Privacy Policy
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab have created this policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. This document explains what type of information is collected from you when you use our app and how that information may be used.
Gathering of Information
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab collects personally-identifying information (such as your name, e-mail address, telephone number) from the ERWP Invasives Reporter app only if you choose to provide that information to us.
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab asks users to provide the geographic location of their recording, optional photographic evidence of the invasive species, and comments concerning the invasive species or location of recording. Data recorded from the ERWP Invasives Reporter app is accessible in a publicly viewable point feature hosted online. The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab also may ask visitors to provide personal information in other limited circumstances specified at the time the information is gathered.
Use of Information
The use of personally-identifying information is limited to the following: display of the location of the invasive species through a mapped point feature hosted online; hyperlinks to provided photographic evidence taken at time of recording; contact from the Escalante River Watershed Partnership to follow up on the report of an invasive species; and other uses similar to those listed in this paragraph, when our services might require it; and other purposes specified at the time the information is gathered.
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or University of Utah policy, or if it believes that such action is necessary to (a) comply with law or with legal process, (b) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the ERWP Invasives Reporter app, or (c) protect the personal safety or property of ERWP Invasives Reporter app users, the public, or University of Utah - Geography and its employees. The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab may share information with contracted vendors or other collaborators, in order to meet specific business needs (such as customer communication or analyzing or enhancing the Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab’s service offerings). The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab may share your name and address with other non-profit organizations for those organizations to use for reasons similar to the uses the Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab might make, as described in this policy. The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab may also otherwise share your information by obtaining your consent. If you do not want your personally-identifying information to be collected or used for any of these purposes, you can simply “opt out” according to the process described below.
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab uses non-identifying aggregate information to analyze and better design the ERWP Invasives Reporter app and to share with third parties (including non-affiliated third parties) in aggregate form to provide and improve our services, including, for example usage analytics, data processing, marketing, and account management.
Security
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab adheres to strict industry standards to secure our WEB and client applications, manage our network, and set safety policies throughout our complete organization.
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab have in place what we believe to be appropriate physical, electronic, and material procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Information collected in the ERWP Invasives Reporter online app forms is protected against unauthorized use by 256-bit or greater encryption and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security features. The SSL protocol is the recognized standard in the industry for creating an encrypted, secure connection between your web browser and a web server, such as our Site’s server. You know you are on a secure page when the Web address starts with "https" (the "s" is for "secure"). In the highly unlikely event a third party intercepts your data, it will not be usable. You should, nonetheless, always keep in mind that no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever wholly secure or fully error free. Because e-mail is rarely encrypted, you should take special care in determining what information you send via e-mail.
Other Sites Have Different Policies
This app may contains links to other independently-managed websites. Some may use information for purposes other than stated above; be sure to read their separate privacy policies, if provided. Exercise caution when providing personal data to any site. Check their policies and contact them if you have questions.
Children
These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to take necessary action.
Corrections to Personal Data; Opting Out
To a) correct or update any personal information in the ERWP Invasives Reporter database that you state is erroneous, b) opt-out of future communications from the Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab, c) request the Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab to make reasonable efforts to remove your personal information from the ERWP Invasives Reporter online feature, please contact University of Utah – DIGIT Lab at 801-581-3612 or e-mail info@digit.utah.edu.
Acceptance of Privacy Policy Terms
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab reserves the right to change this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted to this page as soon as reasonably possible, so please check this page periodically. Your continued use of the Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab app reflects your agreement to any updates to this policy, including the Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab’s use of data provided under one version of the policy in accordance with those updated terms.
If you have questions or comments concerning our privacy policy, please contact us via e-mail at (info@digit.utah.edu), or send a letter to:
The Escalante River Watershed Partnership and the University of Utah –DIGIT Lab
260 S Central Campus Drive, STE 4050
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Effective: 03/08/2019