Privacy Policy

Prudent Energy knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the Prudent Energy website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy covers Prudent Energy's treatment of personal information that Prudent Energy gathers when you are on the Prudent Energy website and when you use Prudent Energy services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Prudent Energy does not own or control, or to individuals that Prudent Energy does not employ or manage.

Information Collected by Prudent Energy

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website, which is to enable users to discover and share information with our company. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our Prudent Energy users:

1. Information You Provide to Us:
   We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
2. Automatic Information:
   We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Prudent Energy and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address and the page you requested. Prudent Energy uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website. Prudent Energy may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages.

E-mail Communications

Prudent Energy is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. Prudent Energy may send out e-mails with Prudent Energy-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from Prudent Energy, which inform you of actions that have been performed on the site.

Sharing Your Information

Prudent Energy will neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone, and we will share your personal information only as described below.

• Prudent Energy Personnel: Prudent Energy personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of Prudent Energy business.
• Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if Prudent Energy, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
• Protection of Prudent Energy and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Prudent Energy, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
• Syndication: Prudent Energy allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the Prudent Energy website.
• With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Prudent Energy may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Prudent Energy website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit Prudent Energy website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of California state law.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 15, 2010.