Privacy Notice
Who We Are
Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited is the controller of personal data collected through this website and the Texaco Support for Sport initiative. We process personal data in accordance with the GDPR, Irish Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable data protection laws.
This Privacy Notice (the "Notice") explains the steps we take to protect your personal data when you visit this website, become involved in our Support for Sport initiative, or both.
Personal Data We Collect
We will collect personal data about you and details about your sports club when you visit our website, make an application on behalf of your club, or contact us about the initiative which may include:
- contact details
- club details
- application information
- correspondence
- photographs and videos submitted by you
- technical information including IP address, browser type, device information, website activity, and cookie data
Purposes of Processing
Valero will use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:
- administer website services
- respond to enquiries
- manage and promote the Texaco Support for Sport initiative
- improve our services
- maintain records
- prevent fraud
- protect our systems
- comply with legal obligations
Legal Bases
We must have a legal basis to process your personal data. In most cases the legal basis will be one of the following:
- legitimate interests in operating and improving our business and initiatives
- consent where required, including certain cookies and publicity activities
- compliance with legal obligations
- establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
When we process your information to meet our legitimate interests, we put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that our legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. For more information about the balancing test that we carry out to process your personal information to meet our legitimate interests, please contact us at the details below.
Disclosure of Personal Data
Where appropriate, we may disclose your personal data to:
- Organisations who help run and administer the initiative, such as print houses, ad agencies, PR companies, logistical service providers and adjudicators
- Agreed publications companies, such as the local and national newspapers
- We may also disclose personal data to third parties in the following circumstances:
- Where we sell any of our business and/or assets to a third party
- Where we are legally obliged to disclose your information.
International Transfers
Personal data may be accessed from or transferred outside the EEA, including to the United States. Where required, transfers are protected through adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses or other lawful transfer mechanisms.
Retention
Personal data is retained only as long as necessary. Support for Sport shortlisted or successful applications may be retained for up to 7 years and unsuccessful applications for up to 4 years. Other information is retained according to business, legal and regulatory requirements.
Security
We maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including:
- access controls,
- encryption where appropriate,
- network security
- monitoring and secure storage
Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent at any time.
If you have any questions about this or would like to exercise your rights, please contact us using the details below.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that are saved to your computer or to your browser's memory. Our website may use them to track the number of times you have visited the site, to track the number of visitors to the site, to determine and analyse visitors' use of our site, to store data that you provide such as your preferences and e-mail address, and to store technical information related to your interactions with our website.
To learn more about the cookies we use, or to manage your preferences, visit our Cookie Policy
Third-Party Sites
Our website may contain links to other websites. While we try to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we do not control and are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other websites. You should review the privacy policies of those websites to determine how they protect and use your personal data.
Children
The website and Support for Sport Initiative are not directed at children under 16. Where required, parental consent must be obtained before personal data is provided.
Contact Details
If you have any questions about this Notice or about how we process your personal data or if you wish to complain, please contact our Global Data Privacy Lead at PrivacyLead@valero.com or on 01 6258208.
Complaints
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Data Protection Commission (DPC), the Irish regulator for data protection issues (www.dataprotection.ie). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the DPC so please contact us in the first instance.
Changes to this Notice
This Notice may be updated periodically. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
Last updated: 17th September 2026