Our Sites attract various types of users, including customers seeking assistance with their accounts, consumers inquiring about products and services, job seekers applying for employment and investors looking for stock information. While certain users may only review information listed on our Site, others may voluntarily submit information to us when using the Site (i.e., when requesting to be contacted, entering a contest, completing a survey, etc.).

1. Personally Identifiable Information. Personally Identifiable Information includes information such as full name, maiden name, social security number, passport number, driver’s license number, taxpayer identification number, address, telephone number, email address, account number, credit card information, bank account information, employment history, educational background, compensation information, etc.). In an effort to protect your PII, we minimize the use, collection and retention of PII to what is strictly necessary to accomplish our business purposes. We will collect and retain certain PII to assist you with your account, provide you with customer service support, register your employment application, or provide you with marketing materials regarding our services and promotions. We may also retain any correspondence and/or testimonials that you may have provided to our representatives, whether written or verbal.
   1. PLEASE NOTE that South Jersey Gas Company does not collect any credit card or banking information via its Sites. When you access the South Jersey Gas Company website to view your account information, you will be directed to the website of our My Account site which is hosted by Meridian. Payment collected on the site is processed by our payment collection provider, known as Bill2Pay “Bill2Pay”. Bill2Pay is not a South Jersey Gas Company affiliate and 
   2. PLEASE NOTE that when you click the link that says, “Manage Your Account” to pay your billing statement or access certain account information, you will be directed to the KeepTrac My Account website.
   3. PLEASE NOTE that when you send us payment via check or money order for your gas bill via the billing mailer addressed to: South Jersey Gas Company, P.O. Box 6091, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-6091, those checks are gathered securely and then shredded after the payments are applied.
2. De-Identified Information. In addition to retaining PII, we also collect non-identifying information regarding how the Site is used, how many users have visited the site, what features of the Site are most popular to users and what information users searched for on the Sites. We also gather information about the browser itself, like what browser and version you are using, the operating system you have, which site you used to link to our Site, how much time you spent on the Site, etc. We may also use cookies (which are small text files that a website’s server places on your computer and helps us recognize you when you visit our Site) and/or other online tracking devices such as pixel tags and clear GIFs (which is a small string of software code that represents a graphic image on a website or email) to collect online data from you depending on your browser settings. We collect this information in order to help us make our Sites more useful to our visitors, as well as to generate aggregate, non-identifiable statistical information so that we can improve our content and services. We also retain your online data which may include your IP address, your browser type and language, data about your mobile device, advertising identifiers, geolocation data, social media preferences and any other online aggregated data not related to PII (also known as “De-Identified Information”). When you visit our Site, we collect the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet.
3. Marketing and Surveys. When you visit the Site we may ask if you would like us to send you marketing or customer service materials about our services and other associated products and services. As part of our efforts to provide you with better products and services and to increase customer satisfaction, we may share information with third-party providers that assist us in providing those products and/or services to you. From time to time, we may include survey forms on the Site. For example, we may survey customers concerning issues that are important to us, such as customer opinions or services offered. We may disclose aggregated survey results to other third parties, such as the public service commission, rating agencies, or advertising agencies. We may also use your qualitative survey feedback with your first name in our marketing materials.  Additionally, we do provide our survey vendors with limited personal information needed to conduct the survey, such as customer account numbers and addresses.

Both PII and De-Identified Information (“Collected Information”) enable us to improve our Site, our services and the experience that we ultimately provide you. Unless otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use such identifying information will be used solely for our internal business purposes.

By using this South Jersey Gas Company website or mobile application, you consent to this Privacy Policy. Except in certain circumstances explained in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your PII with outside parties without your consent.

South Jersey Gas Company takes commercially reasonable measures to secure and protect information transmitted via or stored on the Site and transmitted to and from the Site. Nevertheless, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot and do not guarantee that information submitted by users of the Site, or any communications conducted on or through the Site will be totally secure. You agree to immediately notify us of any breach of Site security, this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use  of which you become aware by contacting us at customercare@sjindustries.com.

In addition to the uses mentioned or described above, or otherwise described in our Terms of Use we use the Collected Information to accomplish the purpose for which it was submitted. For example, if you submit your credit card information to make a payment on your account, we will use that information to make that payment. We may also use the Collected Information to notify you of changes made to the Site; to send you promotional materials that you request from us; to verify whether your system meets the minimum requirements  necessary to use our Site’s various services; to advise you of promotions; and for other legitimate and lawful business purposes. Below are some examples of how your information may be used:

1. Customer Accounts. We will use your PII to: 1- to verify your identity; 2- to access your accounts; 3-to service and manage your accounts; 4-to enable you to use online tools or perform certain online transactions; 5-to respond to your inquiries regarding your account; 6-to conduct online transactions; 7-to comply with federal, state and local laws; civil, criminal or regulatory investigations; or other legal requirements; and 8-to assist us in taking data security and fraud prevention precautions.
2. Advertising/Marketing. We will use your Collected Information to: 1- to verify your identity; 2- to access your accounts; 3-to service and manage your accounts; 4-to enable you to use online tools or perform certain online transactions; 5-to respond to your inquiries regarding your account; 6-to conduct online transactions; 7-to assist us in taking data security and fraud prevention precautions; 8-for business purposes, including data analysis, to improve, personalize and optimize your website browsing and mobile application experiences by examining which parts of our website you visit and find most useful; and 9-to share information with our affiliates and internal business departments.

    

   We may also provide Collected Information to certain interest-based advertisers. These providers may collect information from you using the cookies on your browser use cookies your Collected Information and/or demographic or interest-based data, in order to target you with advertising related to our products or services.

    

   To report any issues related to unwanted emails, or to opt-out of receiving future emails please contact:  contactus@sjindustries.com.

3. Social Media. In order to provide customers and potential customers with more options for contacting SJG, we have official pages on the social media websites Facebook®, Twitter®, LinkedIn® and YouTube®.  When you interact with us on our social media websites, we collect analytics regarding your likes, interests and feedback regarding SJG and its products and services. This information is used for internal purposes only. When you interact with Facebook®, Twitter®, LinkedIn® and YouTube®, you are subject to their terms of use and privacy policies. We may collect certain information about you that you have posted and made public on social media websites. We strongly advise that you avoid posting/sharing confidential, financial or other sensitive information like your Social Security number, bank account number, phone number, mailing address or email address when posting to a social media site. Any posts that you make on our official social media pages (including posts that contain pictures, comments, suggestions, opinions, complaints or personal information) are publicly available to others who use those pages, as well as the companies operating the websites on which they appear. In order to better understand your rights and obligations with regard to such posts, please refer to the privacy policies posted on those social media sites you are visiting.  You are also subject to this Privacy Policy and our Social Media Policy when you visit our official social media pages.

In the course of conducting our business, we may, as appropriate, share Collected Information with SJG companies and affiliates, as well as with trusted third parties who are contractually obligated to keep such information confidential and only use such information to provide the services we have asked them to perform. We may disclose Collected Information about you if we become subject to a subpoena or court order, or if we are otherwise legally required to disclose information.

We may also use and disclose information about you to establish or exercise our legal rights, to enforce the Terms of Use, to assert and defend against legal claims, or if we believe such disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding actual or suspected illegal or fraudulent activities or potential threats to the physical safety or well-being of any person.

As South Jersey Gas Company continues to grow and develop its business, it is possible that its corporate structure might change (i.e., as if merged or combined with another company). In any such cases, you should expect that your Collected Information may be transferred accordingly as a business asset.

When corresponding with South Jersey Gas Company or our representatives, or when making a request for information or otherwise interacting with South Jersey Gas Company or others through the Site, you choose what information to supply, what questions to pose and comments to make, whether you wish to receive further information and by what method of communication such information should be delivered. Please take care to share only such information as is needed or that you believe is appropriate.

1. Opting Out of Advertising Email. If we send you an email advertisement, it will include instructions on how to opt out of receiving such emails in the future. You have a choice as to whether you would like to receive advertisements and/or newsletters and company information. Terminating advertising emails will not automatically stop you from receiving certain other account emails (i.e., notifications regarding your South Jersey Gas billing statement will still be sent to you via email).
2. Opting Out of Account Email. If you are a customer and you elect not to receive any email from us, you will have to opt-out of future emails by logging into your South Jersey Gas account at https://myaccount.southjerseygas.com. Once logged into your account, proceed to “Notifications” under the Profile Tab. You will be able to select and/or de-select the type of email you would like to receive from South Jersey Gas.

We may allow certain hyperlinks to be posted on our Site for your convenience in accessing information. Please be advised that the websites of other companies are not under our control and we do not control the content on the websites of other companies. We are not responsible for and this Privacy Policy does not apply to, the privacy practices of the websites of other companies that we do not own or control. We encourage you to seek out and read the privacy policy of each Web site that you visit.

You should also know that any information you provide on, or to the linked site of another company is governed by that site’s privacy policy. For your protection, you are encouraged to read and understand a website’s privacy policy as to how your personal information will be used before using that website.

9. Social Media Policy. SJG values healthy communication with its customers, potential customers and Site users. As such, we routinely monitor and analyze Site traffic and usage patterns in order to improve our content delivery, online media, materials, opportunities and services that we describe or make available on the Site. The Sites are tools for us to foster and promote and encourage dialogue with our customers, potential customers and users and to invite the same from them. We desire for our Sites to be safe forums for discussion and we explicitly reserve the right to delete any content which we believe, in our sole discretion, is objectionable including derogatory racial, ethnic, sexual, sexist, religious, profane, pornographic and/or discriminatory slurs; advertisements and marketing materials and spam; personally sensitive information (i.e., telephone numbers, personal addresses, etc.); or any other content that SJG in its sole discretion believes to be objectionable, offensive or inappropriate.
10. Not for Children. South Jersey Gas Company websites are intended to be used by adults only. If some aspects of our Site provide information in a visual or audio format that appears as if it is intended for children (i.e., as in an animated informational video), please know that it is not intended for children or any persons under the age of 18. We do not knowingly or intentionally solicit, market to, or collect personal or identifying information from children. We strongly advise against children using our websites or giving out any personal information without their parent's or guardian's consent. If you are under the age of 18, please use our Site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

From time to time, we may change our Privacy Policy and post those changes on this Site. Any and all changes to the Privacy Policy shall become effective when posted on this Site.

From time to time, we may change our Privacy Policy and post those changes on this Site. Any and all changes to the Privacy Policy shall become effective when posted on this Site.

If you have any questions or suggestions about the Site, South Jersey Gas Company, or our products, services, or privacy practices, please contact us at the numbers or addresses given below:
 

For South Jersey Gas Customer Information

South Jersey Gas Company
Attn: Customer Contact Center
1 South Jersey Plaza
Folsom, NJ 08037
Telephone: 888.766.9900
Fax: 609.567.2684
E-mail:  contactus@sjindustries.com

For South Jersey Gas NGV/CNG Information

South Jersey Gas Company
Attn: Marketing Department
1 South Jersey Plaza
Folsom, NJ 08037
Telephone: 609.561.9000
E-mail:  CNG@sjindustries.com

For Website Technical Support

South Jersey Gas Company
Attn: Information Technology Department
1 South Jersey Plaza
Folsom, NJ 08037
E-mail:  contactus@sjindustries.com


For South Jersey Gas Social Media Information

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southjerseygas/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SouthJerseyGas

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-jersey-gas?trk=biz-brand-tree-co-name

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11hOS6AM5z5kW1VCjuG9iw 

For Privacy Policy Questions and/or Compliance

If you have questions about this privacy policy or feel that South Jersey Gas has not complied with it, please contact in writing:

South Jersey Gas Company
The Office of General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
1 South Jersey Plaza
Folsom, NJ 08037