Lydian Energy LLC (“Lydian,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.lydianenergy.com and other webpages that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Website”), communicate with us, or otherwise interact with us through the Website.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect offline, through channels that link to a different privacy notice, or in contexts governed by a separate agreement.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.
Information You Provide to Us
You may provide personal information directly to us when you contact us, inquire about our business or projects, communicate with members of our team, subscribe to updates, or pursue employment opportunities with Lydian.
This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing or property address
- Company or organization
- Job title
- Information contained in communications you send to us
- Resume, employment history, education, professional qualifications, and other information submitted in connection with employment opportunities
- Any other information you choose to provide
Please do not send sensitive personal information to us unless it is necessary for the purpose of your communication.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information about your device and use of the Website, including:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- Device and operating system information
- Pages visited
- Referring and exit pages
- Date and time of access
- General geographic information derived from your IP address
- Information about how you interact with the Website
We may collect this information using cookies, pixels, server logs, analytics technologies, and similar tools. See Section 3 (Cookies and Analytics) for more information.
Information from Other Sources
We may receive information about you from third parties, including recruiting platforms, business partners, landowners and their representatives, counterparties, public records, and publicly available sources, and we may combine that information with information we collect through the Website.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information we collect to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the Website
- Respond to inquiries and communications
- Provide information about Lydian, our projects, and our activities
- Manage relationships with landowners, communities, customers, counterparties, vendors, investors, and other stakeholders
- Evaluate candidates and administer recruiting and employment processes
- Understand how visitors use the Website
- Monitor and improve Website performance, functionality, and security
- Detect and prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, and other harmful activity
- Comply with legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights
- Carry out other purposes disclosed to you at the time information is collected
We may also create and use de-identified or aggregated information that does not identify you. We will maintain and use such information in de-identified form and will not attempt to reidentify it except as permitted by applicable law.
3. Cookies and Analytics
The Website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, remember preferences, understand Website usage, and improve the user experience.
We may also use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors interact with the Website. These providers may collect information such as your IP address, browser information, device information, pages visited, and interactions with the Website. Information about Google Analytics and the opt-out browser add-on offered by Google is available from Google.
You may manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.
Do Not Track. The Website may not respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals.
4. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose information to:
Service providers. We may provide information to vendors that perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, information technology, cybersecurity, analytics, communications, recruiting, and professional services.
Professional advisers. We may disclose information to attorneys, accountants, auditors, consultants, insurers, and other professional advisers where reasonably necessary.
Affiliates and business partners. We may disclose information within our corporate organization or to parties involved in our business activities where appropriate and lawful.
Legal and regulatory authorities. We may disclose information when required by law, legal process, regulation, court order, or government request, or where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, safety, property, or legitimate interests or those of others.
Business transactions. Information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar corporate transaction, including during diligence.
With your direction. We may disclose information to other parties at your request or with your consent.
5. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell personal information in exchange for monetary consideration, and we do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Certain U.S. state privacy laws define “sale” broadly to include disclosures for other valuable consideration, and define “sharing” to include disclosures for cross-context behavioral advertising. Our use of analytics and similar technologies described in Section 3 may be treated as a sale or sharing under those definitions.
Where applicable law provides a right to opt out of such activity, you may exercise that right through the cookie settings available on the Website, by using a recognized opt-out preference signal such as Global Privacy Control (if applicable), or by contacting us using the details in Section 13.
6. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may contain links to websites, social media platforms, recruiting platforms, news publications, or other services operated by third parties.
We do not control the privacy practices of these third parties. When you leave our Website, your interactions are governed by the privacy policies and terms of the applicable third party. We encourage you to review those policies before providing personal information.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to maintain business and employment records, comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, our legal and contractual obligations, and applicable statutes of limitation.
8. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to or through the Website.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you reside and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, which may include the right to:
- Request access to, or confirmation that we process, personal information about you
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Request a copy of certain personal information in a portable format
- Restrict or object to certain processing, including processing for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, or of targeted advertising, where applicable
- Limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable
These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and limitations.
Submitting a request. To submit a privacy-related request, please contact us at legal@lydianenergy.com. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request, and we may ask for additional information for that purpose. We will respond within the time period required by applicable law.
Authorized agents. Where permitted by applicable law, you may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. We may require the agent to provide proof of authorization and may require you to verify your identity directly with us.
Appeals. If we decline to act on your request and applicable law provides a right of appeal, you may appeal our decision by contacting us at legal@lydianenergy.com with the subject line “Privacy Appeal” within the period allowed by applicable law. We will respond to your appeal within the time period required by applicable law and will explain the reasons for our decision. If your appeal is denied, you may contact your state attorney general to submit a complaint.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights available to you under applicable law.
10. Additional Information for U.S. State Residents
This section provides additional disclosures required by certain U.S. state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended.
Categories of personal information. In the preceding twelve months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information: identifiers (such as name, email address, telephone number, postal address, and IP address); commercial or business contact information; internet or other electronic network activity information; approximate geolocation derived from IP address; professional or employment-related information; education information; and inferences drawn from the above. We collect these categories from the sources described in Section 1 and use them for the purposes described in Section 2.
Disclosures for a business purpose. In the preceding twelve months, we may have disclosed each of the categories listed above to the categories of recipients described in Section 4 for the business purposes described in Section 2.
Sensitive personal information. We do not collect sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you, and we use any sensitive personal information we receive only for purposes permitted without a right to limit under applicable law.
Retention. We retain each category of personal information in accordance with the criteria described in Section 7.
California residents may also request information about disclosures of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes under California Civil Code Section 1798.83. We do not make such disclosures.
11. Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for a general business audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 years of age through the Website.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the details in Section 13.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors.
When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we will provide additional notice where required by applicable law. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
Lydian Energy LLC
1501 M Street NW, Suite 800B
Washington, DC 20005
Email: legal@lydianenergy.com