Privacy and Cookie Policy
Privacy Notice - Visitors to the Werrus Aquamarine LLC (“WAM”) website.
This notice sets out what personal information we collect, for what purposes, and your rights in this respect.
What Does This Privacy Notice Cover?
This Privacy Notice provides information regarding the processing of your personal information (also referred to as “personal data”) when using services and/or purchasing products from or on behalf of a company or companies within the WAM group of companies (“WAM” or “we”) whether as a visitor to a WAM website or other site under the exclusive control of WAM (“Website” or “WAM Website”).
If you choose to create a user account for access to WAM data or information, a personal profile will be created for you to use and navigate across these services.
Depending on how you interact with WAM, this Privacy Notice may be supplemented by additional terms.
If you would like to receive this Privacy Notice in an alternative format (for example, in larger print), please email us at info@werrusaquamarine.com.
This Privacy Notice explains what personal information is processed about you; why we are processing your personal information and for which purposes; for how long we hold your personal information; how to access and update your personal information, as well as the options you have regarding your personal information and where to go for further information.
If personal information of children is gathered, this requires the consent of the parent or guardian.
WAM does not sell or share your personal information.
Special Notice: Processing children’s personal information (if you are under 13 years old):
WAM does not intentionally collect personal information of individuals under 13 years old. If you are under 13 years, please do not send us your personal information, for example, your name, address, and email address. If you wish to contact WAM in a way that requires you to submit your personal information (such as for education or innovation events), please get your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf.
This section describes the different sources from which we collect your personal information.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
We collect information, including personal information about you, as a visitor to a WAM Website or WAM-administered social media page (“WAM Social Media Page”). This information may be any of the following:
Information that you provide to us - When creating a WAM account profile, we will ask for your name, email address, and gender (so that we can address you properly, but you do not have to provide us with this information), your contact preferences and information necessary for answering any security questions.
Information that we obtain through your purchase or use of WAM services and products - We may also collect information about how and where you use or purchase WAM services and products. Such information may include electronic device information, IP addresses, log information, browser type and preferences, location information, online identifiers to enable ‘cookies’, and similar technologies. Your purchase history includes information regarding (i) specific products you buy, (ii) the total amount of your purchases per transaction, (iii) the time and place of the purchases you make, or (iv) the payment method you use.
Information gathered through social media pages - When you communicate with us through a WAM Social Media Page (for example, when you comment on, share, or react to a post, upload media, send a personal message or subscribe to a WAM Social Media Page), we may receive personal information about you such as your user name, profile picture, hometown, email address, and gender. We will use any personal information received from social media in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
We only process your personal information where we have a lawful basis for doing so.
Why Do We Process Your Personal Information?
The personal information covered by this Privacy Notice is only processed:
with your explicit consent;
where it is necessary to conclude a transaction with you (such as payment information);
where it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the relevant WAM company/companies;
for the legitimate interests of WAM, such as for marketing and promotional purposes, for providing you with offers tailored to your preferences, for the purposes of detecting and investigating fraud and/or responding to security threats; or
where it is necessary for WAM to comply with a legal obligation.
Where the processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the validity of the processing prior to the withdrawal of consent.
What Are the Consequences of Not Providing Your Personal Information?
Where you choose not to provide us with the information set out above, it may affect your ability to fully interact with the WAM Social Media Page or Website.
Who is Responsible For Any Personal Information Collected?
Werrus Aquamarine LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation having offices at 1021 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77002, USA, on behalf of itself and the relevant affiliates within the WAM group of companies.
The purposes for which we process your personal information.
For What Purpose Do We Process Your Personal Information?
We process your personal information to:
provide our products and deliver our services to you;
enable you to a VDR or WAM data or information;
account management, including account verification (that is, ensuring that only you or someone you have authorized can access your account and information);
customer service and development of our products and services;
performance of and analysis of market surveys and marketing strategies;
detecting or preventing fraud;
Or for a secondary purpose where it is closely related, such as:
Storing, deleting, or anonymizing your personal information;
audits, investigations, dispute resolution or insurance purposes, litigation or defense of claims; statistical, historical, marketing, or scientific research; or
legal and/or regulatory compliance.
Communication and Marketing - Your Choices
If you have consented to receive communications from WAM, you may receive communications that are tailored toward your preferences based on the information gathered about you from the various sources described above in order to provide you with better products and increasingly tailored services.
We may also send you service updates and notifications where such updates and/or notifications are necessary for the proper functioning of the Website or other services that you use or are allowed by applicable law.
You may receive pertinent offers and communications from different channels, and you may update your subscription preferences via your personal profile settings anytime or use the unsubscribe functionality for the different digital channels.
Who Do We Share Your Personal Information With?
Your personal information will only be shared as needed for legitimate business purposes with:
Other companies within the WAM group of companies, including those which may be located outside of your location;
Service providers, contractors or sub-contractors, authorized agents, professional advisors, and external auditors, without limitation;
A competent public authority, government, regulatory, supervisory, investigative or fiscal agency where it is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation to which the relevant WAM company/companies is subject to or as permitted by applicable law;
Any person to whom WAM proposes to transfer any of its rights and/or duties; or
As necessary or appropriate to enforce our terms and conditions and to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others.
Your personal data may be transferred outside your country, subject to appropriate safety.
Sharing Your Personal Information
Where your personal information has been shared with affiliated companies, with authorized service providers or with third parties for business purposes (including those located outside the USA), we take organizational and contractual measures to ensure that your personal information is processed for the purposes mentioned above and that adequate levels of protection have been implemented to safeguard your personal information. These measures include contractual obligations imposed on contracting parties preventing the sale of your personal information.
Interacting with WAM through social media
If you choose to interact with WAM through social media on a WAM Social Media Page such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn, your personal information (such as your name, your profile picture, and the fact that you are interested in WAM) will be visible to all visitors of your personal webpage depending on your privacy settings on the relevant social media platform, and will also be visible to WAM. You can delete any information that you share on these sites at any time through your relevant social media platform’s account. WAM does not track your activity across the different social media sites that you use. If you send a message to WAM via any messenger service on a social media platform, these messages are held for no longer than one month after receipt. Please contact WAM if you wish to make a request that you are unable to act yourself and which relates to a WAM Social Media Page - see the section below.
Additionally, and to the extent WAM is jointly responsible with a social media platform of a WAM Social Media Page, WAM will have access through the social media platform to aggregated information providing statistics and insights that help to understand the types of actions you take on WAM Social Media Pages. For more information on how your personal information is processed on those social media platforms, including any targeted advertising that you may receive, please refer to your privacy settings accessible through your relevant social media platform’s account.
WAM will only hold your personal data for a defined period of time.
How Long Do We Hold Your Personal Information?
Personal information covered in this Privacy Notice will be deleted or rendered anonymous (such that it will no longer be possible to identify you);
Every 5 years;
Without undue delay upon your requesting that your personal information controlled by WAM be deleted; or
After 3 years for all subscribed services from our last interaction with you (that is where you have not used our services for 3 years).
In relation to financial transactions, your personal information will be held for 10 years from the transaction.
In all cases, information may be held for (a) a longer period of time where there is a legal or regulatory reason to do so (in which case it will be deleted once no longer required for the legal or regulatory purpose) or (b) a shorter period where the individual objects to the processing of their personal information and there is no longer a legitimate business purpose to retain it.
Your rights and how to exercise them.
Your Rights in Relation to Your Personal Information
We aim to keep our information as accurate as possible. Any US resident, regardless of the state of residency, can request the following:
access to your personal information;
correction or deletion of your personal information (but only where it is no longer required for a legitimate business purpose, such as completing a retail transaction);
to limit the disclosure or use of your personal information, including sensitive personal information, if collected;
that you no longer receive marketing communications;
that the processing of your personal information is restricted; and/or
combining your personal data from different sources to create a personal profile no longer takes place; and/or
that you receive personal information that you have provided to WAM in a structured, digital form to be transmitted to another party if this is technically feasible.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of your rights listed above, please submit a verifiable request to us at info@werrusaquamarine.com
The request must:
provide sufficient information for us to be able to verify you are the person whose personal information we hold or are an authorized representative of that person; and
describe your request in enough detail so that we can properly locate the personal information the request relates to.
We cannot respond to your request unless we can verify your identity or authority to make the request. If possible, this can be done by making the request via your password-protected account. If not, we will aim to verify your identity based on personal information we already hold about you. If we need to request further information from you in order to verify your identity, we will only use that personal information for the purposes of identifying you or that you have authorized the request.
Who Can You Contact if You Have a Question, Concern, or Complaint About Your Personal Information?
If you have any issues, questions, or complaints regarding the processing of your personal information, please contact us at info@werrusaquamarine.com. You may also contact the WAM General Counsel’s Office at 1021 Main Street, Suite 1960, Houston, Texas 77002.
We use cookies on our websites to provide you with the best user experience possible.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
WAM uses cookies and similar technologies that collect and store information when you visit a WAM Website. This is to enable WAM to identify your internet browser and collect information on your use of our website, which pages you visit, the duration of your visits and identify these when you return so that we improve your experience when visiting our website(s). You can control and manage your cookies preferences by adjusting your browser settings or using the WAM cookies preference tool on WAM Websites – for more information, please refer to the WAM Cookie Policy at https://www.werrusaquamarine.com/cookie-policy.html.
WAM is committed to safeguarding your personal information.
Security of Your Personal Information
We have implemented technology and policies with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorized access and improper use. In particular, we may use encryption for some of our services, we apply authentication and verification processes for access to WAM services, and we regularly test, assess and evaluate the effectiveness of our security measures.
Notice for California consumers
California Consumers*
*For the avoidance of doubt, these provisions apply to all consumers whose personal information is processed by WAM companies in the United States of America, regardless of the state of residency. These rights are without prejudice to any additional rights you may have in line with local law.
In relation to your rights, please see the section above entitled Your rights in relation to your personal information.
As stated above, we do not sell your personal information.
We do not and will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights explained in this Privacy Notice regardless of whether or not the California Consumer Privacy Act applies to you, including:
denying you access to goods and/or services;
charging you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
providing you with a different level of goods and/or services;
suggesting you may receive a different price or rate for goods and/or services or a different level of quality of goods and/or services.
Categories of Personal Information
The categories of personal information gathered about you during the preceding 12 months are those listed above under What Personal Information Do We Collect About You? but only to the extent this is relevant to you.
Categories of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information Has been Disclosed
The categories of third party to whom we have disclosed your personal information during the preceding 12 months are those listed above under Who Will We Share Your Personal Information With? but only to the extent this is relevant to you.
This Privacy Notice is updated over time.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be changed over time. You are advised to regularly review this Privacy Notice for possible changes.
Cookie Policy
In this policy, we use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and other similar technologies covered by the EU Directive on privacy in electronic communications.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to "remember" your actions or preferences over time.
Most Internet browsers support cookies; however, users can set their browsers to decline certain types of cookies or specific cookies. Further, users can delete cookies at any time.
Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies to learn how you interact with our content and to improve your experience when visiting our website(s). For example, some cookies remember your language or preferences so that you do not have to repeatedly make these choices when you visit one of our websites. Additionally, cookies may allow us to serve you specific content. We may employ the learnings of your behavior on our website(s) to serve you with targeted communications.
What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
We use both first-party and third-party cookies on our website.
First-party cookies are cookies issued from the werrusaquamarine.com domain that are generally used to identify language and location preferences or render basic site functionality.
Third-party cookies belong to and are managed by other parties, such as WAM business partners or service providers. These cookies may be required to render certain forms, such as the submission of a job application.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are used to remember you during the course of your visit to the website, and they expire when you close the web browser.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences within the website and remain on your desktop or mobile device even after you close your browser or restart your computer. We use these cookies to analyze user behavior to establish visit patterns so that we can improve our website functionality for you and others who visit our website(s). These cookies also allow us to serve you with targeted advertising and measure the effectiveness of our site functionality and advertising.
How are Cookies Used for Advertising Purposes?
Cookies and ad technology such as web beacons, pixels, and anonymous ad network tags help us serve relevant ads to you more effectively. They also help us collect aggregated audit data, research, and performance reporting for advertisers. Pixels enable us to understand and improve the delivery of ads to you and know when certain ads have been shown to you. Since your web browser may request advertisements and web beacons directly from ad network servers, these networks can view, edit, or set their own cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site.
Although we do not use cookies to create a profile of your browsing behavior on third-party sites, we do use aggregate data from third parties to show you relevant, interest-based advertising. We do not provide any personal information that we collect to advertisers. You can opt out of off-site and third-party-informed advertising by adjusting your cookie settings. Opting out will not remove advertising from the pages you visit, but instead, opting out will result in the ads you see not being matched to your interests. This implies that the ad(s) you see will not be matched to your interests by those specific cookies.
How are Third-Party Cookies Used?
For some of the functions within our websites, we use third-party suppliers, for example, when you visit a page with videos embedded from or links to YouTube. These videos or links (and any other content from third-party suppliers) may contain third-party cookies, and we encourage you to consult the privacy policies of these third-party vendors on their websites for information regarding their use of cookies.
How Do I Reject and Delete Cookies?
You can choose to reject or block all or specific types of cookies set by virtue of your visit to a WAM website by clicking on the cookie preferences on our website(s). You can change your preferences for WAM websites and/or the websites of any third-party suppliers by changing your browser settings. Please note that most browsers automatically accept cookies. Therefore, if you do not wish cookies to be used, you may need to actively delete or block the cookies. If you reject the use of cookies, you will still be able to visit our websites, but some of the functions may not work correctly. You may also visit www.allaboutcookies.org for details on how to delete or reject cookies and for further information on cookies generally. By using our website without deleting or rejecting some or all cookies, you agree that we can place those cookies that you have not deleted or rejected on your device.
Contact Information
WAM welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy and Cookie Policy. You may contact WAM at:
Werrus AquaMarine
1021 Main Street, Suite 1960
Houston, Texas 77002
Email address: info@werrusaquamarine.com
Telephone number: (713) 337-4076
Effective as of April 24, 2023