Terms And Conditions For OneWaterProject.org
Last Updated: January 2024 / Effective Date January 2024
OVERVIEW
OneWater Project may collect personally identifying information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Site, register to purchase on the Site, or subscribe to our newsletters.
Users may visit portions of our Site anonymously and OneWater Project will collect personally identifying information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Our Privacy Policy is guided by three fundamental principles:
1 - We only ask you for personal information we need in order to provide you a service or ship your order.
2 - We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, protect your rights and protect our rights.
3 - We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our businesses.
The following privacy policy incorporates these goals and governs the manner in which OneWater Project collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from our site users, site visitors and site members.
WEBSITE VISITORS
OneWater Project collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as:
- Your IP address
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
- Your language preference
- The date and time you access our site
- The pages you visit
- If you clicked a link to our web site from another web site, and the address of that website
This information does not identify you personally.
The purpose of OneWater Project collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how OneWater Project’s visitors visit the site OneWaterProject.org. From time to time, OneWater Project may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing information on trends in the usage of the website.
OneWater Project also collects potentially personally-identifying information for logged in users and for users leaving comments in our forums and on our WaterBlog.
OneWater Project only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
GATHERING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
- Certain visitors to OneWaterProject.org choose to become members or customers. Members or Customers of OneWaterProject.org require OneWater Project to gather additional personally-identifying information.
- Since being a customer is a paid service, OneWater Project asks Customers to provide the necessary personal and financial information required to process those transactions.
- OneWater Project uses a Third-party credit card processor for fulfillment and does not retain or store the member’s financial information.
- OneWater Project does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
HOW ONEWATER PROJECT USES COLLECTED INFORMATION
- OneWater Project may collect and use customers and members personal information to:
- Improve customer service
- Personalize user experience
- Ship orders
- Increase membership
- Receive payments
- Improve our site
- Send periodic emails and / or text messages / or other electronic communications
OneWater Project may use User or Customer or Member email addresses to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User or Customer decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include our newsletter, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time a User or Customer would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, OneWater Project includes detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
AGGREGATED STATISTICS
OneWater Project may collect (or use third-parties to collect) statistics about the behavior of visitors to its Site. OneWater Project may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, OneWater Project does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
PROTECTION OF CERTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
OneWater Project adopts appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information stored on our Site. Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.
OneWater Project discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, board members and affiliated organizations that:
- Need to know that information in order to process it on OneWater Project’s behalf or to provide services available at OneWater Project’s websites
- Have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, board members and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country. By using OneWaterProject.org, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
- OneWater Project may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and OneWaterProject.org or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys.
- OneWater Project may share your information with these third parties for those limited.
OneWater Project will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, board members and affiliated organizations, as described above, OneWater Project discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when OneWater Project believes in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect the property or rights of OneWater Project, third parties or the public at large.
If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact our support team at [email protected].
DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES
SERVICE PROVIDERS - OneWater Project may share personal information with companies who provide services such as information processing, increasing membership, processing membership donations, fulfilling customer orders, providing customer and member service, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are obligated to protect your information.
OTHERS - It may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence − for OneWater Project to disclose your personal information. OneWater Project may also disclose information about you for purposes of national security, law enforcement or other issues of public importance.
OneWater Project may also disclose information about you if it is determined that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or protect our operations or users.
COOKIES
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. While we care about privacy more than most and we protect our customer’s privacy to the utmost, OneWaterProject.org does use cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the site, and their website access preferences.
OneWaterProject.org visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should do one of the following …
- Refuse cookies when asked
- Set browsers to refuse cookies
- Use an incognito browser
- Use VPN’s
- Clear your cache
NOTE: Certain features of the OneWaterProject.org website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
BUSINESS TRANSFERS
If OneWater Project, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that OneWater Project goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that may be transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of OneWater Project may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
Although most changes are likely to be minor, OneWater Project may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in OneWater Project’s sole discretion. OneWater Project encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
INTERACTION WITH CHILDREN
OneWater Project is not designed to be used by anyone under 18 years of age without adult supervision and the OneWater Project Terms of Use dictate that no one under 18 use OneWater Project without adult supervision. If OneWater Project is made aware that it is in possession of any information on anyone under 13 years of age it will delete the information.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using OneWaterProject.org, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us below.
OneWater Project
℅ CREEED
PO Box 2405
Lenox, MA 01240
Email: [email protected]