https://petrocontracts.com/ (the “Site”) is owned and operated Petrocontracts International Limited. Petrocontracts International Limited is the date controller and can be contacted at:

Email ID: [email protected], Contact No: +44-753 425 6469, Address: 207, 3rd Floor, Regent Street, London W1B 3HH, UK.

Purpose

The purpose of this Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

• The personal data we will collect.
• Use of collected data.
• Who has access to the data collected.
• The rights of Site users; and
• The Site’s cookie policy,

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (The “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy – When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing. You may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawfully. You can withdraw your consent by filling in the contact form.

Legal Basis for processing

We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU: Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes.

Personal Data We Collect.

We only collect data which helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data collected in a non–automatic way – We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our site.

• First and Last Name
• Contact Number
• Email ID
• Address

This data may be collected using the consent and contact us forms.

How we use personal data.

Data collected on our website will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in tis Privacy Policy.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the purposes of communication only.

Who we share Personal Data

Employees – We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in the Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures – We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in th the following cases.

• If it is required by law.
• If it is required for any legal proceedings.
• To provide or protect are legal rights., and
• To buyers or potential buyers of this company if we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from the Site to another Site, please note that we ate not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How long do we store Personal Data

User data will be stored for 5 years. You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How we protect your Personal Data

To protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all of our data on servers’ insecure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees. Our employees are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and a breach of this agreement would result in the employee’s termination.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole be insecure at times and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Your rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights.

• Right to be informed.
• Right of access
• Right to rectification
• Right to erasure.
• Right to restrict processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, of if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact us at the contact details provided above.

How to access, Modify, Delete or Challenge Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who have we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, if you would like to exercise any of your rights under the GDPR, please contact us at the contact details provided in this document.

Do not track us

Don not track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across any third-party websites and therefore do not respond to browser initiated DNT signals.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You may choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on out Site:

• Functional Cookies – Functional Cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits.
• Analytical Cookies – Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc.
• Targeting Cookies – Targeting cookies collect data on how to use the Site and your preference. This allows us to personalize the information you see on our Site and
• Third-Parties Cookies – Third Party cookies are created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies to monitor user preferences to tailor advertisements around their interests.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any update. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods mentioned above so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you can contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority by contacting the Information Commissioner’s office in the UK.