Privacy Policy

Privacy has always been an important part of how we do business. We would like to make our policy concerning information collection and use absolutely clear. This notice explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way information is collected and used. If, for any reason, you believe we have not adhered to this policy, please notify us of your concern, and we will consider the appropriate actions to promptly correct the issue.

The Information We Collect

At MarkWest, we do not collect personally identifiable information about you through our Web site unless you voluntarily provide it. At any time, you may opt-out of providing such personally identifiable information by simply not providing it or by discontinuing your use of the MarkWest Web site. Examples of information which you may voluntarily provide to us while using our site include:

  • E-mail address
  • Name
  • Address
  • Account number (if you are a current customer)
  • Information about your computer and browser

To improve our Web site, we collect information on the number of visits to our Web site, the time visitors spend on the Web site, the number of pages viewed and the domains from which visitors visit our Web site. This information is only analyzed by us in the aggregate; it is not associated with any specific individuals.

MarkWest does not, or will not, knowingly collect or post information from children under the age of eighteen without a parent’s or guardian’s consent. We do not provide any personally identifying information collected from children, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. We will not use information collected from children for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside the Company. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in any interactive activities offered on web sites.

How We Use The Information We Collect

We may place Internet cookies on your hard drive. When you revisit our Web site, we may recognize you by the Internet cookie and customize your experience accordingly. These Internet cookies are stored on your hard drive and are not stored, in any form, by us. You may decline the Internet cookie by using the appropriate feature of your Web client software, if available.

When a visitor performs a search on our Web Site’s search engine, we may record information identifying you or linking you to the search performed. As necessary to provide this service, we do record limited information for every search request and use that information only to solve technical problems with the service and to calculate overall usage statistics.

We use the information you voluntarily provide to:

  • Fulfill your request
  • Help you quickly find and/or receive information about MarkWest Alert you to updated information and services
  • Provide more complete service
  • Improve the content of our web site for your reference
  • Answer your questions

Information Sharing

MarkWest does not sell the personally identifiable information you provide nor does MarkWest share such information with third parties for the purpose of sending you advertisements for products or services unaffiliated with MarkWest or with its affiliates or business partners. MarkWest may, however, share personally identifiable information that you provide to us for legitimate business purposes, including without limitation the following:

  • Transferring such information to MarkWest's affiliates and subsidiaries, unless such transfer is prohibited by law; transferring such information as part of a merger, consolidation, acquisition, divestiture or other corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy);
  • Making such information available to third parties who are providing the product, service or information that you have requested (but never your password);
  • Making such information available to third parties who are providing services to MarkWest or its subsidiaries or affiliates (e.g., providing such information to third parties performing computer-related services for MarkWest or its affiliates (but never your password));
  • Disclosing information when we have a good-faith belief that disclosure of such information is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding any illegal activities or regarding interference with the operation of our site or violation of its terms of use; and/or
  • Disclosing such information that is allowed by law or that our legal counsel forms a good-faith belief that such disclosure is required by federal or state law, subpoena or court order.

By providing personally identifiable information, you expressly consent to these privacy practices.

Also, MarkWest reserves the right to share any aggregated information (i.e., non-personally identifiable information) with any third parties for any reason, unless prohibited by law.

Security

Given the nature of the internet and the fact that no security system is perfect, MarkWest does not promise that the information you provide will never be obtained by unauthorized persons. MarkWest does, however, utilize industry-standard practices to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration and destruction. Such measures include using firewalls and Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) to protect certain sensitive transmissions of information. Protection of your information is important to MarkWest and we will work to protect such information to the best of our ability. However, if we should receive any subpoena or enforceable order to disclose information, we will need to comply. In some areas of our Web site, we require a user ID and password for you to access certain information. MarkWest will not disclose such password to third parties; however, you are responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of your password.

Links To Non-MarkWest Sites

For the convenience of our users, some pages of our Web site offer you the ability to link to and view pages of web sites not operated or controlled by MarkWest (such as weather and financial information). Often, but not always, you can tell that you have linked to a non-MarkWest web site because the web site will open a separate browser window. Links by MarkWest to such external web sites do not imply endorsement by MarkWest of that company, its site or its privacy policy. MarkWest and its affiliates do not monitor or control the content or the privacy policies of the external sites and are therefore not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of linked external web sites. When using a link to a non-MarkWest web site, we recommend that you investigate the privacy practices and policies of such external site.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

MarkWest reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time. If we decide to change our policy regarding privacy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on our Web site. You may want to visit this Web site periodically to review the current Privacy Policy. Use of our Web site after the posting of a revised privacy policy constitutes your agreement with the revised policy. This Privacy Policy is not intended to and does not create any contractual or legal rights in or on behalf of any party.