Privacy Policies

Water Features Online is committed to ensuring the privacy of your information online. In order to enhance your visit at our website we gather certain information that helps us improve our content and your visitation experience. Please read the following policy to understand how your information will be treated as you make full use of our website.

This policy may change with site upgrades so check periodically for changes.
This version is current as of March 16th, 2004.

Information that we collect

For each visitor to our website, our web server collects the following type of information for statistical purposes:

  • The number of users who visit the website
  • The date and time of the visits
  • The pages accessed
  • The user’s top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
  • The previous site visited
  • The type of browser used
  • The user’s operating system (Windows, Mac etc)

This is anonymous statistical data and no attempt will be made to identify users. We use this data to evaluate our website and to improve the content we display to you.

In addition to the information that we collect upon your initial access to our site, we may ask you for personal information at other times (but not limited to) when you, when you enter promotions, contests, when you respond to a survey or when you participate in a discussion forum. For example, when you make a purchase through our online store, we collect several items of personal information, including your billing and shipping address, telephone number, and any other information necessary to complete the transaction.

Wherever the web site collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to this privacy policy on that page.

External links

Some sponsors and advertisers or web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you when you access or utilise those links. Water Features Online does not control the collection or use of such information, and the practises of those sponsors and advertisers or web sites are not covered by this privacy policy.

Collection of personal information

When you email us:

  • We will record your email address.
  • We will only use your email address for the purpose for which you provided it.
  • It will not be added to a mailing list unless you have specifically requested this· We will not use your email address for any other purpose.
  • We will not disclose it without your consent.

Other personal information collected by us (for example through the use of an online form) will only:

  • Be collected by lawful and fair means.
  • Be used for a lawful purpose.
  • Be collected with your consent, and.
  • The purpose for collection is clear and explicit.

How we capture information

We use technology called cookies when you visit our site. Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual’s computer hard drive for record keeping. Your cookie may be sent at various times during your visit to our web site and may be updated as you access the many different areas.

Most Internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your Internet browser to refuse cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used.

Use of collected information

The information we collect (including information contained in your cookie) may be used to provide such capabilities as online shopping, personalisation services, interactive communications, and personalised communication between you and the content you prefer. We may also use the information to estimate the size of our audience and measure certain traffic patterns, to track the progress and number of entries in our promotions and contests, to track visits to and business conducted at our online store, to notify our visitors about updates to our web site.

We may occasionally contact you with information regarding special events at Water Features Online. If you ever receive a type of communication that you would not like to receive, you will have the option to unsubscribe from such communication (usually at the bottom of the page).

With whom do we share your information and for what purpose?

Water Features Online does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information with others. However, when one or more of our business partners co-sponsor a service, promotion and/or contest, we may share some or all of the information collected in connection with such service, promotion or contest with the co-sponsor(s).

If we intend to share such information, you will be notified prior to the collection of that information. If you do not want your information to be shared, you will be able to choose not to allow the transfer by not using or signing up for that particular service, promotion or contest.

Security of information

Information that we capture is passed through a secure server using encryption technology which scrambles the information to ensure it is protected over the internet.