Page last updated on August 24, 2026
Who We Are
Stroud Water Research Center operates https://ManageMyWatershed.org and may operate other websites. Stroud Water Research Center is located in Avondale, Pennsylvania, USA; for more information, visit https://stroudcenter.org.
We respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Non-Personally-Identifying Information
Like most website operators, Stroud Water Research Center collects non-personally identifying information that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.
We collect non-personally identifying information to better understand how visitors use the website. From time to time, Stroud Water Research Center may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in website usage.
Personally-Identifying Information
Some visitors to our websites choose to interact with Stroud Water Research Center in ways that require us to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who register an account on https://ManageMyWatershed.org to provide a username and email address.
Those who engage in transactions with Stroud Water Research Center are asked to provide additional information, including, as necessary, the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Stroud Water Research Center collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Stroud Water Research Center.
Stroud Water Research Center does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to provide personally identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Sharing Information
One purpose of the ManageMyWatershed.org website is to allow registered members to share information. If you do not want your information publicly visible, you should not share it on ManageMyWatershed.org.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms/Email Communications
Some visitors choose to interact with us by submitting personally-identifying information through a contact form on the Website or by emailing an address administered by Stroud Water Research Center. Contact form data is stored in the Website database and is transmitted via email to select Stroud Water Research Center employees and affiliated individuals who need to know that information in order to respond on Stroud Water Research Center’s behalf.
Also, for security reasons and to protect this website from spam, your IP address, email address, and data from other website form fields will be processed in the CleanTalk Cloud Service and stored in log files for 45 days. After this period expires, they will be deleted completely. CleanTalk may use information about spam activity from IP/email addresses to provide proper anti-spam protection to all websites connected to its service. This applies only to IP/email addresses used for spam mailing.
Cookies
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. Stroud Water Research Center uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of our websites, and their website access preferences. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.
Analytics
Stroud Water Research Center uses Google Analytics to collect statistics about visitors’ behavior on its websites. To ensure Google Analytics does not store personally identifying information from our websites, IP address anonymization is enabled, and tracking of demographic and User-ID information is disabled. Stroud Water Research Center may display aggregated statistics publicly or provide them to others. Google Analytics data is retained indefinitely. To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you may install a Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Stroud Water Research Center discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services available at our websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Stroud Water Research Center’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
Stroud Water Research Center will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Stroud Water Research Center discloses potentially personally identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Stroud Water Research Center, third parties, or the public at large.
If you are a registered user of a Stroud Water Research Center website and have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with us and our products. If you send us a request (for example, via email or one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.
Stroud Water Research Center takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Request to View/Delete Data
If you registered an account or submitted a contact form on the Website:
- You have the right to view your personal data stored in the Website database.
- You have the right to request that your personal data be deleted from the Website database.
Business Transfers
If Stroud Water Research Center, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired, or in the unlikely event that Stroud Water Research Center goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Stroud Water Research Center may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Stroud Water Research Center may change the Privacy Policy from time to time, and at our sole discretion. Stroud Water Research Center encourages visitors to check this page frequently for changes to the Privacy Policy. If you have a ManageMyWatershed.org account, you may also receive an alert about these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
If you have concerns about our privacy policy, please contact webmaster@stroudcenter.org.
