BP PRIVACY STATEMENT

Information about our Organization and Website

Lubricants UK Limited is responsible for this website, which is governed by the laws of The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of it.  Lubricants UK Limited is registered in the United Kingdom and the registration number is 97216.

Prominate is registered with The Information Commissioner in the United Kingdom and the registration number is 07795532.

BP Group companies may carry out due diligence checks on potential and existing counterparties.  These checks may involve BP collecting personal information via publicly available databases and other on/off-line sources.  For information on how BP does this in accordance with applicable data privacy laws please contact privacy3@bp.com.

Collection, Use & Retention of Personal Information

This privacy statement, together with any other documents, policies, notices or other statements referred to herein sets out the basis on which we process personal information about you.  Personal data is information that can identify a specific individual such as name, physical and/or email address and telephone number. If during your visit to this website you order products or services, enter a competition or promotion or otherwise submit information to us e.g., by filling in forms or responding to surveys, you are choosing to provide us with your personal information.  You agree that it will be used to provide the information, products or services you request (including information on additional products and/or services which BP reasonably thinks may be of interest to you).  For more information, see the “Direct Marketing” section below.  Further, you may choose to provide personal information via our website to a third party – for more information on whose privacy statement applies see the “Hyperlinks and Embedded Functionality” section below.

Personal information is held by us from the date of collection for the purposes of 1 year, after which time it may be deleted or aggregated so that it no longer directly identifies you.

Keeping Personal Information Accurate & Access

In accordance with our internal policies you may ask us to provide you with access to any personal data we process about you. If you want access to your personal information, contact info@prominate.com.

Security

Transmission of information via the internet is not always secure.  We cannot guarantee the security of your data while being transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.  However, once we have received your information, we take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss of personal information once it is under our control.

Disclosures and Transfers of Personal Information

Subject to the “Hyperlinks and Embedded Functionality” section below, BP does not sell or otherwise release your personal information to third parties to allow them to direct market their products and services to you. In order to provide our products and services we may, however, need to share your personal information with other companies within the BP Group, and/or third party service providers that process data on our behalf.  If you submit personal information to BP, you agree to such disclosure.

Since BP operates globally, BP may want to transfer your personal information to other countries, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). However, while in our control, we always seek to ensure that your personal information receives the same level of protection as it would had it stayed within the EEA, including seeking to ensure that it is kept secure and used only in accordance with our instructions and for the agreed purpose(s).We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, request from a regulator or any other legal process served on BP. In the event that BP is subject to a takeover, divestment or acquisition we may disclose your personal information to the new owner of the business.

Direct Marketing

You agree that BP may send you marketing communications in line with your previously expressed marketing preferences. If you no longer wish to receive such, please contact us at info@prominate.com to modify your preferences, or follow the opt-out instructions contained in each marketing communication.

Site Traffic Information and Cookies

Servers located within BP and hosted by third party service providers (which may be located outside the EEA) automatically log data about your visit to this website based on your IP address.  BP uses this information to see where the website is being used in the world to ensure seamless coverage.

To delete or stop cookies being placed on your computer refer to the help menu on your internet browser. In a few cases, blocking cookies may reduce the functionality of some websites or prevent access to them depending on your chosen browser options. Cookies can be “session cookies” (which are deleted when you close your browser) and/or “persistent cookies” which remain on your computer for a longer period of time.

By visiting this website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies for these purposes.

For further information about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

This website uses cookies which enhance the performance of the website by collecting information about how visitors use it (e.g., to maintain a consistent looks and feel for the visitor).  The information these cookies collect is not used to send you targeted advertising or remember where you’ve been on the internet; and increase the website’s functionality and make it more personal to you by allowing us to remember your previous choices (e.g., your location and preferred font type and size) and to provide any enhanced features detailed in the cookie-specific user notice.  The information these cookies collect is not used to identify who you are, send you targeted advertising or remember where you’ve been on the internet. You agree that your attention was specifically drawn to this section of our privacy statement and to the explicit privacy notice given to you and that you consent to our use of these cookies for these purposes.

Questions About Your Personal Information

If you have any questions relating to this privacy statement or the personal information we hold about you please contact us by email at info@prominate.com or by post at the following address Prominate, Fleet House, Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RF, UK.

Children

BP does not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

We review this privacy statement regularly and may modify it from time to time.  We will place any updates on this webpage. By continuing to use this website after such changes have been made, you acknowledge and agree you have read, understood and accept the changes. This privacy statement was last updated on September 19, 2016

Hyperlinks and Embedded Functionality

Our website may contain links to content or other functionality provided by third parties which are outside our control and are not covered by our privacy statement, including the embedded search box facility. If you access other websites using links or use other embedded functionality provided by third parties, the operators of those websites may collect information from or about you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy statement, which may differ from ours. We encourage you to read those providers’ privacy statements on their websites.  We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.

Transmission of information via the internet is not always secure.  We cannot guarantee the security of your data while being transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. However, once we have received your information, we take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss of personal information once it is under our control.