California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Notice This California Consumer Privacy Act Notice is provided by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the “Company”) to inform those residing in California about:

  1. the categories of Personal Information that the Company collects; and
  2. the purposes for which the Company uses that Personal Information.

Depending on your relationship with the Company, not all categories of Personal Information may be collected and not all described purposes will apply.

Definition:

“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a natural person that the Company collects information about, who resides in California.

Information We Collect and the Purpose for Collection

Categories of Personal Information Examples of Personal Information Collected Purpose for Collection Sources of Personal Information Entities to Whom Personal

 Contact Information

An actual name, nickname or alias, postal address, telephone number, or e-mail address

Responding to your requests for information; Providing you information on our services or other marketing-related information; and To otherwise fulfill the reason for which it was collected as described at the time of collection

Directly from you in the course of your relationship with the Company;
Directly from you by filling out forms on our websites

Service providers and contractors for our business purpose

 Website Activity Information

Data about your browsing activity on our websites, including access history, search history

To improve our Services to you;

For security or other identification purposes;

To manage, maintain, and improve our websites

Directly and indirectly from you when you visit our websites

Service providers and contractors for our business purpose

 Device and browser information

IP address
Geolocation Data
Device Type and Unique Identifier

To manage, maintain, and improve our websites;
To monitor the safety and security of Company information systems;
To comply with legal obligations

Directly and indirectly from you when you visit our websites

Service providers and contractors for our business purpose
 

Other Purposes for Collecting Personal Information from any Category Listed Above including but not limited to:

 Legal Reasons
  • To manage litigation involving the Company, and other legal disputes and inquiries
  • To meet legal and regulatory requirements

 Information Technology Operations
  • To manage information technology and communications systems

 Administrative Functions
  • To manage and operate risk management and insurance functions
  • Budgeting, financial management and reporting
  • Strategic planning

 Corporate Transactions
  • To manage corporate transactions, sale, or assignment of assets, merger, divestiture, or other changes of control or financial status of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates
 

Requests Under the CCPA A

California resident has the right to request that the Company:

  1. Disclose the following information to you covering the 12 month period prior to your request.
    • The categories of personal information we collected, used, and disclosed about you and the categories of sources from which we collected the personal information;
    • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or using the personal information about you;
    • The categories of third parties or service providers to whom we disclosed personal information about you, and the categories of personal information disclosed;
    • The specific pieces of personal information we collected, used, or disclosed about you; and 2. Delete personal information we collected from you.
  2. Businesses may not discriminate against a California resident for exercising their rights under the CCPA.

How to Make Requests

California residents can make an access or deletion request by contacting privacy@kindermorgan.com or by telephone at [TOLL FREE NUMBER]. You may make requests twice in any twelve month period.

Verifying Requests

In order to protect your Information from unauthorized requests, we may request information or take reasonable steps that will allow us to verify your identity and indicate the nature of our exchanges with you.

If your request relates to a request to know about the categories of personal information we collected, used, or disclosed about you, then we may require at matching at least two data points to verify your information in our records.

If your request relates to the specific pieces of personal information we collected, used, or disclosed about you, then we may require matching at least three data points to verify your information in our records.

If you request is to delete personal information we collected, used, or disclosed about you, then we may require matching at least three data points to verify your information in our records. Additionally, we may require a signed declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the person whose personal information is the subject of the request. 

Your authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf using the above methods and ensuring the appropriate verification and documentation can be provided.

We do not Sell Your Personal Information.

Last Updated: March 8, 2022