Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy is our priority. That is why we at Sylvia Water Purification (SWP) have made it an integral part of our goal to secure all the personal information of our website members, subscribers, visitors and guests. We have enumerated below the details on how we collect, store and distribute website information for your guidance.
The purpose of this page is to explain thoroughly how we gather, store, utilize and secure the data that you allow us to have. Giving you all this information allows you to make informed decisions on what choices to make when visiting our SWP website. In our efforts to serve you better, we will continually update our policy regarding your privacy to keep up with changes in technology, business practices and your needs.
Gathering Information
Every time you visit our SWP website it is possible that you will be providing us with the following data:
· The site may ask for your personal information which you may choose to give or not give.
· Website usage
1. Medium for Gathering Information
a. Registration
It may be necessary for us to request some personal information if you choose to avail of our products or services such as our newsletters. The information shall be collected when you fill-up our registration form.
b. Email
If you send us an email, we may keep a record of your email address and your correspondences with us. We assure you that we will protect your information with us. We maintain a very high level of security in protecting the contents of all our communications in any type or method of correspondence whether email, mail or telephone calls.
2. Website usage
Like many websites, the SWP website also uses “Cookies” (see definition below) and log files to find out how visitors use the website. These tools are used to help commercial websites serve you better. They are also considered part of common business practice for almost all commercial websites. Information gathered from these methods may include date, time, duration and pages you visit within the website as well as other website pages you may have visited before and after visiting our website.
Purpose of Collecting Data
Generally speaking, we use the data we gather from your visits for common business processes, such as maintaining email information for our newsletter or keeping track of preferred products and services and processing of payments. We also keep and analyze this information to help us find ways of improving the our website design and the products and services we provide to you our customers. Because of the data we are allowed to collect, we are able to proactively improve the SWP website experience.
Aside from this, it is possible that we may share the website usage data we gather to third parties within right and legal circumstances. We will not divulge identifying data and other sensitive information unless we are legally bound to divulge said information.
It is also possible that there will be occasions wherein we will be using your personal data to contact you and send you information about the site. This may include updates and changes made on the website, special promotions or offers and new products and services that you may be interested to know about. If it is your wish not to receive such information, simply inform us by sending us an email stating your intention of no longer wanting to receive such information.
Cookies Definition
Cookies are small text files with a unique ID tag. It is created by a website for the purpose of tracking a visitor’s movement in the website. Although it has an ID tag, it is an anonymous identifier and stored in the visitors computer. Cookies are not viruses and do not carry viruses. They also cannot be used to collect information from your device.
When accessing the SWP website, our site server will ask permission from your electronic device to save the cookie file to your storage device. This is done automatically if your device browser is set to cookies enabled. If your device is set to ask you permission every time a cookie is accessed then a window requiring your permission will pop-up each time a cookie is accessed. If your browser is set to cookies disabled, some of our website features will not be available to you.
Purpose of Cookie Information
Cookies are like calling cards. Ones you have already visited our website, the cookie created helps our website recognize you as a visitor in your succeeding visits. This enables us to save your log-in data so that you no longer need to log-in every time you visit our site. Note that any information your browser may generate and include in the cookie is deliberately retained or looked into by our website.
We also make use of cookie information to generate statistical information for our business development use. Together with server log information, we are able to come up with vital business information such as number of visitors to our site and number of visits to each page within our site.
Internet Protocol (IP) Address
The IP address is a numeric identifier assigned to a device that uses the internet protocol to communicate with other devices. It serves as an address to distinguish it from other devices in the internet.
During access to our website, the web server will save your IP address for the purpose of gathering traffic data. This includes user profiles and demographics information. The knowledge of your IP address also allows the server to provide you with information uniquely relevant to you.
Selling Information
It is our policy to strictly maintain the security of your confidential information. Unless we are legally obliged to do so, SWP will not divulge, share, lend, lease or sell such information to any third party.
Access to Your Information
You have every right to know all and any information we have gathered and stored from your access to our website. If you wish to request this information simply email us indicating your intention to see said information.
Disclosure of Information as Required by Law
In as much as we respect the confidentiality of our users information, we will have no choice but to disclose said information when the law requires. Disclosure of information will also be allowed if we are convinced that in doing so we are acting in good faith or if in not doing so we will be subjecting ourselves to future legal problems. It is within our legal right to use said information to identify, find, and contact any user who has violated our Terms of Service in order to file legal action against said user.
Links to Other Sites
To provide our users with additional information on certain topics, we sometimes provide links to other websites which may contain the necessary information. We are not responsible for the contents and policies of these linked websites. We are also not responsible for any website where you may be re-directed when accessing these linked websites. Our privacy policy and terms of service is no longer applicable as soon as you leave our website. We advise you to check the privacy policy and terms of service of the website you have been directed to before performing any task in these websites.
Consent
Upon accessing the SWP website, you are signifying your consent to our Privacy Policy which includes our policy on data collection. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy without the need to advice or inform you regarding said changes.
Security
All data gathered from our users will be stored in computers located in the United States of America. As such, your data stored in our servers will be subject to US Laws regarding personal information use regardless as to your nationality or location. Be assured that we are taking all the necessary security and safety measures, both software and hardware, to protect from unlawful data access, to maintain data integrity and to ensure proper information usage of all the data we have collected.
Cancellation of Subscription/Membership
You have the option to cancel your subscription/membership to SWP at any time. Please note the cancellation will entail the loss of all privileges of access to any and all information previously available as member/subscriber, which includes newsletters and notifications of future offers. To cancel your subscription/membership, simply email us indicating your intention to cancel your subscription/membership.
Surveys and Contests
There may be instances when we will request our users to join in a survey or a contest. In participating in these contests or surveys, we may also ask for other information from our users pertinent to the contest or survey. Although we encourage our users to participate in these contests and surveys, you are under no obligation to join or participate. Please indicate your intention not to participate if in case this is your decision.
Age Limit
This website is intended for users 18 years of age and above. Users below 18 years of age must not provide any personal information.
Change of Ownership
In case the SWP website transfers ownership to a third party, whether in whole or in part, ownership of all data collected and stored will automatically become the property of the new owners.
Policy Changes
In case changes are made to this privacy policy, all efforts will be made to inform all our users. We encourage all our users to provide us and constantly update us with your correct email address so that we may send you such announcements. We will also post such changes on our website.
