Privacy Notice
Last Updated: April 28, 2025
This Privacy Notice describes how Vanguard Renewables Holdings, LLC (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses and discloses information about you when you use our website (www.vanguardrenewables.com), applications, services, tools and features, or otherwise interact with us (collectively, the “Services”). For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, “you” and “your” means you as the user of the Services. Please note that the Services are designed for users in the United States only and are not intended for users located outside the United States.
Please read this Privacy Notice carefully. By using any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Notice. If you do not understand or agree to this Privacy Notice, please do not use or access the Services.
1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
We may modify this Privacy Notice from time to time, in which case we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to how we use or disclose information we collect, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you (such as by emailing you at the last email address you provided us, by posting notice of such changes on the Services or by other means consistent with applicable law) and will take additional steps as required by applicable law. If you do not agree to any updates to this Privacy Notice, please do not continue using or accessing the Services.
2. COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION
When you use or access the Services, we collect certain categories of information about you from a variety of sources. In addition to the specific uses discussed below, we may use this information to provide and improve the Services and to maintain our business relationship, including by enhancing the safety and security of our Services, providing customer support, complying with applicable legal obligations, enforcing any applicable terms of service, and protecting our rights and the rights of our employees, users or other individuals.
Information You Provide to Us
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide certain information, including information about yourself. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features. Information that you directly submit through our Services includes:
- Basic contact details, such as name, address, phone number, and email address. We use this information to create and maintain your account and provide the Services, and to communicate with you (including to tell you about products or services that may be of interest to you).
- Account information, such as username and password. We use this information to provide the Services and to maintain and secure your account with us. If you choose to register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We recommend you do not share your access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
- Applicant details, such as information included in your resume or CV, references, and job history. We use applicant details to process your application for employment and to evaluate your candidacy.
- Any other information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending a message through the Services.
Information Collected Automatically
We and third parties may also use cookies or other tracking technologies to automatically collect certain information about your interactions with the Services. This information is collected and used to run analytics, and better understand user interactions with the Services]. Such information includes:
- Device information, such as device type and operating system.
- Location information, such as country and city.
- Other information regarding your interaction with the Services, such as browser type, log data, date and time stamps, and clickstream data.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you may be able to control the way in which your devices permit the use of cookies. If you so choose, you may block or delete certain of our cookies from your browser; however, blocking or deleting cookies may cause some of the Services, including any portal features and general functionality, to work incorrectly.
Your browser settings may also allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites. Like many websites, our website is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers.
Deidentified Information
Finally, we may deidentify or anonymize your information such that it cannot reasonably be used to infer information about you or otherwise be linked to you (or we may collect information that has already been deidentified/anonymized), and we may use such deidentified/anonymized information for any purpose.
3. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your information for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Notice, including the following categories of third parties:
- Our affiliates or others within our corporate group.
- Vendors or other service providers who help us provide the Services, including for system administration, cloud storage, security, customer relationship management, marketing communications, web analytics, and payment processing.
- Professional advisors, such as auditors, law firms, or accounting firms.
- Third parties in connection with or anticipation of an asset sale, merger, bankruptcy, or other business transaction.
We may also disclose your information as needed to comply with applicable law or any obligations thereunder or to cooperate with law enforcement, judicial orders, and regulatory inquiries, to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to ensure the safety and security of our business, employees, and users.
4. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND LINKS
We may provide links to third-party websites or platforms. If you follow links to sites or platforms that we do not control and are not affiliated with us, you should review the applicable privacy notice, policies and other terms. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of, or information found on, these sites or platforms. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, such as third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators.
5. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Services are not intended for children, and we do not seek or knowingly collect any personal information about children. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected information about a child, in particular any child under 13 years of age, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the below information to request that it be deleted.
6. DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION
Despite our reasonable efforts to protect your information, no security measures are impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” Any information you send to us electronically, while using the Services or otherwise interacting with us, may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to send us sensitive or confidential information.
We retain your information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Notice. When determining the length of time to retain your information, we consider various criteria, including whether we need the information to continue to provide you the Services, resolve a dispute, enforce our contractual agreements, prevent harm, promote safety, security and integrity, or protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products.
7. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
This section applies to you only if you are a California resident (“resident” or “residents”) and we collect your “personal information,” as such term is defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
Processing of Personal Information
In the preceding 12 months, we collected the following categories of personal information about residents:
- Identifiers
- Geolocation data
- Internet or other similar network activity
- Professional or employment-related information
The specific business or commercial purposes for which we collect your personal information and the categories of sources from which we collect your personal information are described in the section above, Collection and Use Your Information. The specific categories of third parties to whom we may disclose your personal information are described in the section above, Disclosure of Your Information. The criteria we use to determine how long to retain your personal information is described in the section above, Data Security and Retention. To the extent we collect any sensitive personal information, we only use and disclose such information for the purposes specified in the CCPA.
Selling and/or Sharing of Personal Information
We do not “sell” or “share” (as those terms are defined under the CCPA) personal information, nor have we done so in the preceding 12 months. Further, we do not have actual knowledge that we “sell” or “share” personal information of residents under 16 years of age.
Your California Privacy Rights
As a California resident, you may have the rights listed below in relation to personal information that we have collected about you. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Know. You have a right to request the following information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information:
- categories of personal information we have collected or disclosed for a business purpose;
- categories of sources from which we collected personal information;
- the business or commercial purposes for collecting personal information;
- categories of third parties to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose; and
- specific pieces of personal information we have collected.
- Right to Delete. You have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Correct. You have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
You may exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the information provided below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address, government issued ID or date of birth, before providing a substantive response to the request. You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney document, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.
8. HOW TO CONTACT US
Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Notice, please email us at [email protected].
