Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Brigham Royalties, LLC and its affiliates (together, “Brigham,” “our,” “us” or “we”) recognize and respect your right to privacy, and we are committed to managing information responsibly. We are providing this privacy notice (this “Privacy Notice”) to help you better understand the type of information we collect, how and why we collect or share such information as well as inform you of your rights and choices about the use of your information. We will not use, disclose, or share your information except as described in this Privacy Notice. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information (as defined herein), including:
Type of information we collect;
How we use such information; and
How we share such information information
This Privacy Notice and our website Terms of Use govern how we collect information and your use of Brigham’s websites or any other programs or materials provided or made available by Brigham (collectively, the “Services”). Please know that you are agreeing to this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use when you use the Services, including our website. If you provide Personal Information, you also agree that such Personal Information may be transferred from your current location to Brigham’s office(s) and services and to those of any authorized third parties. If you do not agree with this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use, please do not use our Services, including our websites.
This Privacy Notice does not apply to information about businesses or other non-individual users. Brigham reserves the right to use and disclose aggregated and deidentified information for any commercially reasonable purpose.
Type of Information We Collect
User Personal Information
“Personal Information” is information that reasonably allows us to identify you. Here are examples of the types of information we may collect about you and, if applicable, your beneficiaries:
“Personal Identifiers,” including first and last name, date of birth, social security number, gender, occupation, citizenship and marital status, property location, birthplace, and driver’s license, passport number, or state identification card number;
“Contact Information,” including email address(es), mailing address(es), phone number(s); and
“Financial Information,” including approximate acreage of real estate holdings.
Sources of Information
We collect and maintain Personal Information about you obtained through communications with you, including over the telephone, in voicemails, through written materials and via e-mail and other electronic communications. We collect information you voluntarily provide when using our Services, filling in forms on our website, or contacting us by phone, email, or social media. Such information may include your name, email, and any other information you voluntarily share with us in such interactions. Also, when you interact with us through the website, we collect usage information and information about your device, as described in greater detail below. We also collect information about you from other sources, which we may combine with other information we have about you.
If you transact business with us, we may also collect nonpublic Personal Information about you, or information that is not otherwise publicly available.
Device Identifiable Information
We also collect information about you that may not reasonably identify you or your household personally, but instead is linked to your computer or device (“Device Identifiable Information”). We collect Device Identifiable Information from you in the normal course of operating our website. For example, when you visit our website to browse, read, or download information, we utilize commonly-used browser storage mechanisms and information-gathering tools.
To help us serve you better, we may collect Device Identifiable Information from you through technologies such as “cookies” and “web beacons” (which are also called clear GIFs, pixel tags, or pixels) or by tracking internet protocol (IP) addresses.
Cookies operate in the background and you can turn them off by adjusting your Web browser settings, but doing so may make it difficult to use some of the features on our website or the features may not be available to you. We may use cookies to make your website experience easier by, for example, remembering your preferences.
We may also use cookies and other activity tracking tools on our website to collect your engagement metrics, including your Personal Identifiers and Device Identifiable Information, related to your activity on our website.
For more information on your choices regarding cookies, you can review the FTC Guide to Online Tracking.
Your browser may offer you a “Do Not Track” option, which allows you to signal to operators of websites and web applications and services that you do not want them to track your online activities. Our website does not currently support Do Not Track requests at this time.
Disclosure of Information
We may disclose the information described above to certain third parties as authorized by you or as permitted or required by law or regulation. More specifically, we may share Personal Information where:
(A) It is necessary to fulfill a contractual relationship with you or where you have so instructed us to disclose such Personal Information;
(B) We have a public or legal duty to do so (for example, to assist with detecting and preventing fraud, tax evasion and financial crime or compliance with a court order);
(C) We are obligated to in connection with regulatory reporting, litigation or asserting or defending legal rights and interests;
(D) We have a legitimate business reason for doing so (for example, to obtain financing, manage risk, or to enable another business to provide you with services you’ve requested);
(E) We are undertaking a merger, change of control, corporate reorganization or other similar transaction; or
(F) We have asked you if we can share it, and you gave consent.
Information Security
We consider the protection of sensitive information to be a sound business practice, and to that end we employ reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that seek to protect your non-public personal information in our possession or under our control, including limiting access to your information to those who need access to such information. However, no method of transmission or storage of data is 100% secure, and we will not be responsible for any damage that results from a security breach of data or the unauthorized access to or use of information, whether Personal Information or Device Identifiable Information. To the extent we provide your Personal Information to any third parties, we will request that they use reasonable security measures to protect your information.
Children’s Data
Please note that our websites are not designed or intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will endeavor to delete that information.
Retention Information
Personal Information shall be processed and stored for only as long as required by the purpose for which the Personal Information has been collected. For example, Personal Information collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract will retained until such contract has been fully performed. We may retain Personal Information for a longer period whenever we have a business purpose for doing so or we are required to do so in connection with the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Third-Party Websites
Our websites may contain links to other outside websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage you to be read the privacy statements of any other website that collects information of visitors.
Updates and Revisions
Brigham may revise this Privacy Notice at any time without notice. By using the Services, including Brigham’s website, you are agreeing to be bound by the then-current version of this Privacy Notice.
You may have additional rights under other foreign or domestic laws that apply to you, in which case the provisions of this Privacy Notice shall be deemed supplemented by any such foreign or domestic laws to the extent applicable to you and binding on us.
Governing Law and Disputes
Any claim relating to the Services or Brigham’s website shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of law provisions. All claims, legal proceedings or litigation arising in connection with the Services or Brigham’s website will be brought solely in Travis County, Texas.
Contact Us
Your privacy and our ability to provide quality Services is important to use. For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice, please let us know by calling (512) 220-1235, via email at info@brighamroyalties.com or by writing to us at:
Brigham Royalties
5914 W. Courtyard Dr
Suite 200
Austin, TX 78730