Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is for this website [www.cogent-petroleum.com] and served by Cogent Petroleum Ltd. and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

The Website

This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to store information, such as what time your current visit occurred, whether you have been to the site before, and what site referred you to the web page.

These cookies contain no personally identifiable information but they will use your computer’s IP address to know from where in the world you are accessing the Internet.

Google stores the information collected by these cookies on servers in the United States. Google may transfer this information to third-parties where required to do so by law, or where such third-parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Opt-out

In order to provide website visitors with more choice on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect usage of the website in any other way. A link to further information on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided below for your convenience.

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=None

For more information on the usage of cookies by Google Analytics please see the Google website. A link to the privacy advice for this product is provided below for your convenience.

http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

Disabling Cookies

If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can control this in your Internet browser. Links to advice on how to do this for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online or via the software help (normally available via key F1).

    ▪    Internet Explorerhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/Block-enable-or-allow-cookies

    ▪    Google Chromehttps://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies

    ▪    Mozilla Firefoxhttp://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies

    ▪    Apple Safarihttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32467

Resources & Further Information

    ▪    Data Protection Act 1998

    ▪    Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003

    ▪    Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 – The Guide

    ▪    Twitter Privacy Policy

    ▪    Facebook Privacy Policy

    ▪    Google Privacy Policy

    ▪    Mailchimp Privacy Policy

December 2017 Edited & customised by: Cogent Petroleum Ltd. Company Registration Number 583056 (Scotland).