Effective date: July 8, 2021
This Privacy Policy applies to information about you that Metro Water Recovery (“Metro”, “we”, “our”, “us”) may obtain when you visit www.MetroWaterRecovery.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy describes how we may collect, use, or share information about you; how we safeguard such information; and how you may contact us regarding our privacy practices.
Collection of Personal Information
Information you provide.
We may obtain information that you provide directly to us when you interact with the Site (e.g., when you use our contact form or request information). This information may include personal information, which is information that can be used to identify you individually, such as your name, email address, and phone number.
Information collected automatically.
We use various tools and technologies like cookies and web server logs to collect information automatically on the Site. This information may include IP addresses, device identifiers, browser characteristics, operating system details, internet service provider details, language preferences, referring URLs, time and length of visits, and pages viewed.
“Cookies” are small data files stored by your web browser on your computer. Cookies may allow a website to recognize a user’s device, record user preferences, track the pages a user clicks on while visiting the website, and identify the website visited immediately beforehand. Most web browsers accept cookies by default, but you may be able to adjust your browser settings to remove or reject cookies. Please note that blocking cookies may affect the availability and functionality of this Site and other websites. Also, disabling cookies may invalidate opt outs that use cookies to recognize devices that have opted out.
We may combine certain automatically collected information with other information we obtain about you, which may include data we obtain from third parties.
Please note that we or third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different devices and online properties when you use the Site.
Your web browser may have settings that allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites or use online services. Like many websites, the Site is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. To learn more about “Do Not Track” signals, visit www.allaboutdnt.com.
Information collected from other parties.
Our service providers may share with us your personal information that you submit to them. For example, if you apply for a job through the Site, you may submit personal information to one or more of our service providers that may share your information with us. We may combine information that we have about you with information we obtain from other parties. When you submit information to another party, you are subject to that third party’s terms of use and privacy policies, for which we are not responsible.
Use of Personal Information
We may use personal information we collect through the Site for various purposes including:
• Communicating with you, including to respond to your requests or inquiries and provide you with information about our services;
• Facilitating and personalizing your user experience;
• Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities of Site visitors;
• Improving the Site;
• Preventing, investigating, or taking any other action with regard to any suspected or actual fraudulent or unlawful activity or activity that violates our policies;
• Complying with applicable laws, regulations, or legal process as well as industry standards and our company policies; or
• Any other purpose, with your consent.
Sharing of Personal Information
We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries, affiliates, business partners, and vendors that provide services on our behalf.
In the event of a business transaction (e.g., further to a merger, reorganization, restructuring, or other such transaction), we reserve the right to disclose any information we obtain through the Site.
Additionally, Metro may disclose personal information when required by subpoena, search warrant, or other legal processes; in response to activities that are unlawful or a violation of our Terms of Use; or to protect and defend our rights or property.
Site Analytics
Our vendors may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information about your internet usage, including your use of this Site, and use that information to provide us with audience measurement services. For example, we may use certain web analytics services, including Google Analytics, to help us understand and analyze how visitors use the Site. For more information on how Google Analytics uses data collected through the Site, visit policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You may also be able to opt out of Google Analytics by visiting tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Your opt-out choice may apply only to the browser or device you are using when you opt out, so you should opt out on each of your browsers and devices. If you opt out, your experience on our Site may be degraded. Please note that we do not control how third parties manage their opt-out processes.
Linked Websites
The Site may include links to other websites that are not owned or operated by Metro. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, which may have their own privacy policies or notices that you should review to understand how they may collect, use, or disclose your personal information. Metro is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any linked websites that it does not control.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Nevertheless, transmission via the Internet and online digital storage are not completely secure, so we cannot guarantee the security of your information collected through the Site.
Revisions
This Privacy Policy is subject to change at our discretion. We will indicate changes to the Privacy Policy by updating the “Effective date” at the beginning of the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Site after any update to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
Contact Information
You may direct comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy via our inquiry form.