Privacy Policy

At Powervine Energy, LLC (“Powervine”), we are committed to respecting your privacy as a visitor to our website, as an applicant for service or as a customer. To learn more about how we collect and safeguard your information, please review our privacy policy and the rights you enjoy in your state.

Your State's Privacy Rights:

If you are a California resident, call us at 1-844-732-4684 to request the personal information we may have on file.

Types of Information Collected:

We collect information from you to improve both our relationship with you and the products and services we offer. This way, we can learn how to improve them or tailor them to your needs. Some of the information we collect:

• Account Information includes your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and service-related details such as credit card information, payment data, security codes, service history and other information like this needed to service your account. This is commonly known as “personal identifying information;”
• Performance & Usage Information tells us how you use energy services, including other products and services we sell or provide related to those services, how well our services are performing, for forecasting needs (e.g., how much energy you may need during peak and off-peak hours during the day); and information relevant to programs regarding energy efficiency or low-income assistance, should you choose to participate in those programs;
• Web Browsing & Wireless Application Information tells us about the websites you visit and the mobile applications you use. It also helps us to assist you when ordering products or services; and
• Location Information may tell us where your electric service is located including your street address and ZIP code.

How We Collect Information:

We collect information in three basic ways:

• When you do things like make a purchase from us;
• How you use our products and services; and
• Other sources, like credit agencies, marketing companies, and other service providers who provide it to us.

Use of Information:

In general, we use your personal information to manage your account, communicate with you, improve our provision of products and services to you, and to enhance your experience. Specifically, we may use your personal information to:

• Personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs);
• Improve our products and services and develop new ones (we continually strive to improve our offerings);
• Market products and services to you from either our company or one of our affiliate companies.
• Process transactions, generate your invoice, and provide other billing and payment services to you;
• Offer you special programs or opportunities regarding saving money on your energy bill or energy savings techniques;
• Plan, implement, or evaluate energy management, demand response, or energy efficiency programs under contract with us;
• Administer a contest, promotion, survey or other offering or promotion;
• Do marketing and other research and analysis to better maintain, protect, develop, and understand usage of our products and services;
• Administer, manage, and improve our products, services, and operations;
• Communicate with you regarding any of the above or regarding occasional company news, updates, or related product or service information; and
• Assist in the prevention and investigation of illegal activities and violations of our agreements and other policies.

How and When We Share Your Information:

Powervine never sells your information to third parties. However, we do have to share some of the information to better serve you. Some examples are as follows:

• With other companies or individuals that perform services on our behalf only as needed for them to perform those services for us. Please note that we require them to protect your information consistent with our Policy.
• With other companies and entities, to:
• Respond, if necessary and possible, to 9-1-1 requests and other emergencies or exigencies;
• Comply with court orders and other legal processes;
• Assist with identity verification, and to prevent fraud and/or identity theft;
• Enforce our agreements and property rights; and
• Obtain payment for products and services including the transfer or sale of delinquent accounts to third parties for collection

Our Privacy Policy for Children:

We want you to know that we don't knowingly collect personally identifying information from anyone under the age of 13 unless we first obtain permission from the child's parent or legal guardian.

Security:

As previously stated, Powervine does not sell any information that personally identifies you. We only keep the information for as long as we need it for business, tax or legal purposes. After that, we destroy it by making it unreadable or undecipherable.

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via secured technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway provider’s database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and who are required to keep the information confidential. Some other examples of technology we use to protect your information are:

• Maintaining and protecting the security of computer storage and network equipment, and our security procedures require employee usernames and passwords to access sensitive data;
• Applying encryption or other appropriate security controls to protect personal identifying information when stored or transmitted by us;
• Limiting access to personal identifying information to only those at Powervine or its affiliates whose jobs require such access;
• Requiring caller/online authentication before providing customer account information. This way, only you or someone who knows your information will be able to access or change the information.
• Although we strive to keep your personal identifying information secure, no security measures are perfect, and we cannot guarantee that this information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Policy (for example, as the result of unauthorized intentional or unintentional acts by third parties that violate the law or this Policy).

All of our employees are subject to certain state-mandated codes of conduct. All employees must follow the laws, rules, regulations, court and/or administrative orders that apply to our business. Specifically, this includes all legal requirements and Powervine policies protecting the privacy of communications and the security and privacy of your records. We take this seriously, and any of our employees who fail to meet the standards in our handbook are subject to disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

Powervine will take all steps deemed reasonable by us to secure any personal information in our possession and to keep such data accurate and contemporary. Yet while we require our employees and service providers to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by our firm, it is not possible to give absolute assurance that the information provided to us will be secure at all times. Accordingly, Powervine will not be held responsible for incidents resulting from any unauthorized access to your personal information. Powervine uses appropriate software to ensure the wellness and safety of this website, but does not warranty that this website or our digital correspondence with customers is free from harmful elements.

Finally, we will make reasonable attempts to notify you if we determine that we have experienced a security breach and there is a reasonably likely risk of identity theft, or where notification is otherwise required by law.

Access to Your Information:

You may contact us ask to review the personal identifying information we have on file to make sure it is correct.

Future Changes:

In the event of a change in corporate ownership, information about our customers and users, including personal identifying information, may be shared and transferred as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of company assets or transition of service to another provider. This also applies in the unlikely event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which customer and user records would be transferred to another entity as a result of such a proceeding.

We may update this Privacy Policy as necessary to reflect changes we make and also to satisfy legal requirements. We will post a prominent notice of the change on our websites. We will provide you with other appropriate notice of important changes at least 30 days before the effective date.

Cookies:

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites’ or service providers’ systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to compile aggregate data about the site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with the third-party service providers to assist in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Links:

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies and practices. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy. To obtain specific information regarding the type of individual information of yours that we possess, please contact Powervine by email at compliance@powervineenergy.com and we will promptly attempt to comply with your request.

How to Contact Us About This Policy:

We welcome you to contact us directly at either of these addresses below for any questions about this Privacy Policy.

• E-mail us at Compliance@PowervineEnergy.com
• Write to us at Powervine Energy, LLC, Powervine Energy, LLC, 2100 West Loop South, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77027.

If you are not able to have your question resolved to your satisfaction, you may call us at 844-732-4684 and ask for the Regulatory Department. You also have the option of filing a complaint with the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, using an online form, or by calling toll-free 877-FTC-HELP (877-328-4357; TTY: 866-653-4261). Other rights and remedies also may be available to you under federal or other applicable laws.

Your California Privacy Rights:

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 entitles California customers to request information concerning whether a business has disclosed personal information to any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. As stated in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell your personal information to other companies, and we will not share it with other companies for them to use for their own marketing purposes without your consent.

California Web Site Data Collection & "Do Not Track" Notices:

Web Site Data Collection: We do not knowingly allow other parties to collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third-party web sites when you use our websites and services.

"Do Not Track" Notice: Because internet and mobile network providers "do not track" and similar signals do not yet operate according to common, industry-accepted standards, Powervine and the networks on which we operate currently do not respond to those signals. For more information on Do Not Track, please visit allaboutdnt.com.

California customers who wish to request further information about our compliance with these requirements, or have questions or concerns about our privacy practices and policies may contact us at Compliance@PowervineEnergy.com, or write to us at Powervine Energy, LLC, 2100 West Loop South, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77027.