Your privacy

The Coastal Habitat and Water Quality Initiative (C-HAWQ) is a Florida nonprofit. This page explains what information we collect through chawq.org, why we collect it, and what we do with it. The short version: we collect only what we need to do our work and stay in touch, and we never sell your information.

What we collect, and why

We only collect information you choose to give us, through these forms:

• The Tideline newsletter: your name and email address, so we can send you the newsletter.
• Technical assistance applications: your name, title, contact details, municipality, information about your project, and any files you upload, so we can review your application and follow up.
• Residential Canal Dashboard sign-up: your name, work email, organization and job title, so we can approve your access and follow up about the dashboard and related C-HAWQ resources.
• Water quality testing bookings: your name, contact details and dock location, so we can schedule and complete your testing visit.
• Messages you send us: whatever you include, so we can reply.

Water quality readings from testing visits become part of our research on Florida's canals. When we publish results, we show readings by sampling site, not by the name of the person who booked the visit.

What we don't do

• We don't sell, rent or trade your information.
• We don't use advertising trackers on this website.
• We don't share your information with anyone for their own marketing.

Services that help us run this website

We use a few trusted services to run our forms and website. They handle your information on our behalf and only for the purposes above:

• Google (Google Workspace and Apps Script) stores grant applications and dashboard sign-ups. Google reCAPTCHA checks that form submissions come from real people, not bots. reCAPTCHA is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
• GoHighLevel (LeadConnector) manages our newsletter list and testing bookings.
• Vercel hosts this website. Like most hosts, it keeps basic technical logs, such as the pages requested and the visitor's IP address, to keep the site secure and working.
• YouTube plays the videos on our pages. We use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode, so YouTube doesn't set cookies until you press play.
• GitHub Pages hosts our interactive dashboards, which appear inside some of our pages.

Cookies

This website sets one cookie of its own: after you enter the Residential Canal Dashboard password, a cookie remembers it for 30 days so you don't have to type it again. The services above may set their own cookies when you use them, such as reCAPTCHA on a form or YouTube when you play a video.

Emails from us

Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link, and you can leave the list at any time. If you applied for technical assistance or signed up for the dashboard, we may email you about that request and related C-HAWQ resources. You can ask us to stop at any time.

How long we keep information

We keep information as long as we need it for the purpose you shared it for, and as long as we're required to for our records as a nonprofit. You can ask us to delete your information at any time, unless we're legally required to keep it.

Your choices

You can ask to see the information we have about you, correct it, or delete it. Send your request through our contact form and we'll respond within 30 days.

Children

This website is for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you think a child has sent us information, contact us and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change how we handle information, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact us

The Coastal Habitat and Water Quality Initiative
3375 Tamiami Trl E #100
Naples, FL 34112
chawq.org/contact