Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Last Modified: October 31, 2022
Thanks for visiting our website. To make this document easier to read, we’re going to use some abbreviations throughout. “WWW” or “us” or “we” refers to World Water Works, Inc. “The website” or “our website” refers to the domain https://worldwaterworks.com as well as the content and webpages on that website and social media pages offered by WWW. “You” refers to you and other users of the website.
Accepting these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Please read this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) carefully as it controls your use of the website and discusses how we collect, use, share and process your information. By accessing our website, you agree to these terms and consent to having your data transferred to and processed in Oklahoma and in the United States. If you have any questions or comments, you may contact us via mail at World Water Works, Attn.: michael.pudvay@worldwaterworks.com, P.O. Box 892050, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73189, by phone at (800) 607-7873 or via email at privacy@worldwaterworks.com.
Your Personal Information: How We Collect, Use and Share It
Below is a brief overview of the personal information we collect via the website and the purpose for our collection. A more detailed description is found below.
What We Collect and How It Is Used
We collect data from you when you provide it to us, including when you send, receive, or engage in messages with us. For example, when you apply for a job using our website, we will collect and use the information you supply to process your application. We retain those communications to process your inquiries, respond to your requests, and improve our website and services. We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us to provide our website, products and services; to fulfill any purpose for which you provide the information; to enforce our rights and fulfill our obligations; to send you notices and other messages; to comply with our legal obligations; in manners described in this Privacy Policy; for any other purpose for which we have your consent; and for our legitimate interests, including, without limitation, to support our business, for internal analytics, and to improve our website, products and services.
Automated Collection
We use cookies and similar technologies as described in our Cookie Policy. By using our website, you agree to our Cookie Policy.
Service and Marketing Messages
We may use your information to contact you about product and service offerings by email or otherwise. You have the right to opt-out of such messages. We may use your information to investigate, respond to and resolve legal, security or technical issues and complaints and as necessary for security purposes or to investigate possible fraud, or violations of law. We may use your information to contact you about these security, legal and other service-related issues. Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving such messages from us.
Legal Notices
\We may use your personal information to provide you with notice regarding a security incident or data breach, by: (a) sending a message to the email address you provide (as applicable); (b) posting to a publicly facing page of our website; (c) through major statewide media; and/or (d) telephonic means, including calls and/or text messages, even if sent via automated means including automated dialers (standard text and data messaging rates may apply from your carrier). Notices sent by e-mail will be effective when we send the email, notices we provide by posting will be effective upon posting, and notices we provide through telephonic means will be effective when transmitted or dialed. You consent to receiving electronic communications from WWW relating to any security incident or data breach. It is your responsibility to keep your email address and any other contact information you provide to us current so that we may provide these communications to you.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may also disclose your personal information as described below:
Disclosure on Your Behalf
We may disclose personal information that we collect for the purpose that you provide the information or for another purpose for which we have your consent.
Internal and De-Identified Disclosure
We will share your data internally within WWW to help improve our website, products and services. We may disclose aggregated non-personally identifiable information about our users, the use of the website as well as any data related to or in connection with the website that does not identify an individual, in each case without restriction.
Disclosure to Our Service Providers
We disclose personal information that we collect or you provide to third party service providers that we use to support our business (such as the management of our data, maintenance, analysis, audit, fraud detection, communication and the like) and to process your requests. These service providers will have access to your information as reasonably necessary to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.
Legal Process
It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (b) enforce our agreements with you; (c) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (d) protect the security or integrity of the website; (e) to exercise or protect the rights and safety of WWW and others; or (f) in connection with merger, acquisition or sale of our assets or similar business arrangement. We may attempt to notify you about legal demands for your personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are unlawful, overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand.
Your Requests Concerning Your Information
For personal data that we have about you, you have the following rights:
- Deletion: You may ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data. Please note that doing so may limit your ability to use certain functionality of the website and/or aspects of our services.
- Correction/Modification: You may ask us to change, update, or fix your data in certain cases, including if it’s inaccurate.
- Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or to limit our use of it.
- Right to Access and/or Take Your Data: You can ask us for a copy of your personal data you have provided to us so long as we are able to verify your identity when you make such a request.
Certain state’s laws may provide you the right to make additional requests concerning your personal information. If you are a resident of one of these states, and have provided us with personal information, state law may require that we provide you with certain information concerning your personally identifiable information. To make these or any other requests with respect to your personal information, you may contact us at the contact information above. When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and what personally identifiable information you do not want us to share with third parties. We ask that individuals making requests identify themselves and identify the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before we process any requests. We may decline to process requests if we cannot verify the requestor’s identity, if we believe the request will jeopardize the privacy of others, if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect, or for a similar legitimate purpose.
We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at our option. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. If we modify or delete some or all of your personal information, we will retain your personal data if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce obligations or fulfill any other requests from you (for example, to opt-out of further messages or for a copy of your data). We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under applicable law. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Third-Party Sites
Please keep in mind that the website may contain links to other websites or apps. We do not control these third parties’ privacy practices or tracking technologies. If you have any questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. You are responsible for reviewing the privacy statements and policies of those other websites you choose to link to or from our website, so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and store your information. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the privacy statements, policies or content of third parties, including websites you link to or from our website or the accuracy of any materials provided by third party websites.
Intellectual Property Rights
The website and its contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by WWW, its licensors or other providers of the material and are protected by law. You may use the website for your personal, non-commercial use only. If you wish to make any use of material offered on or through the website other than that set out in this section, please contact us at the contact information above.
Security and Protection
We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data. These include using encryption for your data while it is being transmitted between your device or browser and our servers. However, given the nature of communications and information technology, and that the use of the internet has inherent risks, although we regularly monitor for possible vulnerabilities and attack, we cannot warrant or guarantee that information provided to us through the website or stored in our systems or otherwise will be absolutely free from unauthorized intrusion by others, nor can we warrant or guarantee that such data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Children
We do not collect personal information from any person we actually know is under the age of 18 without the consent of the parent or legal guardian of that minor. A parent or guardian may consent to the use of the website by a minor, which parent or guardian is solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of the website and assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through the website. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at the information above. If we learn and have confirmation we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
Disclaimer of Warranties/Limitation of Liability
We may update the content on or offered through the website from time to time. Any of the material on the website may be out of date at any given time, however. Please contact WWW directly for complete and accurate information. Any reliance you place on information found on the website is at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on website materials by you or any other visitor of the website.
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WWW DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OR REPRESNTATION THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE WEBISTE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED AS A CONVENIENCE TO YOU. AS A RESULT, IN NO EVENT SHALL WWW OR ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR OWNERS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER UNDER A THEORY OF TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Governing Law
The website is offered in and from the State of Oklahoma and your use of the website is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Oklahoma. We may store or process your information outside your city, province, state, or country, including through one of our contractors and service providers. As a result, your personal information may be stored in a country or state that operates under privacy and data protection laws different from those of your home jurisdiction. Your submission of information to our website and your consent to this Privacy Policy includes consent to such transfer, storage, and processing outside of your jurisdiction and in the United States and the State of Oklahoma. All matters relating to this Privacy Policy or the website and any dispute or claim arising out of or related to the same shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Oklahoma, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule, and you agree that any such dispute or claim shall be instituted exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in Tulsa, Oklahoma. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and incorporated Cookie Policy, constitutes the sole and entire agreement between you and WWW with respect to the website and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the same. If any provision of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. We may update the foregoing from time to time, and the date of the last modification will be is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting this Privacy Policy, to check for and receive notice of any changes.