This cookie policy (the “Cookie Policy”) describes how Southwestern Energy (“SWN” or “we” or “us”) uses cookies and other similar technologies on our website, www.swn.com (“Website”).


Table of Contents

  1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
  2. WHICH TYPES OF COOKIES DOES SWN USE?
  3. HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?
  4. WHICH SPECIFIC COOKIES DOES SWN USE?
    1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
    2.  Performance cookies
    3.  Targeting/Advertising Cookies
  5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING GOOGLE ANALYTICS
  6. HOW MAY THIS COOKIE POLICY BE CHANGED?
  7. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

SWN places small data files called cookies on your device to ensure that the Website functions properly, to track how you use our Website, to improve our Website and your user experience, and to tailor our Website to your interests. Cookies are small text files that are saved on your computer or mobile device when you visit the Website. It enables the Website to record and/or remember your actions and preferences. The specific cookies used on this Website and their purposes are described in section 4 (“Which specific cookies does SWN  use?”).

For more information, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

WHICH TYPES OF COOKIES DOES SWN USE?

SWN uses the following categories of cookies on this Website:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features. These cookies will be dropped and used even if you do not consent to the use of cookies.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the Website, e.g. which pages you go to most often, in order to improve how the Website works. We use these cookies only if you have consented via the cookie banner.
  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They remember that you have visited the Website and this information may be shared with other organizations, e.g. advertisers. We use these cookies only if you have consented via the cookie banner.

Please see below a more detailed list of the cookies we use on the Website.

The cookies used by SWN are either first party or third party cookies. First party cookies are set by SWN and share the same domain. Third party cookies, on the other hand, are stored by a third party provider or organization.

We use both – cookies that expire once you close your browser (called session cookies) and cookies that stay on your device until you delete them or they expire (called persistent cookies).

HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?

Strictly necessary cookies are necessary to provide the Website to you. We use such cookies without your prior consent.

All other cookies are dropped after you have consented via the cookie banner on our Website, including an opt-in cookie that activates all other cookies.

You can withdraw your consent at any time, for example by deleting the cookies. If you do not accept all cookies or withdraw your consent, you may still browse the Website; however, in this case you may not be able to use the full functionalities of the Website.

You may also configure the settings of your browser to activate, disable or delete cookies. Detailed instructions are provided by your browser. If you disable or delete cookies, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit the Website and some services and functionalities may not work.

If you want cookies to be dropped again after you have deleted cookies you must consent in the cookie banner again. Then the opt-in cookie – and therefore all other cookies – will be dropped again.

WHICH SPECIFIC COOKIES DOES SWN USE?

We use the following cookies on our Website:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Name of cookie Owner Purpose of cookies Duration of storage
swn-allowtracking Southwestern Energy   1 Month
swn-showallowtracking Southwestern Energy   Until the browser session ends
__sharethis_cookie_test__ ShareThis   Until the browser session ends
_stid ShareThis   1 Year

Performance cookies

Name of cookie Owner Purpose of cookie Duration of storage
_ga Google Used to track user behavior on site Until the browser session ends
_gtag_UA_130784082_2 Google Used to track user behavior on site Until the browser session ends
_gid Google Used to track user behavior on site 2 years

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

Name of cookie Owner Purpose of cookie Duration of storage
       

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help a website to analyse how users use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted and stored by Google on servers in the USA.

As the IP anonymization is activated on this Website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances a full IP address will be saved to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP anonymization is active on this Website. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of this Website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing us with other services relating to the use of this Website and the internet.

You can also block the cookie’s collection of data regarding your use of this Website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser add-on found under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en .

As an alternative to the browser add-on, you can click this link in order to opt out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this Website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device, which means that you will have to click this link again if you delete your cookies.

You can find more information under the following link: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.

HOW MAY THIS COOKIE POLICY BE CHANGED?

SWN may, in its sole discretion, change this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any and all changes to SWN’s Cookie Policy will be reflected here and the date new versions are posted will be stated at the top of this Cookie Policy. Any material changes to this Cookie Policy will be communicated on this Website.  

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

If you have any questions regarding our Cookie Policy, please contact us at: media@swn.com