Last updated: November 3, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities resource website (the “Siteâ€) handles information when you browse research summaries, field reports, learning briefs, assessment tools, webinar materials, and other resources concerning WASH in healthcare facilities. The Site is maintained as an informational archive and does not operate patient accounts, clinical services, or an online store.
Information We May Receive
You may browse the Site without creating an account. We do not ask visitors to submit patient records, medical histories, passwords, payment-card details, or other sensitive clinical information. When the Site is hosted on a web server, standard technical records may nevertheless be produced automatically. These records can include an Internet Protocol address, browser and device type, referring page, requested URL, date and time of access, and basic error or security information.
Technical records are generally used to deliver pages, diagnose broken links, protect the Site from abuse, understand aggregate use, and maintain reliable access to WASH resources. They are not intended to identify patients or create individual health profiles.
Information You Choose to Send
If you contact a person or institution identified on the Contact Us page, the recipient may receive your name, email address, organization, professional role, and the contents of your message. Send only the information needed to explain your question. Do not send patient names, medical records, confidential facility data, passwords, or unpublished research data unless an authorized recipient has provided a secure and approved method for doing so.
Cookies and Local Storage
The core pages of this static archive do not require an account or advertising cookie. A hosting provider may use essential technical cookies or similar storage for security, traffic management, or performance. Embedded services—particularly YouTube videos—may set their own cookies or receive technical information when you load or interact with them. More detail is available on the Cookies page.
Embedded Media and External Services
Webinar pages may contain video players or links supplied by third parties. Loading an embedded video can allow the provider to receive your IP address, browser information, and interaction data, even when you do not play the video. External websites, document repositories, and institutional services operate under their own privacy policies. This policy does not control how those independent services collect or use information.
Downloads and Research Materials
The Site provides PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, and tools intended to support WASH assessment, monitoring, training, and program learning. Download requests may appear in ordinary server logs. Downloaded files can also contain author, institution, creation-date, or revision metadata that formed part of the original publication. Users are responsible for applying appropriate safeguards before adding confidential facility or participant data to any downloaded tool.
Analytics, Advertising, and Sale of Data
The archived template does not include a visitor account system or an advertising marketplace. We do not knowingly sell personal information through the Site. If a future hosting arrangement adds analytics, the data should be limited to what is reasonably necessary to measure aggregate use, improve navigation, and secure the service, with the relevant documentation updated accordingly.
Data Retention and Security
Technical logs may be retained by the hosting provider for operational, security, backup, or legal purposes. Retention periods depend on the provider and deployment environment. Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards should be used, but no public website or email transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. Sensitive research or health-facility information should be exchanged only through approved institutional systems.
Children’s Privacy
The Site is designed for public-health practitioners, researchers, educators, facility managers, policy makers, students, and other professional audiences. It is not directed to children and does not knowingly request personal information from children.
Your Choices
You can restrict cookies through your browser, avoid playing embedded media, download documents for offline reading, or contact the relevant institutional recipient to ask about information you previously submitted. Browser restrictions may affect third-party video playback but should not prevent access to the Site’s main written resources.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be revised when the Site’s hosting, embedded services, contact channels, or information practices change. The date at the top of this page identifies the latest revision. Questions about this policy can be directed through the Contact Us page.