Devon Energy
Energy
19
out of 100. Number 501 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where Devon Energy does well
- Arbitration 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Data retention 3 of 15. Few problems found.
- Devon has no public-facing Terms of Use at all — the footer of devonenergy.com and investors.devonenergy.com links only to the Privacy Policy, Contact Us, the Ethics & Compliance Helpline, and social profiles — which means there is no forced-arbitration clause, no class-action waiver, and no fine-print consumer contract anywhere to score.
- The privacy policy states plainly: 'We do not sell Personal Information to third parties' and 'We do not share your Personal Information with other people or unaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes.' It also grants appeal rights if a privacy request is denied and a right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
- Being a B2B producer with no consumer accounts or subscriptions, there are no auto-renew or cancellation traps to find.
- Data retention is framed conservatively: kept only as long as necessary, then 'securely deleted or anonymized.'
Even after you consent to cookies, Devon lets third parties like Google Analytics and LinkedIn take your IP address and browsing history — and those companies get to use that data under their own privacy rules, not Devon's.
The fine print
6 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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Even after you consent to cookies, Devon lets third parties like Google Analytics and LinkedIn take your IP address and browsing history — and those companies get to use that data under their own privacy rules, not Devon's.
With your consent, non-essential third-party cookies (such as those from Google Analytics or LinkedIn) may collect personal data like your IP address and browsing behavior, and this information may be shared with those third parties for analytics or marketing purposes. ... Third parties may use collected data according to their own privacy policies.
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Devon can rewrite its privacy policy whenever it wants, and you 'accept' the new rules simply by continuing to use the site — no active opt-in required.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date. Material changes will be communicated as required by law. Your continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
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Your personal information is a corporate asset that can change hands if Devon is bought, merged, or sold — timely, since Devon completed its all-stock merger with Coterra Energy in 2026.
Business Transactions: In connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or other business changes, subject to appropriate safeguards.
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Devon reserves the right to collect highly sensitive data — your precise location, racial or ethnic origin, health information — with explicit consent only 'where required by law,' i.e. only when the law forces them to ask.
Sensitive personal data (e.g., precise geolocation, racial or ethnic origin, health data), which will only be processed with your explicit consent where required by law
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Job applicants are sent to a third-party careers site where Devon admits it has zero control over the tracking cookies placed on applicants — it's the provider's rules, not Devon's, that govern.
Although the privacy policy linked on the third-party platform is Devon's Privacy Policy (this page), please be aware that Devon does not control the cookies or tracking technologies that may be used on that platform. These cookies and tracking technologies are managed solely by the third-party service provider and may be subject to their own privacy or cookie policy.
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Devon claims your consent by default — merely visiting the website counts as agreeing to everything in the policy.
By accessing our Sites or providing Personal Information to us, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
How these were found
The only current public-facing legal document on devonenergy.com is the Privacy Policy (page header: 'Effective: January 1, 2020 / Last Update: August 27, 2025'), read in full via browser_open directly on the official domain — no mirror was needed. No Terms of Use / Legal Notices page could be found after three targeted searches; both devonenergy.com and investors.devonenergy.com footers link only the Privacy Policy. The policy references a 'California Supplemental Privacy Statement,' but that link was not independently indexed and resolving it returned the Privacy Contact Form, so it could not be reviewed separately. The score is deliberately modest: Devon is a B2B oil-and-gas producer with no consumer contracts, accounts, or subscriptions, so arbitration (0) and auto-renew (0) are genuinely empty categories, not missing data.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.