National
Fuel Privacy Policy
Welcome
to the web site of National Fuel Gas Company
and its affiliated and subsidiary companies
(“National Fuel”). National Fuel
respects the privacy of individuals who use
our web site. This Privacy Policy explains our
online information practices and is designed
to assist you in making informed decisions while
using our web site. Please note that by visiting
the National Fuel web site, you consent to the
practices described below and agree to comply
with and be bound by the following Privacy Policy.
Please read the National Fuel Privacy Policy
carefully and in its entirety.
The
Information We Collect And How We Use It
National
Fuel automatically receives and records the
following information from visitors to our site:
IP addresses; domain names; user names; date,
time and length of visits; and browser types.
This data is gathered to evaluate and improve
our web site. National Fuel does not collect
any personally identifiable information about
you through our web site unless you voluntarily
provide such information. You may be asked to
voluntarily provide personally identifiable
information such as your name, address, e-mail
address, telephone number, bank account number
(including routing number) or other similar
information in order to utilize and obtain access
to National Fuel’s online services.
How
National Fuel Uses Personally Identifiable Information
Voluntarily
provided personally identifiable information
is used to:
Statistical reports may be generated from the user
provided personally identifiable information.
Web
Site Cookies:
National
Fuel uses cookies on its web site in order to
transfer personally identifiable information
among National Fuel’s online services.
Cookies are small pieces of information that
are stored by your browser on your computer’s
hard drive.
Opt-Out-Policy
Visitors
to our site do not have to provide personally
identifiable information to National Fuel. At
any time, you may opt-out of providing personally
identifiable information by discontinuing your
use of National Fuel’s online services
or refraining from disclosing your personally
identifiable information to National Fuel. However,
if you choose to withhold requested personally
identifiable information, National Fuel may
not be able to provide you with the online services,
which may require the collection of such information.
Confidentiality
And Security
National
Fuel limits access to your personally identifiable
information to:
National
Fuel does not disclose, share or distribute personally
identifiable information to third parties, other
than the third parties mentioned above, nor sell
or rent personally identifiable information to
third parties without your consent, unless:
- Required
to do so by a government agency having jurisdiction.
- Required
to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction
or other operation of law.
Given
the nature of the internet and the fact that no
security system is perfect, National Fuel does
not absolutely guarantee the confidentiality of
any personally identifiable information that you
provide via our web site or promise that the information
you provide will never be obtained by unauthorized
persons. National Fuel does, however, utilize
industry appropriate practices to protect the
data transmitted or received via our web site
from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure,
or alteration. Such practices include using Secure
Sockets Layers (SSL) encryption technology and
secure HTTPS posts during data transmission.
Access,
Correct and Update Personal Information
You
may obtain a copy of the personally identifiable
information that you have provided to National
Fuel through your use of our web site and you
may correct, change or remove any personally identifiable
information by contacting us via the following
link http://www.nationalfuelgas.com/email.asp.
If
you request that the personally identifiable information
that you provided to National Fuel be removed
from National Fuel’s records, please be
aware that you may not be able to continue to
use National Fuel’s online services, which
may require the collection of such information.
To
protect your privacy, National Fuel will take
reasonable steps to verify your identity before
correcting, changing, removing, or forwarding
personally identifiable information to you.
Modifications
To Our Privacy Policy
National
Fuel reserves the right to modify or update
this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide
to change our Privacy Policy, we will make every
effort to promptly post the revised Privacy
Policy on our web site. You should visit our
web site periodically to review the current
Privacy Policy. Use of our web site after the
posting of a revised Privacy Policy constitutes
your agreement with the revised policy.
Links
To Non-National Fuel Sites
For
your convenience, some pages of our web site
offer you the ability to link to and view pages
of a web site not operated or controlled by
National Fuel. Links by National Fuel to such
external web sites do not imply endorsement
by National Fuel of that company, its site or
its privacy policy. National Fuel and its affiliates
do not monitor or control the content or the
privacy policies of the external sites and are
therefore not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of linked external web sites.
When using a link to a non-National Fuel web
site, we recommend that you investigate the
privacy practices and policies of that external
site.
Additional
Questions
Please
contact us if you have any additional questions
or comments regarding this Privacy Policy via
the following link http://www.nationalfuelgas.com/email.asp.
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