Last Updated: March 10, 2025
Contents
1. Overview
Clean Air and Water ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website cleanairandwater.net (the "Site").
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site. By accessing or using our Site, you signify that you acknowledge, accept, and agree to be bound by all the terms outlined in this policy.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.
2. Information We Collect
Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Register for an account
- Sign up for our newsletter
- Participate in water quality assessments
- Contact us through our contact form
- Participate in surveys or contests
The personal information we may collect includes:
- Name
- Email address
- Mailing address
- Phone number
- ZIP or postal code
Water Quality Information
When you use our water quality assessment tools or search for information about your area, we may collect:
- Location information (city, state, ZIP code)
- Responses to water quality assessment questions
- Information about your water source and home
Automatically Collected Information
We may automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our Site, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages you view
- Time spent on pages
- Links you click
- Search terms you enter
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our Site and services
- Process and fulfill your requests for information about water quality
- Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- Communicate with you about products, services, offers, and events
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
- Personalize your experience on our Site
- Compile anonymous statistical data for research purposes
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share information we have collected in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information is necessary to:
- Comply with law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
- Enforce our policies, including investigating potential violations
- Protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of Clean Air and Water, our users, or the public
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include:
- Data analysis
- Email delivery
- Hosting services
- Customer service
- Marketing efforts
These third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to us, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may use and share non-personally identifiable information (information that cannot be used to identify you) for any purpose, including:
- Analyzing water quality trends across regions
- Creating reports on water quality issues
- Improving our site and services
- Sharing aggregated statistics with partners and the public
6. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
7. Your Rights and Choices
You have certain rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These may include the rights to:
- Access and get a copy of your data
- Rectify your data if it is inaccurate or incomplete
- Request the deletion or removal of your personal data
- Restrict our use of your personal data
- Object to our use of your personal data
- Request that we transfer your data to another organization or directly to you
Email Communications
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:
- Clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email you receive from us
- Contacting us using the contact information provided below
- Updating your preferences in your account settings (if applicable)
Please note that even if you opt-out of receiving marketing communications, we may still send you administrative communications, such as those related to your account or updates to our terms or policies.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Clean Air and Water
Email: privacy@cleanairandwater.net