Privacy Policy

MDA Privacy and Legal Policy

This is the website of the Mississippi Development Authority

Our mailing address is as follows:

P.O. Box 849

Jackson, MS 39205

We can be reached via email at comms@mississippi.org, or you can reach us by telephone at 601.359.3449. For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes only the consumer’s domain name, but not the email address (where possible).

We collect the email addresses of those who communicate with us via email, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded and used to improve the content of our Web page.

If you do not want to receive email from us in the future, please let us know by sending email to us at the above address or calling us at the above telephone number or writing to us at the above address and telling us that you do not want to receive email from our agency.

If you supply us with your postal address online you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address. Please provide us with your exact name and address.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers online may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding their requests. Please provide us with your correct phone number.

Legal

MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LEGAL STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER

Although the information at this Internet Web site (hereafter “Information”) is presented in good faith and believed to be correct, the Mississippi Development Authority makes no representations or warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of the Information.

The information is supplied upon the condition that the persons receiving the same will make their own determination as to its suitability for their purposes prior to use. In no event will the Mississippi Development Authority be responsible for damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from the use of or reliance upon the Information or the product to which the Information may refer.

The Mississippi Development Authority makes no commitment to update, replace or correct any Information that appears on the Internet or that is contained on this Internet Web site.

HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR OF ANY OTHER NATURE ARE MADE HEREUNDER WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION OR THE PRODUCT OF WHICH THE INFORMATION MAY REFER. THIS DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE LISTED ABOVE.

MDA Public Records

Public Records as defined in Section 25-61-3, Miss. Code Ann. shall mean all books, records, papers, accounts, letters, maps, photographs, films, cards, tapes, recordings or reproductions thereof, and any other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, having been used, being in use, or prepared, possessed or retained for use in the conduct, transaction or performance of any business, transaction, work, duty or function of any public body, or required to be maintained by any public body.

Exceptions to Public Records

Some documents exempted from public records requests include, but are not limited to, personnel records, trade secrets, confidential commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature as set out in Section 25-61-9, Section 79-23-1, Miss. Code Ann. and records containing confidential client information and project proposals as set out in Section 57-1-14, Miss. Code Ann.

Submission of Requests

All requests for information under the Public Records Act must be submitted in writing to the following address:

MDA Communications Office

Mississippi Development Authority

P.O. Box 849 Jackson, MS 39205

No verbal, email or telephone requests can be accepted for any public records request.

Assessment of Costs to Requestor

The requestor will be required to reimburse MDA for reasonable costs associated with the information request. (Miss. Code Ann. 25-61-7)

Such costs include, but are not limited to, time of the lowest paid but qualified staff member to search, review and/or, if applicable, mail copies of the public records. If necessary, the agency may engage third parties to perform these tasks. The requestor is required to pay the actual costs of these engagements.

Payment must be in the form of a certified check, money order or corporate check made payable to MDA for the amount specified. No cash or personal checks can be accepted. Please note that the following types of public records requests tend to require additional research and staff time and can have significant costs associated with filling the request: (1) Requests for very large volumes of material (2) Requests that are overly broad and/or (3) Requests that are unspecific in scope (4) Requests for information that has already been archived and (5) Requests for documents that are unusual in size.

If reproduction must be out-sourced due to type and/or volume of documents, requestor will pay actual reproduction costs. The requestor may choose to waive the 7-day response requirement to allow sufficient time for MDA to copy the material.

MDA reproduction charges are as follows: (duplex double)

8 ½ x 11″ – $.25 per page

8 ½ x 14″ – $.25 per page

11″ x 17″ – $.50 per page

Timetable for Processing

Upon receipt of a written request, MDA staff will evaluate the request; conduct a search to determine what information is available and in what format the information is stored and will furnish the requestor a cost estimate and projected schedule for providing the information. When payment in the amount of the estimated cost is received from the requestor, MDA will begin compiling the requested information.

If the actual cost is higher than the estimate, the requestor will be required to pay the difference before receiving the information. If the actual cost is lower than the estimate, MDA will refund the difference.

MDA staff will provide the requested information within seven working days of the receipt of the cost estimate payment, except where searches yield voluminous documents or where third party information is requested. In such instances, MDA staff will provide the requestor written explanation why the records cannot be produced within the seven-day period. (Miss. Code Ann. 25-61-5 (1) (b) and Miss. Code Ann. 25-61-9)

Access of Public Records

Documents requested may be inspected at the MDA’s main office at 501 North West Street, Jackson, MS 39201, after a formal written request has been submitted and the agency has responded. Appointments will be scheduled with the requestor. Such inspection will be held at MDA’s main office at 501 North West Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Original documents may not be removed from the MDA office. Inspections will be observed by an MDA staff person and the requestor will be charged based upon the hourly rate of the lowest paid but qualified staff person multiplied by the number of hours incurred. Cost estimates provided to the requestor will include the cost of an observer. In person inspection is subject to actual cost of searching, reviewing and/or duplicating public records.

In lieu of physical inspection, the requestor may choose the reproduction of such documents. If so, the cost of searching and/or duplicating and mailing, if applicable, will be included in the estimate provided.

Third-Party Information

MDA must give notice to third parties who have provided records that contain trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information and allow said third party a reasonable period of time to obtain a court order to protect the records before said information can be released pursuant to Section 25-61-9, Miss. Code Ann. (1972), as amended.