Linking to Outside Websites

Linking Policy

Our website contains links to external sites. All external links to educational institutions (.edu), non-profit organizations (.org) and government agencies (.gov) are acceptable.

External links not listed above may be acceptable if the link does not refer to sites that are for commercial benefit. Please note that no Town endorsement is implied by links to Penfield.org from other organizations.

Points of consideration for external links include the following:

• Relevance to the Town its activities and communication goals
• Compliance with legal obligations
• Sponsoring organization or person
• Noncommercial community focused
• Verification of information
• Timeliness and review of information
• Qualifications to provide health or human services information or advice
• Disclaimers
• Separation of advertising and editorial content
• Contact information or feedback mechanism
• Registration and fees

Review

Town of Penfield reviews its external links and link requests on an on-going basis.