We respect the privacy of everyone who visits the MESC Portal. Please read our privacy policy (referred to as the "Privacy Policy" throughout this web site) carefully so that you can understand how we collect and use the personal information that you provide to us.
By submitting your personal data to us, you will be treated as having given your permission for disclosures referred to in this Policy.
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms & Conditions that govern this web site, so please read those carefully.
This Privacy Policy covers our use of your personal information that is collected through or in connection with this web site.
Other web sites of the Shell Group of companies (otherwise referred to here as "Shell Companies") may contain privacy policies that are different from this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy relates only to www.shell.com/cww. On your journey around other Shell Company web sites please check the privacy policy of each web site that you visit and do not assume that this Privacy Policy applies to all web sites of Shell Companies.
This web site is owned and operated by Shell Global Solutions International BV, a member of the Shell Group of companies and a [limited] company registered in The Netherlands with its registered office situated at 30 Carel van Bylandtlaan, The Hague, The Netherlands. Unless stated otherwise, Shell Global Solutions International BV controls the personal data collected via this Web site.
If you are under 13 years old please do not send us your personal information (for example, your name, address and email address). If you are under 13 years old and you wish to ask a question or use this site in any way which requires you to submit your personal information please get your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf.
We collect and use personal information (including your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address) in order to:
You may choose to use this web site to apply for job opportunities at Shell Global Solutions International BV or other Shell Companies. Before you submit personal information, you will be asked to read a data protection notice and consent to it. If you do not agree with our privacy and data protection policy, please do not submit any personal information.
As part of the services offered to you through our web site, the information you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA", comprising European Union member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EEA or one of our service providers is located in a country outside of the EEA. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the EEA. If we transfer your information outside of the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected. In addition, if you use our services while you are outside the EEA, your information may be transferred outside the EEA in order to provide you with those services.
Except as set out in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose to any third party any person information without your permission unless we are legally entitled or required to do so (for example, if required to do so by legal process or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime) or if we believe that such action is necessary to protect and/or defend our rights, property or personal safety and those of our users/customers etc.
From time to time we would like to use your personal information for purposes other than as set out in the above section. We believe that these additional uses will be of benefit to you. However, we understand that you may not wish us to use your information in this way. We will not use your information for the purposes set out below unless you have positively consented that we can use your information in this way. If at any time you wish us to stop using your information for any or all of the below purposes, please let us know. We will stop the use of your information for such purposes as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so. In such case we will, however, continue to use your personal data for the purposes set out in the above section for as long as it is reasonable to do so.
From time to time we would like to use the information you supply to us for:
In addition, from time to time we would like to give your name, address and e-mail and any other personal data you supply to us to selected third parties, which may be located outside of the EEA. These third parties may use this information for:
This web site and the services offered on this web site may be transferred to one of our affiliated Shell Companies in the future either as part of a group restructuring or otherwise. We may therefore transfer your personal information to any affiliated Shell Company that in the future owns or operates this site or the services available on this web site but such Shell Company shall use your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy at all times.
We may automatically collect non-personal information about you, such as the type of Internet browsers you use or the web site from which you linked to our web site. We may also aggregate details that you have submitted to the web site (for example, your age and the town where you live). You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on this web site. We may from time to time supply third parties with this non-personal or aggregated data for uses in connection with this web site.
We may store some information (commonly known as a "cookie") on your computer when you look at our web site. We are able to read these cookies for information purposes when you revisit our web site. The type of information we collect as a result of cookies being accepted by you is specific to your PC and includes your Internet protocol address, the date and time you visited the web site, what parts of our web site you visited and whether the web pages you request are delivered successfully. This information is anonymous; it represents a computer rather than a person.
We use the cookie information to improve our knowledge of the use of our web site and to enable us to be able to ascertain whether the web site is operating at an optimal level. This allows us to enhance our web offerings to you and to provide an enjoyable and an innovative on-line experience.
You can erase or block this information by changing the settings on your computer (please refer to your help screens or manuals). If you do erase or block this information you may not be able to utilise some features of this web site.
If at any time this web site offers any chat rooms, notice board facilities, newsgroups etc we may collect the information that you disclose. Such information will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please note that we cannot be responsible for other parties' use of the personal information that you make available to such third parties through any chat room, notice board, newsgroup etc on this site. Please be careful about what personal information you disclose in this way.
We aim to keep our information about you as accurate as possible. If you would like to review or change the details you have supplied us with, please contact us as set out below.
We have implemented technology and policies with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorised access and improper use and will update these measures as new technology becomes available, as appropriate.
We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other web sites even if:
We recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact the owner or operator of such web site if you have any concerns or questions.
From time to time this web site may ask you to provide personal details of your family or friends, for example, so that we can send them details of our products and services. Before providing such information, please ensure that you have obtained their consent to their personal data being used in this way. We will not use these details in any manner that is incompatible with this Privacy Policy.
From time to time we may make changes to this privacy policy. If we make any substantial changes to this privacy policy and the way in which we use your personal data we will post these changes on this page and will do our best to notify you of any significant changes. Please check our privacy policy on a regular basis.