| LEGAL AND PRIVACY POLICY - GNPC |
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The website is intended to provide information about Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), its subsidiaries and affiliates to potential customers, investors, stakeholders and employees in the oil and gas industry. Such information about GNPC may include, without limitation, a description of its activities and services, performance and potential employment opportunities.
GNPC is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and the safety of the information we gather from the users who visit the GNPC website and who make use of the on-line facilities.
This privacy policy covers the treatment of personally identifiable information from users collected by GNPC through a website owned and operated by GNPC or which may come to be part of the company's databases.
This privacy policy does not apply to the practices of companies that GNPC does not own or control, or of persons that GNPC does not employ or manage, including any third-party content contributors bound by contract and any third-party website to which GNPC website link. As such, we recommend that when users are redirected to external sites, they should always check such sites' respective privacy policies before providing their data or information.
You can visit the website of GNPC without revealing any personal information. However, GNPC needs certain personal information if you wish to receive GNPC newsletter, or use certain GNPC services.
Where required, this information may include your personal contact information and/or your company contact information. GNPC will use this information to reply to your enquiries, to provide you with requested services and to contact you regarding our services.
Governing laws and jurisdiction
By accessing or visiting our website, you expressly agree that the laws of the Republic of Ghana excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, shall govern these Terms.
By accessing or visiting our website and voluntarily providing us with the requested personal information, you consent to the collection and use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy. Your use of the website may be subject to other local, state, national and international laws.
GNPC automatically receives and records non-personal information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, cookie information and the page you requested. GNPC may use this information to customize the advertising and content you see and to fulfil your requests for certain services. However, GNPC does not connect this non-personal data to any personal information collected from you.
To give you a better service our site can connect you with a number of links to other local and international organisations and agencies. When connecting to such other website you will no longer be subject to this policy but to the privacy policy of the new site.
Except as specifically noted above, no right or license is granted to you under any copyright, patent, trademark or other intellectual property law to use, copy, reproduce, re-transmit, display or create derivative works from materials, logos and content contained within this website.
Third Party Links
On occasion we include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
GNPC may disclose your personal information to third parties who work on behalf of GNPC to provide products and services requested by you. We will share personal information for these purposes only with third parties whose privacy policies are consistent with ours or who agree to abide by our policies with respect to personal information.
GNPC may use the information it gathers (i) to optimize the use and interactive experience of the users' browsing the site; (ii) to build general statistics; (iii) to answer questions and make requests to users; (iv) to undertake communication and relationship marketing campaigns; (v) to inform users about the company, its products, services and promotions; with regard to information on people aged less than 13 years, this information shall be used for educational purposes.
GNPC may otherwise disclose your personal information when:
1. We have your express consent to share the information for a specified purpose;
2. We need to respond to subpoenas, court orders or such other legal or judicial process;
3. We need to protect the personal safety of the users of our website or defend the rights or property of GNPC; and
4. We find that your actions on our website violate GNPC Terms of Use document or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
If you do not consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this policy, please do not provide any personal information to GNPC. If you have provided personal information to GNPC and no longer consent to its use or disclosure as outlined herein, please notify GNPC at info@gnpcghana.com
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data that the site transfers to the user’s computer hard drive when the user visits the website to enable you to more easily communicate and interact with a website. Our website uses only session cookies which are erased when the user closes the Web browser. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from the user’s computer. They will typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.
Security
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be considered 100% secure. However, your GNPC Information is protected for your privacy and security. In certain areas of our website, as identified on the site, GNPC uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
We also safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, through access control procedures, network firewalls and physical security measures.
Further, GNPC retains your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes identified above or as required by law.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
GNPC may at any time, without notice to you and in its sole discretion, amend this policy from time to time. Please review this policy periodically. Your continued use of GNPC website after any such amendments signifies your acceptance thereof.
By using our website, you consent to the terms of GNPCs' privacy policy and expressly agree that the laws of the Republic of Ghana shall govern these Terms If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not use the website.
Questions, Suggestions or Permission
If you have questions, suggestions or wish to seek our permission about this privacy policy, or your own personal information, please e-mail us at info@gnpcghana.com |
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