Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy details what information Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts gathers about you and how we use it. The terms of our Privacy Policy apply to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members and customers, and whether Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects the information in electronic form through our website, our online services, or other internet processes or by paper.

Types of information we may gather

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects information such as your address, telephone number(s), and other contact, demographic, and billing information only by voluntary disclosure directly from you. The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts database contains information on members and nonmembers, including authors, exhibitors, advertisers, service providers, for the purpose of conducting official Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business.

Examples of ways we collect your information

The Membership Application Form requires individuals to provide contact information such as address(es), phone number(s), and email address(es). This together with demographic information (i.e., job title, education, and business focus), Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts uses the information to provide member services, such as the Journal of Petroleum Technology, as well as catalogs and promotions of publications, meetings, and other products and information of interest to you.

Information can be collected on an order form, an event registration form, or in another manner when information is requested or products and services purchased from Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects contact information (address, phone number, etc.), payment information (an account or credit card number) and other information. This information is used to fulfill orders and to contact the customer as necessary.

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org automatically records the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer accessing the site as well as the time and date of access. This information does not identify you personally, nor does it contain your name or email address. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts uses this information solely for the purpose of diagnosing problems with the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts server and to administer the website, or for some corporate subscribers, to determine access rights.

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts uses internet cookies to deliver content that is specific to your interests and to keep track of your preferences. When your browser accesses the site, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's server checks your browser settings to see if it is permissible to store this identification information on your computer. The cookies set by Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts do not personally identify you; they simply permit Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's web site to know what your preferences are. Cookies are also used to help determine how many unique users access pages on the web site and may direct specific advertising content to you on selected pages.

How we use your information

The information Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects is intended to allow Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts to communicate with you, process your transaction effectively and efficiently and plan future programs and services to better serve you. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects electronic information solely for the purpose of diagnosing problems with the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts server and to administer the website, or for some corporate subscribers, to determine access rights.

Members and customers may elect to have Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts not use their email address for Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts communications; however, an email address is required for the completion of certain transactions. Even when Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members request that Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts restrict use of their personal information, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts may still use this information to contact you in connection with Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts official business.

If you choose to restrict use of your information, you may not receive certain communications from Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts that may be of interest to you. Because of the nature of computer data storage, any information that you restrict will remain stored but will not be accessed in the normal course of business. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts will comply with any court orders that may be received requiring us to disclose information from our database, regardless of whether you have requested that the information be restricted.

How we disclose your information

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts allows certain non-staff individuals access to this information in support of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business. For example, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts may provide access to data to an Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts ConnectSM (online communities), or section officers and others for the purpose of conducting Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business.

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts operates email list servers and Online Communities to facilitate communication among groups conducting Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business. These tools are useful in communicating technical and non-technical information. Information in discussion forums or online communities is available to anyone with access to this area. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts cannot control what others may do with information that you disclose using these tools.

From time to time, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts will permit companies, who, in Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's estimation, have something of value to offer to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members to rent mailing lists. However, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts does not make available the email addresses of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members or customers for non-Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business. Members and customers may choose to restrict use or disclosure of their name, address, or telephone number on mailing lists that may be rented to others.

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts makes information from its membership database available to other members through the online Membership Directory.

  • Permission to access and use the information contained in the Membership Directory is restricted to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members. Members may not provide their login information to anyone else, authorize others to use information obtained from the Membership Directory, or assign or transfer any Membership Directory information to any individual or organization.
  • The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Membership Directory is provided as a service to members to permit them to contact other members for noncommercial personal and Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts business (section activities, committee work, etc.). Use of Directory information for recruiting, commercial, political, or promotional (marketing and sales) purposes is strictly prohibited. For information about the availability of mailing labels for such purposes, please contact Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Customer Service.
  • Your right to access the directory and use the information is conditioned on compliance with Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's policies. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts reserves the right to limit or terminate your use of this Directory at any time if, at Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's sole discretion, it believes that you are using Directory information in a manner that is prohibited by these policies.
  • Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts does not undertake to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information in the Directory and makes no representation or warranty concerning the accuracy of the information included in the Directory. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts makes no representation or warranty concerning the inclusion or omission of any individual from this Directory.

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts collects payment information (such as a credit card number) for the purpose of completing transactions. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts does not disclose credit card or other financial information to any other individual or organization.

How to access and maintain your information we collect

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts members or customers may review or modify their information by accessing their profile online or contacting Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Customer Service. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts also provides members and customers the opportunity to request that Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts restrict the use of personal information. This request may be made when the information is provided or at a later time by contacting Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Customer Service.

Policy changes

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policies and practices without notice. We may modify, alter, or update our Privacy Policy at any time, so we encourage you to review this page frequently.

Secure Transactions

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts uses industry-standard measures to protect your submission of credit card information to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts uses a secure server and encrypted data transmission using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Technology. SSL Technology encrypts the transmitted information to make it very difficult for anyone other than Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts to decode the information. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's implementation of SSL is authenticated by VeriSign.

You can verify that you are in a secure-transmission portion of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's website in one of two ways:

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Links

Links to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org From Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Websites
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Links to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org From Non-Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Websites

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts welcomes links from web sites of other industry-related organizations with the following conditions:

Links to www.spe.org

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For links to the websites of individual Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts sections or student chapters, please contact the section or chapter to determine whether they require permission for linking.

The following description of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts and its purpose may be useful to organizations seeking to include a description with a link to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts. Use of this description is not required for linking to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts) is a not-for-profit professional association whose members are engaged in energy resources development and production. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts serves more than 110,000 members in 141 countries worldwide. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts is a key resource for technical knowledge related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry and provides services through its publications, events, training courses, and online resources at www.spe.org.

Links to Non-Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Websites From Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org, including its subsidiary sites, establishes links to other organizations that offer information, goods, or services that address the technical or professional interests of individuals working in the upstream oil and gas industry. Such links are provided as a convenience to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org visitors, and do not imply Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts's endorsement of the linked sites, the organizations operating such sites, or any products or services of those organizations. Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to the information contained in such sites. The privacy policies of linked sites may differ; you should check the privacy policy of linked sites before providing personal information.

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts generally does not engage in reciprocal linking (i.e., trading links), and requests for reciprocal linking will be ignored. If you would like to request a link to your site from Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org, please review our existing links and provide an explanation of how your site is consistent with the existing links and why it should be added. Links on Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org will not include any commercially oriented text or graphics with the exception of sponsors (of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts events or portions of the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts website) and paid advertising. (For information about advertising on Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org, contact Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Sales.)

Links to other sites are added at the discretion of Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, and Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts reserves the right to remove links to any other websites at any time. Objections to any links on Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.org or any of its subsidiary sites are to be directed to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts marketing.

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Transfer of Information Abroad

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts operates through various local legal entities.  When you provide information through this website, you will be providing it to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts as a whole, and should be aware that it may be accessed from countries whose laws provide various levels of protection for personal data, not always equivalent to the level of protection that may be provide in your own country.

Last Updated: June 2013