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Privacy Statement
Chevron Technology Ventures LLC ("CTV"), a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, recognizes and respects the privacy of those who visit this Web site. We do not collect personal information about visitors to this Web site unless it is provided voluntarily.

If you choose to submit a business plan or other information to CTV through this Web site, email, mail or otherwise, you will be asked to provide personal information that will be used to process your order or to respond to your inquiry. However, any such submissions will not be subject to any non-disclosure, confidentiality, or other restrictions or obligations on the part of Chevron Corporation or any of its affiliates.

Accordingly, we suggest that you do not submit to us any information that you feel may be confidential and whose confidentially may be compromised in this initial contact with CTV. We also do not guarantee any confidentiality with regard to how you submit your business plan, regardless of how it is submitted. We also do not return business plans or other materials submitted to us.

CTV and/or Chevron Corporation collect and maintain statistics about the Web servers used to contact us, which help us track the total number of visitors to the site and to specific parts of the site. These statistics are used to better serve our customers, and do not include personal information about individual visitors.

For your convenience, this site contains links to other Web sites, including some sites administered by Chevron Corporation and its affiliates (together with CTV, herein referred to collectively as “Chevron”) or administered by other companies on behalf of Chevron, as well as to sites unrelated to Chevron. This Privacy Statement does not apply to these linked Web sites. Each Web site should be checked for its own privacy statement. Chevron is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of linked Web sites that are not administered by Chevron. See “Links to Other Web Sites” below.

Restrictions on Use of Materials
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No material from Chevron.com/TechnologyVentures, Chevron.com or any Web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Chevron may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer and produce one printed copy for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Chevron's copyright and other proprietary rights. Permission for all other uses of materials contained herein, including reproducing and distributing multiple copies, or linking to any Web page except the "home page" of this site (http://technologyventures.chevron.com/default.asp), must be obtained from CTV in advance. Requests for such authorization should be sent via email to: comment@Chevron.com. For purposes of this agreement, the use of any such material on any other Web site or networked computer environment is prohibited. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to Chevron Corporation and/or its affiliated companies.

In the event you download software from the site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed to you by Chevron. Chevron does not transfer title to the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but Chevron retains full and complete title to the Software, and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form.

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Links to Other Web Sites
As you view this site, you will notice links to other non-Chevron Web sites. These links are for informational purposes only. Chevron and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the availability or content of these sites. In addition, providing links to these sites should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by Chevron of the organizations sponsoring the sites or their products or services.

Jurisdictional Issues
Unless otherwise specified, the information and materials in the site are presented solely for the purpose of promoting programs, products and services of Chevron and its affiliates, including CTV, available in the United States, its territories, possessions, and protectorates. This site is controlled and operated by Chevron Corporation from its offices within the State of California, United States of America. Chevron makes no representation that materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Software from this site is further subject to United States export controls. No software from this site may be downloaded or otherwise re-exported (i) into (or to or by a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to or by anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

Termination
This agreement is effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials obtained from any and all CTV site(s) and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise. This agreement will terminate immediately without any prior notice if in CTV's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and any and all other CTV site(s) and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise.

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Disclaimer
The materials in this site are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Chevron disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Chevron does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Chevron does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. You (and not Chevron) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Chevron be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this site, even if Chevron or a Chevron authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall Chevron's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort (including, but not limited to, negligence) or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.

Other
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Copyright
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