Privacy Policy
Latitude Energy Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates ("Latitude Energy," "we," "us," or "our") respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit latitude.energy and any other websites or online services that link to this Policy (collectively, the "Site"), or when you otherwise interact with us in connection with the Site. This Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline, by third parties whose websites or services may be accessible from the Site, or by service providers acting outside the scope of their engagement with us.
- Scope and Definitions
- Information We Collect
- How We Use Information
- Cookies, Analytics, and Online Identifiers
- Sharing and Sub-Processors
- Other Disclosures and Legal Bases
- International Data Transfers
- Data Retention
- Security
- Your Rights — EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland
- Your Rights — California
- Your Rights — Other U.S. States
- Children's Privacy
- Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
- Third-Party Sites
- Changes to This Policy
- Contact
1. Scope and Definitions
This Policy applies to personal information processed by Latitude Energy in connection with the Site. "Personal information" means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular person or household, as defined under applicable law. References to "you" mean the individual whose personal information is being processed.
Where required by law, Latitude Energy is the controller (or "business," as defined under California law) of the personal information processed in connection with the Site.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide to Us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you contact us by email or any other channel listed on the Site, subscribe to communications, request information, or otherwise correspond with us. This may include your name, email address, telephone number, employer or organization, job title, mailing address, country of residence, and the content of your communications.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Site, certain information may be collected automatically, including: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, screen resolution, referring URLs, pages viewed, dates and times of visits, time-zone setting, and language preferences. We collect this information through server logs and through cookies and similar technologies as described in Section 4.
2.3 Information from Third Parties
We do not currently obtain personal information from data brokers. We may receive information about you from publicly available sources, our service providers (such as our content delivery network and analytics provider), and from individuals or organizations who provide your contact details in connection with potential business relationships.
2.4 Categories of Personal Information (Last 12 Months)
For purposes of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah privacy laws, the following categories of personal information have been collected by us in the past twelve months:
| Category | Examples | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, email address, IP address, online identifiers | You; automatic collection |
| Commercial / professional | Employer, job title, business interests | You |
| Internet or electronic activity | Browsing history on the Site, log data, referral source | Automatic collection |
| Geolocation | Approximate location derived from IP address | Automatic collection (via service providers) |
| Inferences | Limited; used solely to improve the Site and our communications | Derived from the categories above |
We do not knowingly collect "sensitive personal information" as defined under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) or the GDPR's "special categories of personal data."
3. How We Use Information
We use personal information for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries and otherwise communicate with you
- To evaluate, pursue, and document potential business relationships, partnerships, and transactions
- To operate, maintain, secure, debug, and improve the Site and our communications
- To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent, malicious, harmful, or unauthorized activity, and to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements
- To comply with applicable laws, legal process, audits, and regulatory requirements
- To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
- For other legitimate business purposes consistent with this Policy and disclosed to you at the time of collection
For visitors located in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process personal information on the following lawful bases under the General Data Protection Regulation, the UK GDPR, and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection ("FADP"), as applicable:
- Consent — for example, where you accept non-essential cookies via our consent banner
- Performance of a contract — to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or to perform a contract to which you are a party
- Legitimate interests — to operate, secure, and improve the Site; to pursue business development; and to defend our rights, in each case where such interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms
- Compliance with legal obligations — to meet recordkeeping, regulatory, or other legal requirements
6. Other Disclosures and Legal Bases
We may also disclose personal information:
- To comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or other legal or regulatory process
- To respond to lawful requests by public authorities, including for national security or law enforcement purposes
- To protect the rights, property, or safety of Latitude Energy, our personnel, our users, or others
- In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, financing, sale of assets, reorganization, or similar transaction (in which case the recipient will be required to honor this Policy or provide equivalent protections)
- With your consent or at your direction
7. International Data Transfers
The Site is operated from the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, your personal information will be transferred to, processed in, and stored in the United States and may be transferred to other jurisdictions where our service providers operate. The data protection laws of these jurisdictions may differ from those of your country.
Where we transfer personal information from the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland to a country that has not received an adequacy decision from the European Commission, the UK Information Commissioner's Office, or the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (as applicable), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (with the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or Swiss equivalents where applicable), or another lawful transfer mechanism. You may request a copy of the safeguards we use by contacting us at the address in Section 17.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, regulatory, or reporting requirements, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. The criteria we use to determine retention periods include the nature and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process it, applicable legal requirements, and our legitimate business needs.
Indicative retention periods:
- Email correspondence and contact-form submissions: typically retained for the duration of any active business discussion plus a reasonable additional period (commonly up to seven years)
- Server logs: typically retained for up to ninety (90) days, then deleted or aggregated
- Analytics data: retained according to Google Analytics retention settings, currently fourteen (14) months
- Records required by law: retained for the period required by applicable law
9. Security
We maintain commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These include encryption in transit (TLS) for all communications with the Site, access controls, and the use of reputable infrastructure providers. No system, however, can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure, and we cannot warrant the security of any information transmitted to or from the Site.
10. Your Rights — EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you and obtain a copy
- Request correction or completion of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request erasure of your personal information ("right to be forgotten")
- Restrict or object to certain processing, including processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
- Receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit it to another controller (data portability)
- Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal
- Lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority (a list of EEA authorities is available at edpb.europa.eu; UK residents may contact the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk; Swiss residents may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner at edoeb.admin.ch)
To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 17. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.
11. Your Rights — California
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the "CCPA"), grants you the following rights, subject to certain exceptions:
- Right to know: the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources, the business or commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information
- Right to delete: personal information we have collected from you, subject to legal exceptions
- Right to correct: inaccurate personal information we maintain about you
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing: we do not sell personal information for monetary consideration and we do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined under the CCPA
- Right to limit use of sensitive personal information: we do not collect "sensitive personal information" as defined under the CCPA
- Right to non-discrimination: we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA
For details on the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve months, see Section 2.4.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@latitude.energy. We may need to verify your identity using the personal information you have previously provided. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, subject to our verification requirements (we may require the agent to provide written permission and may require you to verify your identity directly with us).
"Shine the Light" (California Civil Code § 1798.83): California residents may request information regarding any disclosure of personal information to third parties for those parties' direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. We do not currently make such disclosures.
12. Your Rights — Other U.S. States
Residents of certain other U.S. states (including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and others) have rights under their respective state consumer privacy laws, which may include rights similar to those described in Sections 10 and 11 above (such as access, correction, deletion, portability, and opt-out of certain processing). To exercise any such rights, contact us at the address in Section 17. If we deny your request, you may have the right to appeal that decision; the appeal process and applicable timelines will be communicated to you when we respond to your initial request.
13. Children's Privacy
The Site is intended for a general business and professional audience and is not directed to children under the age of sixteen (16). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us at info@latitude.energy and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
14. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Because there is no industry-standard interpretation of "Do Not Track" browser signals, we do not currently respond to DNT signals. Where required by applicable law, we treat a Global Privacy Control ("GPC") signal as a request to opt out of any "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for the browser instance from which the signal originates.
15. Third-Party Sites
The Site may contain links to third-party websites and services that are not operated by us. This Policy does not apply to those third-party sites, and we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing them with any personal information.
16. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this Policy reflects the most recent revision. If we make material changes, we will provide notice on the Site or by other appropriate means before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of any change constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy.
17. Contact
If you have questions about this Policy or our privacy practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:
Latitude Energy Holdings, Inc.
1775 I Street NW, Suite 1150
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 979-3184
Email: info@latitude.energy
For visitors in the European Union or United Kingdom: if you require a representative under Article 27 of the GDPR or UK GDPR, please contact us at the address above and we will provide current contact information for our designated representative, if any has been appointed.