piece of software code that an internet website sends to your browser when you access information at that site. A cookie is stored as a simple text file on your computer or mobile device.

Cookies allow you to navigate between pages efficiently, store your preferences, and generally improve your experience of the website.

If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some sections of our website may not function properly.

03. Content Contribution, Moderation & Approval Policy

The website of Solapur Municipal Corporation represents a single department where most content is contributed by a single set of sources.

We hereby adopt a 2-tiered structure to implement the Content Contribution, Moderation & Approval Policy (CMAP), requiring minimum two officials to execute the CMAP roles.

Contributor Content preparation and submission

Moderator / Approver Review and approval of content

04. Web Content Review Policy

The website is the face of the Government for disseminating government information and services.

This Content Review Policy has been formulated to keep the website content current, accurate and up-to-date.

Since the type of content varies, different review timelines are defined for diverse content elements. This Review Policy considers the type of content, validity, relevance and archival requirements.

Content Review Timeline
The entire website content shall be reviewed in a phased manner over a period of time to ensure continued accuracy and relevance.

05. Content Archival Policy

Visitor statistics, newsletter and spotlight items will be archived online automatically after one year from the date of publishing.

Solapur Municipal Corporation maintains online archives for retrieval of content which has expired.

Schemes, Tenders, Forms and Recruitment Notices which have been withdrawn, discontinued, or have exceeded one year after archiving may be removed from the active website.

06. Security Policy

The website has been placed in protected zones with implementation of firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and high availability solutions.

Before launch of the website, simulated penetration tests were conducted. The website was audited for known application-level vulnerabilities and identified vulnerabilities were addressed.

Hardening of servers has been performed as per applicable cybersecurity guidelines. Access to web servers hosting the website is restricted both physically and through the network as far as possible.

Web servers hosting the website are configured behind IDS, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and system firewalls.

Development work is carried out in a separate development environment and tested on staging servers before being updated on the production server.

Content contributed from remote locations is duly authenticated and is not published directly on the production server.

Website content is checked for intentional or unintentional malicious content before final publication.

Audit logs of activities involving the operating system, system access and application access are maintained and archived.

Help Desk staff periodically monitor the website to confirm that web pages and services are operational.

Newly released system software patches, bug fixes and upgrades are regularly reviewed and installed on the web server.

Production web servers are configured to restrict unnecessary desktop applications and Internet browsing.

Server access credentials are periodically changed and are shared only with authorised personnel.

Authorised personnel have been designated as administrators for the website. The website has also been subjected to automated risk assessment using vulnerability identification software.

07. Notice and Disclosures

The website will not sell, trade or disclose personally identifiable information of website users to unauthorized third parties.

08. Data Quality and Access

The website takes all reasonable steps to ensure that data published on the website is accurate.

If inaccurate information is identified during review, the Computer Department, Solapur Municipal Corporation will make every effort to correct the information as quickly as possible.

09. Application Security Audit

A Drupal CMS is used in the website for displaying information dynamically as per users' requests.

The application has been security audited for known application-level vulnerabilities as per the OWASP Top 10, and identified application security vulnerabilities have been addressed before the launch of the portal.

10. Server Audit

The application and database servers hosting the website and databases have been security audited. Server hardening has also been performed.

11. Data Security

Solapur Municipal Corporation takes information security seriously and has taken appropriate precautions to protect users' information.

12. Website Access Rights

Website accessibility is controlled through firewall rules based on applicable geographical requirements to help mitigate cyber-attacks.

13. Website Architecture

Detailed website architecture documentation is maintained separately.

14. Website Monitoring Plan

The Department provides this website and the information it contains as a public service.

The system is monitored to ensure proper operation, verify the functioning of applicable security features and for related operational purposes. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring.

Performance Website performance monitoring

Functionality Service and functionality checks

Broken Links Periodic link verification

Traffic Analysis Website traffic monitoring

The feedback mechanism through the feedback form is made available for visitors to provide their feedback. Feedback analysis helps identify opportunities for improvements and enhancements to the website.

Website Policies

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