Lehigh Gas Partners LLP and its affiliates and subsidiary operating
companies (“Lehigh Gas Partners LLP”, and sometimes referred to as “we”
or “us”) is committed to ensuring your privacy protection.
1. General – Consent to Use and Sharing of Information Collected
The purpose of this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) is to help you
understand the kinds of personal and non-personally identifiable
information we may gather about you when you visit our website,
www.lehighgaspartners.com (the “Website”), how we may use or share that
information in our business, the manner in which we will disclose the
information to third-parties, how you can correct and/or update your
personal information and how you can notify us that you no longer wish
for us to use any of your personal information.
Please note that by using the Website, you signify your agreement with
this Policy and consent (i.e. opt-in) to our collection, and use, of
personal information and non-personally identifiable information about
you as described in this Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF
THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE OR THE PORTAL OR PROVIDE US
WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU.
Please note that the Policy applies only to information that we may
collect through the Website, but not to other websites to which we may
link, or to third parties or advertisers on the Website or to
third-parties or advertisers in e-mails that we may send to you or to
information that we may collect from you through means outside of the
Website. Additionally, your use of the Website is governed by all
applicable laws and the Website Terms of Use as well as by any other
published rules pertaining to the Website posted on the Website.
Lehigh Gas understands that the security of your business and/or
personal information is important to you. Whenever you submit business
and/or personal identifiable information through this Website, you will
be doing so through our secure server. Although it is necessary for us
to collect certain information, we respect and protect your right to
privacy. The following policy is designed to answer any questions and
concerns you may have regarding your privacy and the security of your
information. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please
call us at 610-625-8000 or send us an e-mail at
Info@lehighgaspartners.com
2. Types of Information We Collect
A. Personal Information
We Collect
Personal information is any information that can be used to identify a
specific individual such as your name, email address, address, phone
number. We collect personal information from you explicitly, and only
when you voluntarily provide it to us or in instances in which you
submit inquiries or in any case where you must provide such information
in order to participate in activities on the Website. By way of example
only, you would provide personal information to us if you use certain
features of the Website or if you otherwise contact us via e-mail and
provide us with such personal information.
B. Non-Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
In an effort to make our Website as effective as possible, the
computers that operate the Website may collect certain non-personally
identifiable information each time you visit the Website and store this
non-personally identifiable information in server logs. This
non-personally identifiable information does not identify the specific
user, but will give us information regarding the type of user who is
accessing the Website and certain browsing activities of that user.
This type of information may be automatically collected from you in
connection with your use of the Website and is generally collected from
two sources – (i) information your IP address on the server log files;
and (ii) cookies.
i. IP Address -
Your IP address is a number that is assigned by your ISP (Internet
Service Provider) to your computer to identify its location. We use
your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to
administer the Website.
ii. Cookies -
The Website may use a feature of your browser to set a "cookie" on your
computer. Cookies are small packets of information that the Website’s
computer stores on your computer. The information in the cookie is
transmitted from your computer to us. The information contained in
these cookies makes it possible for us to know if you are presently
logged onto the Website or whether you have done so in a prior visit.
This technology also enables us to instantly determine your access
privileges while allowing you to navigate the Website without you having
to log in repeatedly.
Cookies from us are also used to collect standard information
transmitted from your web browser including, without limitation: your
Internet protocol address, browser type, web pages you visited with date
and time, the type of operating system on your computer. This
information is used to help us understand and meet the needs and
interests of our Website visitors.
You may modify your browser preference to provide you with choices
relating to cookies. You have the choice to accept all cookies, to be
notified when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. If you choose to
reject cookies you may be unable to use the Website that require
registration in order to participate or will have to sign in each time
you visit the Website.
3. How We Use the Information We Collect
Lehigh Gas keeps your personal information that you provide to us
through the Website private and, except as stated under Paragraph 4 of
this Policy, will not share it with any third parties without your
consent. We use the information collected, including personal
information, for a variety of purposes. For example, we may use your
information to respond to your inquiries or requests, communicate with
you, update you via e-mail on products or service offerings made by us,
or provide you via e-mail with newsletters or other information we think
would be of particular interest. By providing us with your personal
information, you expressly consent to our use of this personal
information for these purposes.
4. When Do We Share the Information We Collect
A. All Information
i. Compliance with Law -
We reserve the right to access and/or disclose personal information and
aggregate information we gather, as required by courts or
administrative agencies and to the extent required to permit us to
investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law,
rule or regulation, the Website's rules or policies, or the rights of
third parties or to investigate any suspected conduct which we deem to
be improper.
ii. Disclosure of Information in the Event of Merger or Sale of
Assets -
Lehigh Gas or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates could merge with or
be acquired by another business entity, or all or substantially all of
their respective assets could be acquired, or the assets of this Website
could be acquired or transferred to another business entity. Should
such a combination, acquisition, transaction or transfer occur, we
reserve the right to transfer some or all of your personal information,
non-personally identifiable information and other information to our
successors in business and purchasers (in whole or in part) of the
acquired assets.
iii. Disclosure to Service Providers -
From time to time, Lehigh Gas may engage third parties (“Service
Providers”) to provide various technical, fulfillment, support or market
research services to Lehigh Gas for the purposes of maintaining the
Website, assisting Lehigh Gas in the conduct its business, and enabling
Lehigh Gas to provide products and/or services to its customers. Lehigh
Gas may provide these Service Providers with access to your personal
information for purposes of performing the Services for Lehigh Gas, but
only if they agree to abide by the terms of this privacy policy with
respect to the handling of your personal information.
We do not at this time plan to disclose your personal information to
third parties for purposes of marketing the products or services of
Lehigh Gas or other parties to you, but Lehigh Gas reserves the right to
revise this privacy policy at a later date and disclose to you that it
plans to do so.
B. Non-Personally Identifiable Information – Data Aggregation
In connection with providing our products and/or service to customers
or communicating with prospective customers, Lehigh Gas may from time to
time disclose your non-personally identifiable information in aggregate
form to customers or prospective customers. In such a case, your
personal information would not be disclosed.
5. Third Party Links
We do not monitor, control or endorse the information collection or
privacy practices of any third parties including, without limitation,
any partner, advertiser or other third party that may provide services
on the Website. The Website may provide sponsored links to third-party
websites or resources ("Linked Sites"). We neither control nor have we
reviewed or approved the content that appears on such Linked Sites.
Even though certain information collected by such third parties might
not identify you personally, we strongly encourage you to become
familiar with their privacy practices, and to contact them if you have
any questions about their respective privacy policies and practices.
NOTE: Information for the news releases and E-mail Alerts is provided
by the company. Information for SEC Filings and Stock Quote pages within
the [Investor Relations] section of the Website is provided through
this link: www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. We do not guarantee or warrant this
information or have any liability in the event that any information on
these pages is incorrect, inaccurate, untimely or incomplete.
6. Security – How We Protect and Secure Your Personal Information and
retain and destroy it.
We place a priority on the security of personal information, and we
undertake reasonable security measures to protect the data that resides
on our servers. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot
warrant or guaranty the security of the servers, nor can we guarantee
that information supplied by customers or other users of the Website
will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet.
7. Opting Out
When you register at the portal, you are opting in to use of your
personal information by Lehigh gas as specified in this privacy policy.
We currently provide the following “Opt-Out Opportunities”:
i. At any time, you can follow a link provided in every email message
(except for Service Notice emails) received from Lehigh Gas to
unsubscribe and receive future e-mails from Lehigh Gas.
ii. At any time, you may contact us through info@lehighgaspartners.com
to unsubscribe and to opt-out of the right of Lehigh Gas to retain and
use your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Policy, please note that
Lehigh Gas always reserves the right to contact you in the event of a
change in the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use, including this
Privacy Policy, or to provide you with any Service related notices.
8. Correction/Updating Personal Information
In addition to the Opt-Out Opportunities described in Paragraph 7
above, if your personal information changes (such as your address), or
if you no longer desire to use or access the Website or any part of it,
or receive any e-mails from us, we encourage you to correct, update or
remove the personal information that you provided and to contact us to
be removed from future e-mail correspondence.
9. How to Contact Us
If you have questions about this Policy or anything else regarding our
use or sharing of your personal information or information about Lehigh
Gas, you can send any inquiries to us at info@lehighgaspartners.com.
10. California Residents
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83
permits users of our Website and products and services who are
California residents to request certain information regarding our
disclosure of personal information to third-parties for their direct
marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to
info@lehighgaspartners.com or write us at Lehigh Gas Partners, 702
Hamilton Street, Suite 203, Allentown, PA 18101.
11. Privacy Policy Changes
If we make changes to any of the terms or conditions of the Policy,
this document will be revised so that you will always know what
information we gather, how we might use that information and to whom we
will disclose it. We reserve the right to revise, modify, add, amend or
remove (“change”) portions of this Policy at any time so long as we
notify you of a change via e-mail or by posting notice of a change on
the Website. In such case, any such changes will become effective
immediately upon such notice unless we advise you otherwise. Your
continued use of the Website after this Policy has been changed shall be
deemed to be your continued acceptance of the terms and conditions of
the Policy, as changed. We encourage you to bookmark this web page and
review this Policy periodically.
This Policy was last modified as of May 2012.