Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority takes privacy and data protection issues seriously. We have designed this Privacy Policy to explain how we handle personally identifiable information collected from merchants who register for services and submit information to Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority through the Internet.
As the Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority services evolve, we may revise this policy, so please check back frequently. If you have questions about Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority privacy practices please contact us at judy@jerseyshorewater.com.
You will receive an autoresponse from us confirming that we have received your e-mail. If you do not receive an autoresponse, please contact Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority Customer Support by phone.
Information Collection and Use
Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority collects personally identifiable information when you register for a Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority account, and when you use certain Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority products and services. Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority may also receive personally identifiable information from its resellers and other business partners.
When you register with Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority, we ask for your contact information (such as your name, street address and e-mail address), as well as certain information pertaining to your business, along with billing information such as a bank account and/or credit card number.
In the course of processing a payment transaction, we typically receive from the merchant or financial institution information related to the transaction. This normally includes information about the payment that a consumer has furnished the merchant or financial institution in placing the order. We do not acquire any information directly from consumers through the http://www.jerseyshorewater.com/ Web site.
Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority uses the information collected to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, to process payment transactions, to facilitate billing, and otherwise deliver the payment gateway services. We may also send merchants service announcements, newsletters, and periodic notices about specials and new products. Personally identifiable consumer information is used to process payment transactions and for no other purpose.
Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority does not offer services or sell products to children. Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority does not request or knowingly collect personally identifiable contact information from anyone under the age of 13.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Protecting personally identifiable information about merchants and consumers is an important part of our business. We share and disclose such information only as described below.
Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority will send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when: 1) we have your consent to share the information; 2) we need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested; 3) we need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority to provide a product or service to you (unless we tell you differently these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide them beyond what is necessary to assist us).
Personally identifiable consumer information is shared with third parties (such as banks and credit card processors) to the extent necessary for Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority to deliver payment processing services.
We also may release personally identifiable information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; enforce or apply our Merchant Agreement and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and risk reduction.
Information Security
Information security is critical to our business. We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information. The information gathered on secure computers is stored in a locked down data center. The number of employees involved in the management of the data center that have physical access to these computers is limited. We use firewalls and other security technology, as well as implement the highest industry standard security practices, to prevent our computers from being accessed by unauthorized persons.
We also require that any personally identifiable consumer information sent to us by you be encrypted using SSL encryption.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your login ID/password, other sensitive account data and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer and otherwise safeguard the password used to access the Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority services.
Account Information and Preferences
Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority gives you the ability to edit your Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority account information and preferences at any time, including whether you want Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority to contact you about promotions and new products, by using the Settings option in the Merchant Interface or by contacting Customer Support.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. If there are material changes to this statement or in how Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority will use personally identifiable information, Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority will post notices in the Merchant Interface and on the Jersey Shore Area Joint Water Authority homepage at http://www.jerseyshorewater.com/ prior to implementing the change. If you have additional questions about this Policy, please contact us at: 570-398-1443.