CalVal Website Privacy Policy
Welcome and Contact Us
Welcome to our Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by clicking on the “Contact CalVal” button below. You may also contact us by mail at: CalVal, c/o National Water Research Institute,18700 Ward Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
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​Policy Overview
We have adopted this Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. It is CalVal’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while you use our website. This Privacy Policy applies to CalVal published websites including without limitation, https://cal-val.org (hereinafter, "us," "we," or "https://cal-val.org"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources. This Privacy Policy sets forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website.
​Website Visitors
Like most website operators, CalVal collects non-personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, including but not limited to, browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how its website users interact with its website. From time to time, we may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of CalVal's website. CalVal also collects potentially personally identifying information, including but not limited to, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users. We only disclose user and/or commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally identifying information as described below.
​Gathering Personally Identifying Information
Certain visitors to CalVal's website choose to interact with us in ways that require NWRI to gather personally identifying information. Currently, we do not have any interactive features that require site visitors to log in or identify themselves. Any information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction, for example, if you contact us through the site. Our purpose in gathering this information is to provide information and services to users upon their request.
​Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect any personal information transmitted to us its security cannot be guaranteed.
​Advertisements
We do not allow advertising on our website and, therefore, do not collect third-party cookies.
​Links to External Sites
Our website and its related services may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.
​Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information
CalVal discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only to members of its leadership committee and select employees that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services available at our website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. CalVal will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its leadership and employees, we disclose potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when CalVal believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of CalVal, affiliated third parties or the public at large.
​Registered Users
Currently, cal-val.org does not require visitors to register. If, at some point, CalVal requires registration and you are a registered user of cal-val.org and have supplied your email address, CalVal may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, announce relevant industry information or website updates, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with CalVal activities. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example, via email), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. CalVal takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information.
​Aggregated Statistics
We may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to our website. CalVal may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, we do not disclose your personally identifying information.
​Cookies
To enrich and perfect your online experience, CalVal uses cookies or similar technologies to store your preferences on your computer. 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. CalVal uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and user website access preferences. CalVal visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our website; however, certain features of our website may not function properly without cookies. By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to CalVal's use of cookies.
​Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, at our sole and unilateral discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.