Privacy

Edgefield County Water Sewer Authority Privacy Policies

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND POLICIES CAREFULLY. WHEN YOU USE OUR WEBSITE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND POLICIES.  

The Edgefield County Water & Sewer Authority is committed to handling all personal information in a responsible manner and complying with all applicable local, state, and federal laws relating to information privacy.

In order for the Authority to set up water/sewer service for a new customer, the following information is required:

Customer name
Customer address
Current telephone number
Date of birth
Valid driver’s license or ID

The Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority does not share personal data with anyone except when permitted or required by law. The Authority reserves the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that the Authority, in good faith, believes to be unlawful. The Authority may release certain personal information only when we believe that it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of others and ourselves. The Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority is committed to properly securing the information that we collect online.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at Edgefield County Water & Sewer Authority, P.O. Box 416, Edgefield, S.C. 29824

Phone: (803) 637-3011

Phone: (803) 279-1503

ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY 

Edgefield County Water Sewer Authority, (the “Company”) and its subsidiary companies respect the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognize the importance of protecting the information collected from you. We have adopted a corporate wide Online Privacy Policy that guides how we collect, store and use the information you provide online. Please note that this policy applies only to sites maintained by Company and its subsidiaries, and not to web sites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link. 

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Company at the email address or postal address specified on Website. 

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE 

Our primary goals in collecting personally identifiable information are to provide you with the product and services made available through our web site, including, but not limited, our services, to communicate with you, and to manage your account, if you have one. 

Log Data: When you visit the Site, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website as Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type or the domain from which you are visiting, the websites you visit, the search terms you use, and any advertisements on which you click. For most users accessing the Internet from an Internet service provider the IP address will be different every time you log on. We use Log Data to monitor the use of the Site and of our Service, and for the Site’s technical administration. We do not associate your IP address with any other personally identifiable information to identify you personally, except in case of violation of the Terms of Service 

Third Parties 

Third Party Services: Users may register for other services from our website. Certain products and/or services available on our site are provided to you in partnership with third party(s) and may require you to disclose personally identifiable information in order to register for and access such products and/or services. Such products and/or services shall identify the third party partners at the point of registration. If you elect to register for such products and/or services your personally identifiable information will be transferred to such third party(s) and will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of such third party(s). We are not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of such third party(s) and, therefore, you should review the privacy practices and policies of such third party(s) prior to providing your personally identifiable information in connection with such products and/or services. 

Service Providers: We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us, including, without limitation, hosting and maintenance, customer relationship, database storage and management, and direct marketing campaigns. We will share your personally identifiable information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to binding contractual obligations requiring such third parties to maintain the privacy and security of your data. 

Law Enforcement: We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of Company or a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to comply with the law. 

Business Transfers: We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including your personally identifiable information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if the new entity's planned processing of your information differs materially from that set forth in this Privacy Policy.