Effective Date: 12/03/2024

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (“VAALCO”) respects your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect about visitors to www.vaalco.com (the “Site”), how we may use the information, and with whom we may share it. The Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to safeguard the personal information and how you may contact us about our privacy practices.

What Information Do We Collect?

When you visit our Site, we may obtain personal information about you, including:

  • contact information, such as name, phone number, and email and postal address;
  • certain demographic information; and
  • other personal information contained in content you submit to us through the Site, such as via the Site’s “Contact Us” or “Careers” pages.

Automated Collection of Data

When you visit our Site, we may obtain certain information by automated means, such as cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and other technologies. “A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies and may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server.

The information we obtain in this manner may include your device IP address, identifiers associated with your devices, types of devices, web browser characteristics, device characteristics, language preferences, clickstream data, and dates and times of visits to the Site. These technologies help us (1) track and understand how you use and interact with our Site; (2) understand the effectiveness of our communications; and (3) otherwise manage and enhance the Site.

Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our Site. Our Site is not designed to respond to “do not track” signals received from browsers.

Third-Party Analytics

We may use third-party analytics on our Site, such as Google Analytics. The analytics providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web beacons and web server logs to help us analyze your use of the Site. The information collected through these means (including IP address) may be disclosed to these analytics providers, and other relevant third parties who use the information to evaluate use of the Site. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt out, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.html or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en.

What Do We Do With The Information We Obtain?

We may use the personal information we obtain about you through the Site to:

  • send you information about the Site or our services;
  • administer the Site;
  • contact you, including by responding to your requests, questions and concerns;
  • administer our promotional, advertising and marketing activities;
  • tailor the Site around your preferences;
  • comply with and enforce applicable legal and regulatory requirements, industry standards and our policies and terms;
  • protect our rights and property;
  • process employment applications; and
  • operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products, services and Site features and offerings; managing our communications; performing data analytics; determining and managing the effectiveness of our promotional, advertising and marketing activities; analyzing our products, services and Site; and performing accounting, auditing, billing, reconciliation and collection activities).

We may also use the information for other purposes for which we provide notice before or at the time of collection.

With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?

We may share the information we collect about you with service providers who provide services to us on our behalf based on our instructions. We may also share your information:

  • with our affiliates and subsidiaries;
  • with our business partners; or
  • where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or property, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud or respond to a government, judicial or other legal request, or to comply with our legal obligations.

We also reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer (or contemplate the sale or transfer of) all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization, divestiture, dissolution or liquidation).

Security

We maintain safeguards designed to protect personal information against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or use.

Children’s Personal Information

Our Site is designed for a general audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13) through our Site. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under thirteen (13), we will promptly delete the information from our records. If you believe a child under thirteen (13) may have provided us with personal information, please contact us as specified in the “Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy Changes

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please use the Site’s Contact Us feature to send us a message.