Privacy Policy

The Water Research Lab (WRL) recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about visitors to WRL’s website. This policy outlines what information is collected while you use our website and how it is used by WRL.

Topics:

  • What information do we collect about you?
  • How will we use the information about you?
  • Access to your information and correction
  • Cookies
  • Changes to our Privacy Policy
  • How to contact us

What information do we collect about you?
We collect information when you voluntarily complete our contact form or provide feedback.
As with most websites, the WRL website maintains an activity log which records your IP address and other information which may or may not be supplied by your browser.  This includes the type and version of the browser you are using, the operating system you use, the screen resolution at which you viewed the site and the address of third party site if you navigated to our site via a link.
This information is used solely to help us improve our delivery of the services on the site.

How will we use the information about you?
We collect information about you to email you about WRL activities and developments we think may be of interest to you. You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you; if you no longer wish to be contacted by us, please click here.
You do not need to supply any personal information in order to view this website. Information volunteered via online forms e.g the sign up function for our mailing list will not be used for any purpose other than that for which it was supplied, nor will it ever be passed on to third parties.
WRL also collects your name and email address if you use the contact form on the site to send us a message. This information will only be used to respond to your message, and will not be stored.
Please note that messages sent using the contact form are sent by unencrypted email and thus may not be secure and remain confidential while being transmitted to us.

Access to your information and correction
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please click here or write to us here. We may make a small charge for this service.
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

Cookies
When you visit the WRL website, the pages you view, along with small text files called ‘cookies’, are downloaded onto your computer.
Each time you visit the WRL website your computer will download a session cookie.  This cookie only remains on your computer till you close your browser. This cookie is not used to identify you personally in any way.  We use session cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how visitors use the site.  This information helps us improve the site’s structure and functionality.
Your computer will also download a persistent cookie when you first visit the site.  These remain in your browsers cookie store between browsing sessions.  Persistent cookies allow us to recognise repeat visitors to the site.
You may opt to view the site without cookies by adjusting your browser’s settings.  See your browser’s help menu for information on how to do this.  If you disable cookies some functions of the site may no longer work correctly.
For more information on cookies visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org

Changes to our Privacy Policy
We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this webpage.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 24th May 2018.

How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or information we hold about you:

  • by email here
  • or write to us at:
    Stiftung für Wasserforschung (Water Research Foundation)
    RB Reiserer Biesinger Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Sofienstraße 21, 69115 Heidelberg