Texaco Children's Art Competition - Privacy Statement
Introduction
Chevron (Ireland) Limited (formerly known as Texaco (Ireland) Limited) (“Chevron” or “we”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement explains the steps we take to protect your personal data when you visit this Web site. It describes what categories of personal data we collect, the purposes for which we use those data, your choices regarding use of your data, our security measures, and how you can review and correct your data. By accessing this Web site, you consent to the data collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
Data Collection
Data collected directly from visitors. You can visit this Web site without providing any personal data. We do not collect personal information about visitors to this Website unless it is provided voluntarily. If you send email inquiries to Chevron or subscribe to our newsletter, your personal information, including your name, address, email address, telephone number will be collected.
Data collected automatically. We collect certain data about all visitors to this Website, including what pages they view, the number of bytes transferred, the links they click, and other actions taken within this Web site. We may also use this information to improve our security measures. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every Web site you visit, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and capabilities and language, your operating system, the date and time you access the site, and the Web site from which you linked to our site. We do not link these data to your identity.
Our use of your personal data
We will use your personal data only for the purposes set forth below:
- for the purpose of responding to your inquiry
- sending you our newsletter.
Our use of cookies and web beacons.
Cookies are small files that Web sites save to your hard disk or to your browser's memory. Our Web site may use them to track the number of times you have visited the Web site, to track the number of visitors to the Web site, to determine and analyze visitors' use of our Web site, to store data that you provide such as your preferences and e-mail address, and to store technical information related to your interactions with our Web site. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may not be able to experience all of the features of our Web sites. Internet browsers also enable you to delete existing cookies, although this means that your existing settings (including stored user IDs and other preferences will be lost.
Disclosure of your personal data.
Except as described below, personal data that you provide to Chevron via this Web site will not be shared outside of Chevron, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its joint ventures without your consent.
Disclosure to service providers. Chevron contracts with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting Web sites, sending out information, processing transactions, analyzing our Web sites. We provide these companies with only those elements of your personal data they need to deliver those services. These companies and their employees are prohibited from using those personal data for any other purposes.
Disclosure in connection with transactions. In connection with certain transactions, we may disclose some or all of your personal data to financial institutions, government entities, and shipping companies or postal services involved in fulfilling the transaction.
Disclosures in connection with acquisitions or divestitures. Circumstances may arise where for strategic or other business reasons Chevron decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize particular businesses. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal data to prospective or actual purchasers, or receiving it from sellers. It is Chevron's practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these types of transactions.
Disclosure for other reasons. We may disclose personal data if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served on us, to protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of any individual.
Security.
Chevron is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in facilities to which access is limited. When you move around a site to which you have logged in, or from one site to another that uses the same login mechanism, we verify your identity by means of an encrypted cookie placed on your machine. When you place an order with us, view account information, or provide financial information, we protect the transmission of such data using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption.
For sites to which you login, it is your responsibility to ensure the security of your password and not to reveal this information to others. If you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always logout before leaving a Web site so that subsequent users will not be able to access your data.
Reviewing your personal data.
In some cases, you can review and correct personal data provided through our Web sites by going to the page on which you provided the data.
Under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 you have a right to see the personal data we hold about you. Chevron may charge the relevant statutory fee to cover the administration costs of such requests. If you wish to exercise this right, please send us a letter, signed by you and dated, to the following address;
Chevron (Ireland) Limited, First Floor, Block B, Liffey Valley Office Campus, Quarryvale, Co Dublin or you can send the request by email to: info@texaco.ie.
In the event of any inaccuracies in relation to your personal data within our possession, you have a right to have your data corrected or erased, unless we have a legitimate reason for retaining the data. You must submit your request by sending a letter signed by you and dated or an email and we shall deal with your request within 40 calendar days. Your request should be sent to us at the postal or email address shown above.
You can help us to keep your data accurate by notifying us of any change to your mailing address, phone number, or e-mail address.
International transfers of personal data.
Personal data collected on our Web sites may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Chevron or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or joint ventures maintain facilities for the purposes specified in this statement. By choosing to use our Web sites and to provide data to them, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") and to such storage and processing.
Links to other Web sites.
Our Web sites may contain links to other Web sites, including those of other companies, professional and government organizations, and publications. While we try to link only to Web sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we do not control and are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other Web sites. You should review the privacy statements of those Web sites to determine how they protect and use your personal data.
Children.
If you are aged 14 or under, please get your parent’s or guardian's permission before you provide personal information to us through this Website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information
Questions about our privacy practices.
If you have questions regarding this privacy statement or our handling of your personal data, please contact us at info@texaco.ie, or by mail at
Chevron (Ireland) Limited,
First Floor, Block B,
Liffey Valley Office Campus,
Quarryvale, Co Dublin
Ireland
Changes to this privacy statement.
Chevron may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of the privacy statement. We will obtain consent for any updates to this privacy statement that materially expand the sharing or use of your personal data in ways not disclosed in this privacy statement at the time of collection.
Company Information:
Chevron (Ireland) Limited. Registered in Ireland (No 7246). Registered Office: First Floor Block B, Liffey Valley Office Campus, Quarryvale, Co.Dublin. Our VAT number is 8Y49363H.
Last updated: September 2008.