Privacy
Statement
For www.ChevronMerchCenter.com
Introduction
Unified Resources, Inc. (Unified) on behalf of Chevron
Products Company (Chevron) are
committed to protecting your privacy. This statement explains the steps we take
to protect your personal data when you visit this website. 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 website, you consent to
the data collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
Data Collection
Data collected directly from visitors. In most instances, you can visit our
websites without providing any personal data. However, on some pages, we may
ask you for personal data to provide a service or carry out a transaction
requested by you. The personal data that we collect may include:
·
contact details, such as your name, title, company/organization
name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, and physical address;
·
information about your company and job position;
·
your preferences with respect to e-mail marketing;
·
financial information (including credit card numbers, bank or
customer account information, and, in connection with credit requests, Social
Security Number or other national/tax identification number)
·
information such as your nationality and country of residence that
allows us to determine your eligibility under export control regulations to
receive information about certain technologies;
·
your inquiries about and orders for our products and services, as
well as information that assists us in identifying the best products and
services for you;
·
contest entry and event registration information; and
·
feedback from you about our products and services (including our
websites).
You are not
required to provide this information. However, if you choose not to, we may not
be able to provide you the requested service or complete your transaction.
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 website. On websites to which you
logon, we may connect this information with your identity to determine your
potential interests in our products and services. We may also use this
information to improve our security measures. We also collect certain standard
information that your browser sends to every website 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
website 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.
Services and
transactions. We use your personal data to deliver services or execute
transactions you request, such as providing information about Chevron products and services,
processing orders, answering customer service requests, facilitating use of our
websites, and so forth. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in
interacting with Chevron, information collected by our
websites may be combined with information we collect by other means.
Website
Improvement. We may use your data to improve our websites (including our
security measures) and related products or services, or to make our websites
easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same
information or by customizing our websites to your particular preference or
interests.
Marketing
Communications. With your permission, we may use your data to inform you of
products or services available from Chevron. When collecting information
that might be used to contact you about our products and services, we always
give you the opportunity to opt-out from receiving such communications.
Moreover, each e-mail communication we send includes an unsubscribe link
allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication. If you elect to
unsubscribe, we will remove you from the relevant list within 10 business days.
Our use of
cookies and web beacons
Cookies are small files that websites save to your hard disk or to your
browser's memory. Our websites may use them to track the number of times you
have visited the website, to track the number of visitors to the website, to
determine and analyze visitors' use of our websites, 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 websites. We may also use
session cookies (which are deleted when you close your browser) to store your
user ID, to facilitate your movement around our websites (particularly in
connection with information searches and order placement) and other information
useful in administering the session.
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 websites. 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.
Our sites also
may contain electronic images known as web beacons - sometimes called
single-pixel gifs - that allow us to count the number of users who have visited
those pages. We may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters
in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon
(including whether the recipient clicked on a link in the email or forwarded
the email to another person).
Disclosure of
your personal data
Except as described below, personal data that you provide to Unified or Chevron via this website will not be
shared outside of Unified or Chevron, its subsidiaries and
affiliates, and its joint ventures without your consent.
Disclosure to
service providers. Unified and Chevron contract with other companies to
provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, sending out
information, processing transactions, and analyzing our websites. 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.
Disclosure on
collaborative websites. Some of our websites promote collaboration among
registered users with respect to a particular area or topic. On those websites,
we may share your username with other participants to label comments or
suggestions that you make as yours. We do not, however, share your name,
contact details, or other personal data with other users of those collaborative
websites.
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
Unified and Chevron are 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 website 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
websites by going to the page on which you provided the data. You can always
make a request to review and correct your personal data collected via this
website by sending an email to info@chevronmerchcenter.com. We may take
steps to verify your identity before providing you access to your personal
data. 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.
Links to other
websites
This website may contain links to other websites, including those of other
companies, professional and government organizations, and publications. While
we try to link only to websites 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 websites. You should review the privacy
statements of those websites to determine how they protect and use your
personal data.
Children
This site is a general audience site, although it contains information that may
be of interest to children. However, Unified and Chevron do not seek through this site to
gather personal data from or about persons 14 years or younger. If one of our
websites is directed at children, we will include an additional privacy
statement notice for children.
Questions about
our privacy practices
If you have questions regarding this privacy statement or our handling of your
personal data, please contact us by email at info@chevronmerchcenter.com, or by mail at:
Unified
Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 421559
Houston, Texas 77042-4910
Changes to this privacy
statement
Unified and Chevron may occasionally update this
privacy statement. When we do, we will revise the "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.
Updated January,
2017