Learn how we safeguard your information online
Greatamericawater.com is owned and operated by Great America Water, LLC. Great America Water is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. It is our belief that you should understand how we use any information that you provide to us and, furthermore, that you should have the right to approve the use of that information.
In the handling of your information, we follow a policy of “informed consent”, that is to say: In using the varied features of this web site, you may occasionally provide information, such as your name, your contact information, or other information about yourself by which others may identify you (hereinafter “Personal Information”), to Great America Water, our service providers, or other businesses which you may contact while visiting our site. Great America Water and these other entities may use this information and other technical information about your use of this web site to tailor their presentations to you, to facilitate your movement through this web site, or communicate separately with you. However, we will never intentionally provide any of your Personal Information to other companies or individuals not listed above (collectively “Third Parties”) without your express permission to do so. We will notify you at the time of such data collection or transfer if your Personal Information is to be shared with a Third Party and you will always have the option of not permitting such sharing.
The following describes how we are using the information that you provide to us.
1. What Personal Information does Greatamericawater.com collect from you?
Greatamericawater.com collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site.
Some Personal Information is gathered when you enter a site feedback form, or complete a client satisfaction survey. During the on-line registration process, for example, Greatamericawater.com may ask for your name, email address, telephone number, postal code, occupation, industry information and professional interests. The more information you volunteer (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to assist you with your needs.
2. What are cookies and how does Greatamericawater.com use them?
As part of offering customized and personalized on-line services, Greatamericawater.com uses cookies to store information. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies allow Greatamericawater.com to provide you with a more personalized experience when you visit our sites, to customize the information that you receive and to be able to contact you when we have information that you have requested.
Cookies from Greatamericawater.com can only be read by Greatamericawater.com. And, if you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you will still be able to access most of the areas on this site.
3. How does Greatamericawater.com use Personal Information?
Greatamericawater.com’s primary goal in collecting Personal Information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience on our site.. This includes personalized services, interactive communications, online transactions and many other types of services, most of which are completely free to you. By knowing a little about you, Greatamericawater.com is able to deliver more relevant content, and hence better service, to you. Greatamericawater.com does research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us upon registration, during a promotion, from our server log files or from surveys. We do this in order to better understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. We may share aggregated user data with advertisers or business partners. However, we will never intentionally provide any of your Personal Information to other companies or individuals without your permission to do so and will take all reasonable steps to protect such Personal Information from perpetrators of fraud or internet piracy.
4. Who is collecting information?
When you are on a Greatamericawater.com site and are asked for Personal Information, you are sharing that information with Greatamericawater.com alone unless it is specifically stated otherwise.
5. Does Greatamericawater.com share my information with outsiders?
From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from Third Parties. If you opt-in to receive information from these Third Parties, Greatamericawater.com will (with your permission) share your name and email address with them.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT AS PART OF ITS PRIVACY POLICY GAW RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE ANY ACTION WITH RESPECT TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH WE, IN OUR SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE IF SUCH INFORMATION MAY CREATE A LIABILITY FOR US OR MAY CAUSE US TO LOSE ALL OR PART OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO US BY OUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS OR OTHER SUPPLIERS.
6. What are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my information?
Greatamericawater.com may, from time to time, send you e-mail regarding our services. In addition, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in receiving offers or information from Greatamericawater.com, we may occasionally send you direct mail about services which we feel may be of interest to you. Only Greatamericawater.com (or agents working on behalf of Greatamericawater.com under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings.
You also have choices with respect to cookies. As mentioned earlier, by modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is about to be set, or to reject all cookies.
7. How does Greatamericawater.com protect my personal and business-related information?
Keeping your information private is vitally important to us. As with all information, Greatamericawater.com will never rent or sell your personal and business-related information to Third Parties without your express permission.
8. What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
Your Greatamericawater.com Profile Information are accessed by the cookies on your computer so that only you should have access to this Profile Information
Great America Water may have international sites and users elsewhere in the world. When you give Greatamericawater.com Personal Information, that information may be sent electronically to servers outside of the country or jurisdiction where you originally entered the information. In addition, that information may be used, stored and processed outside of the country where you entered that information. Whenever Greatamericawater.com handles Personal Information as described above, regardless of where this occurs, Greatamericawater.com takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms of Use Agreement and this Privacy Policy.
9. What else should I know about my privacy?
Please keep in mind that whenever you disclose Personal Information online – for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas – that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post Personal Information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NO DATA TRANSMISSION OVER THE INTERNET CAN BE GUARANTEED TO BE 100% SECURE. AS A RESULT, WHILE WE STRIVE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, GREATAMERICAWATER.COM CANNOT ENSURE OR WARRANT THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU TRANSMIT TO US AND YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. ONCE WE RECEIVE YOUR TRANSMISSION, WE MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT TO ENSURE ITS SECURITY ON OUR SYSTEMS.
10. Applicable Law
This Privacy Policy is intended to be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, USA. Any action which you or any third party may bring in connection with this policy, shall be brought only in the courts of the State of Tennessee, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Tennessee.
11. Additional Information
For any questions regarding this statement, please contact us at Info@greatamericawater.com.