Who We Are
Stroud Water Research Center operates https://shop.monitormymatershed.org and other websites. Stroud Water Research Center is located in Avondale, Pennsylvania, USA; for more information, visit https://www.stroudcenter.org.
We respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Non-Personally-Identifying Information
Like most website operators, Stroud Water Research Center collects non-personally identifying information that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.
We collect non-personally identifying information to better understand how visitors use the website. From time to time, Stroud Water Research Center may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in website usage.
Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to our websites choose to interact with Stroud Water Research Center in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who register accounts for their email address.
Those who engage in transactions with Stroud Water Research Center are asked to provide additional information, including, as necessary, the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Stroud Water Research Center collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Stroud Water Research Center.
Stroud Water Research Center does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Contact Forms/Email Communications
Some visitors to Stroud Water Research Center’s websites choose to interact with us by submitting personally-identifying information through a contact form or by emailing an address administered by Stroud Water Research Center. We do not store contact data in the website database; we transmit it via email to select Stroud Water Research Center employees and affiliated individuals who need it to respond on Stroud Water Research Center’s behalf.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, we will include your IP address in the reset email.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data is Sent
We may check user registrations through an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Cookies
See our Cookie Policy for information about the types of cookies we use.
Use of Our Store
We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.
What We Collect and Store
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: We’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed.
- Location, IP address, and browser type: We’ll use this to estimate taxes and shipping, if any.
- Shipping address (if required): We’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order.
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details, and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information to:
- Send you information about your account and order.
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints.
- Process payments and prevent fraud.
- Set up your account for our store.
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes.
- Improve our store offerings.
A user account is created when you purchase an item from our store. We store your name, address, and email, which we use to populate the checkout for future orders.
To process recurring subscription payments, we store the customer’s name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and credit card/payment details.
We generally store your information for as long as we need it for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to keep it longer. This includes your name, email address, and billing and shipping addresses.
Who on Our Team Has Access
Our team members have access to the information you provide in order to fulfill orders, process refunds, and support you. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
- Order information, such as what was purchased, when it was purchased, and where it should be sent.
- Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Payments
We accept payments through Stripe. When processing payments, we pass some of your data to Stripe, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the Stripe Privacy Policy for more details.
Analytics
Stroud Water Research Center uses Google Analytics to collect statistics about visitors’ behavior on its websites. To ensure Google Analytics does not store personally identifying information from our websites, IP address anonymization is enabled, and tracking of demographic and User-ID information is disabled. Stroud Water Research Center may display aggregated statistics publicly or provide them to others. Google Analytics data is retained indefinitely. To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you may install a Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Stroud Water Research Center discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services available at our websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Stroud Water Research Center’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
Stroud Water Research Center will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Stroud Water Research Center discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Stroud Water Research Center, third parties, or the public at large.
If you are a registered user of a Stroud Water Research Center website and have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with us and our products. If you send us a request (for example, via email or one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.
Stroud Water Research Center takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Business Transfers
If Stroud Water Research Center, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired, or in the unlikely event that Stroud Water Research Center goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Stroud Water Research Center may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Stroud Water Research Center may change the Privacy Policy from time to time, and at our sole discretion. Stroud Water Research Center encourages visitors to check this page frequently for changes to the Privacy Policy. If you have a shop.monitormywatershed.org account, you may also receive an alert about these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
If you have concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us.