Privacy policy

The Data Controller(s) in respect of Personal Data collected via the Site is:

• Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited
• Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited
• Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Offshore East) Limited

The ExxonMobil affiliate(s) identified above as the Data Controller of the Personal Data, may transfer all or some of the Personal Data received through the Site, to ExxonMobil affiliates worldwide which are located outside Nigeria, in countries that may not be regarded as providing an adequate level of protection to the personal data. The transfers of personal data take place in accordance with Section 6 below.

This Privacy Statement is addressed to the visitors of this website whose Personal Data is collected by the Data Controller(s) listed in Section 1 above. 

This Privacy Statement provides information about ExxonMobil’s data privacy practices generally and accordingly is of interest to the general public, our business partners and other external stakeholders, in Nigeria. As stated in Section 1, this Privacy Statement may be further complemented by other specific data privacy notices issued by ExxonMobil for specific uses of Personal Data.

Information from Children

The Site contains information that may be of special interest to children, but ExxonMobil does not seek through the Site to gather Personal Data from or about persons under the age of 18.

ExxonMobil is committed to collecting and using Personal Data in a lawful manner.

ExxonMobil will ensure that, when it Processes personal data, the Processing is allowed under applicable data protection law. In Nigeria, this means, among other things, that ExxonMobil shall assess whether and which justification (legal basis) it has for the Processing of Personal Data, as stipulated in applicable law, including the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation. Depending on the situation, ExxonMobil can justify the Processing of Personal Data on various legal bases, which include:

• The Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the Individual is a party, and/or 
• The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which ExxonMobil is subject, and/or
• The Processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the Individual, and/or
• The Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in exercise of an official public mandate, and/or
• The Individual has given consent to the Processing of his or her Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.

When ExxonMobil obtains consent from the Individual to the processing of Personal Data, the consent can be withdrawn at any time for the future.

For more information on the particular data processing activities, the purposes sought and a description of the specific categories of Personal data concerned, please make sure to review the table in Section 4.

ExxonMobil offers the opportunity for the Individuals to object to the Processing of his/her Personal data and will consider such objections carefully where required by law. For more information about your rights in respect of how ExxonMobil processes your Personal Data, please refer to Section 9 and/or contact the ExxonMobil Data Privacy Office via data.privacy.office@exxonmobil.com.

4.1 Personal Data collected from visitors to the Site

In this table we describe the categories of information that we gather from visitors to the Site, the purpose for which we use the information and the legal basis which justifies each processing operation.
We also track other information about your visit which we use for statistical purposes that help us design and administer the site. Furthermore, if during your visit you personalize the Site, complete an order form, enter a contest, provide survey feedback or submit other information to us, you will, as a result, provide us with Personal Data.

When ExxonMobil relies on its legitimate interest (as applicable) in the processing of Personal Data, ExxonMobil will ensure that its legitimate business interests to pursue the purposes stated in the table above (generally its interest to promote the ExxonMobil products and services), do not disproportionately and adversely impact the visitor’s rights and freedoms.

When ExxonMobil relies on the visitor’s consent as a legal basis to Process the Personal Data, visitors can withdraw their consent at any time, for the future. Visitors who wish to withdraw their consent, should notify us at data.privacy.office@exxonmobil.com and we will take steps to stop the Processing of your Personal Data as soon as reasonably possible.

We use cookies and other files which we store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the Site, in order to collect one or more of the categories of information listed in the table above. The cookies and files stored on your computer or mobile device facilitates customizing your use of the Site and helps to avoid the need for you to re-enter your details every time you visit it. You can erase or block this information from your computer if you want to.  For more information about the cookies and files we place on your computer or mobile device, and how to erase or block them, see the Cookie Statement on the relevant website.

Note that some of the services may not be available if you fail to provide the Personal Data necessary to deliver them.

4.2 Personal data collected from visitors to third party sites.

We use third-party advertising technology to provide ads when you visit sites upon which we advertise. When you access an ad, a "cookie" file will be stored on your computer. This information is used to help manage our on-line advertising. To learn more about the third-party ad-serving technology, cookies, and how to "opt-out" please click here (note: you will be taken to a third-party website).

Furthermore, this Site has links to sites that ExxonMobil does not own, control or maintain. We cannot be responsible for their privacy policies and practices and we make no representations or warranties about the privacy practices of those sites. Similarly, we cannot be responsible for the policies and practices of any site from which you linked to our Site. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of other sites carefully and contact the operator if you have concerns or questions.

We employ other companies and persons to perform functions on our behalf. They have access to Personal Data needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

Communicating via the Internet and sending information, products, and services to you by other means necessarily involves your Personal Data passing through or being handled by third-parties.

For the purpose of the administration of the Site and the Personal Data collected through the Site, ExxonMobil shares your Personal Data with other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, including fulfilling orders, deliveries, sending postal mail, and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing card payments and providing customers service. They have access to your Personal Data needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

Before any Personal Data is shared with service providers, we enter into a written agreement which requires them: (1) not to make any unauthorized further disclosures of the Personal Data; (2) to use the Personal Data only for the specified purposes and only according to the instructions received from ExxonMobil; (3) to retain the Personal Data only as long as necessary to carry out these purposes or to protect company interests (e.g. until the end of statute of limitations periods); and (4) to have in place adequate and appropriate security measures.

In some circumstances, ExxonMobil will have to disclose Personal Data to other third parties, including competent authorities, legal advisors, operators and suppliers of Esso branded fuel stations, issuers of payment and loyalty cards accepted at Esso branded fuel stations, and other business partners who process the Personal Data on their own behalf, for instance if such transfer is required by law or legal process, in order to defend ExxonMobil's rights or to adequately handle individuals' complaints and requests.

If Personal Data is shared with a third party or an ExxonMobil affiliate outside Nigeria, the conditions regarding data transfers, see Section 6 below, apply in addition to the requirements of this section.

6.1 Transfers between affiliates

The relevant ExxonMobil affiliate who is the Data Controller may transfer some or all of the Personal Data to servers of ExxonMobil located worldwide and will make that Personal Data accessible to other ExxonMobil affiliates, some of which are located in third countries that may not be regarded as providing an adequate level of protection of the Personal Data, in accordance with applicable law.
ExxonMobil has taken steps so that personal data receives an adequate level of data protection at all ExxonMobil locations. These steps include: (1) ExxonMobil affiliates entering into Inter Affiliate Agreements and (2) Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) adopted by ExxonMobil affiliates worldwide. The BCR are ExxonMobil’s data privacy code of conduct whereby ExxonMobil affiliates worldwide commit to protect personal data to the level described in the BCR.

6.2 Transfers to third parties

When transferring Personal Data to third parties, ExxonMobil puts in place safeguards to ensure that the third party adequately protects the Personal Data.   For transfers to third parties established outside Nigeria in countries which are not deemed to provide adequate data protection (non-adequate third countries), ExxonMobil relies on transfer mechanisms in accordance with applicable laws, which include standard contractual clauses. When the third party is established in a country that is deemed to provide adequate data protection, we rely on the protections available under local law.
For more information about specific transfer mechanisms used for transfers between affiliates and transfers to third parties, including information on and a copy of any of the existing safeguards implemented by ExxonMobil in order to ensure that Personal Data is Processed within an adequate framework across all ExxonMobil locations, please contact data.privacy.office@exxonmobil.com.

ExxonMobil maintains appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, use, and all other unlawful forms of Processing of Personal Data in our possession.

Applicable law may give you the right to know how ExxonMobil Processes your Personal Data, and to access your Personal Data held by ExxonMobil. Such rights exist under data privacy laws in Nigeria. Furthermore in Nigeria, you also have the right to: have inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data rectified; to restrict the Processing of your Personal Data, under certain circumstances; to object to the Processing operations, having regard to the given circumstances and for reasons related to their particular situation; or to have Personal Data erased when such data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it has been collected, in accordance with applicable law.

In some circumstances, you also have a right to request the portability of your Personal Data, which will allow you to obtain and reuse your Personal Data for your own purposes across different services without hindrance to usability.

For more information about the specific mechanism available in order to exercise the aforementioned rights, please contact the data.privacy.office@exxonmobil.com. 

To facilitate our efforts to meet your request, it would be helpful if you could let us know the context in which you initially provided ExxonMobil with your Personal Data, e.g. in connection with promotion of a specific product or service.

Certain categories of Personal Data are considered sensitive under data privacy laws and, as such, are subject to a higher level of protection and security. Such categories may include: (1) race or ethnic origin; (2) political opinions; (3) religious and philosophical beliefs; (4) trade union membership; (5) sex life or sexual orientation; (6) physical or mental health or conditions;  (7) genetic data and biometric data for the purpose of uniquely defining a natural person; (8) criminal records.

We kindly ask you to refrain from providing ExxonMobil with any sensitive information of the abovementioned nature, under any circumstance. However, if you do provide such information, ExxonMobil accepts your explicit consent to use that data in accordance with this Privacy Statement or in the ways described at the point where such information is disclosed.

ExxonMobil does not use automated decision-making unless this is (i.) necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the Individual and ExxonMobil and its affiliates, (ii.) permitted or required by law, or (iii.) based on the Individual’s explicit consent.

Automated decision-making means a decision that produces legal effects concerning an Individual or significantly affects the Individual and which is based solely on automated Processing (i.e. no human intervention in the process of decision-making) of Personal Data intended to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to the Individual. Moreover, ExxonMobil shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the Individual’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests.

ExxonMobil is committed to protecting your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Statement and as required by applicable national laws. If you have any questions about this notice or about ExxonMobil’s handling of your Personal Data, or if you would like to request additional information on the Personal Data ExxonMobil holds about you or learn about and exercise your rights with respect to your Personal Data, you can contact:

Data Privacy Office
c/o ExxonMobil Business Support Center Hungary Ltd.
Váci út 81-85
Budapest
H-1139
Hungary

Data.privacy.office@exxonmobil.com

The Data Protection Officer in countries identified in Section 1.

The Data Privacy Office will ensure all data protection complaints are resolved in a timely manner as set out in the applicable Data Privacy laws and the Data Subject is informed when appropriate
You also have a right to lodge a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in your country.

The term “Data Controller” means the natural or legal person (in the case of ExxonMobil, the relevant ExxonMobil affiliate) which determines the purposes and means of the Processing of Personal Data.

“ExxonMobil” and/or “ExxonMobil affiliates” mean (a) Exxon Mobil Corporation or any parent of Exxon Mobil Corporation, (b) any company or partnership in which Exxon Mobil Corporation or any parent of Exxon Mobil Corporation now or hereafter, directly or indirectly (1) owns or (2) controls, more than fifty per cent (50%) of the ownership interest having the right to vote or appoint its directors or functional equivalents (“Affiliated Company”) and (c) any joint venture in which Exxon Mobil Corporations, any parent of Exxon Mobil Corporation or an Affiliated Company has day to day operational control.

By “Processed” or “Processing” we mean any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

The term “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Data Subject” or “Individual”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.