LyondellBasell
Materials
41
out of 100. Number 288 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where LyondellBasell does well
- Arbitration 3 of 20. Few problems found.
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- No forced arbitration and no class-action waiver anywhere in the Terms of Use — disputes go to Texas courts, which is fairer than the arbitration-plus-class-action-waiver combo many consumer sites use.
- California residents get explicit CCPA rights with an opt-out toggle for the sale/sharing of personal information, and the site says it honors browser privacy signals as valid opt-out requests.
- A 'Your privacy choices' cookie preference center is offered for managing tracking.
- As a B2B chemical company there are no user accounts, subscriptions, or auto-renew traps at all.
- The privacy statement also publishes detailed region-specific notices (California, PRC) and names specific third-party recipient categories rather than hiding behind generic boilerplate.
They can rewrite the rules whenever they want with no notice to you, and merely visiting the site afterward counts as agreeing — the burden is on you to monitor the page yourself.
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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They can rewrite the rules whenever they want with no notice to you, and merely visiting the site afterward counts as agreeing — the burden is on you to monitor the page yourself.
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
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Your browsing on their site can be stitched together with other data they hold about you, and third-party ad partners track your activity across different websites.
We and our third parties may use cookies and similar technologies to gather personal information about you to connect your activity with other data we store about you and/or to collect your personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use the services... We also allow specific, approved partners to collect data from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own similar tools.
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They concede their marketing cookies count as a 'sale' of your personal information under California law — protection only kicks in if you hunt down and flip the opt-out toggle.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads.
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Your data can be handed to business partners and insurers who then use it for their own purposes — not just as hired processors acting for LyondellBasell.
In certain circumstances, we will also disclose your personal data to third parties who will receive it as controllers of your personal data in their own right for the purposes set out above... Business partners and joint ventures; Insurers; and Governmental departments, statutory and regulatory bodies (including tax authorities).
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No concrete time limits on keeping your data — they can hold it indefinitely under vague justifications like potential legal disputes or claims defense.
We will only retain your personal data for a limited period of time, and for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which we are processing it. This will depend on a number of factors, including: ... whether we are in a legal or other type of dispute with each other or any third party; ... the period of time during which any claims or proceedings can be brought against us or a member of the group to defend against any such claims.
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If anything goes wrong from your use of the site, you foot their legal bills — a broad, one-sided indemnity that runs only in the company's favor.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website.
How these were found
Researched Oct 1, 2026 by directly reading official lyondellbasell.com pages: Terms of Use, Privacy Statement > Cookies and similar technology, Privacy Statement > Sharing and transferring personal data, and Privacy Statement > Retention. None of the pages display a 'Last Updated' date, so document version dates are unknown. The CCPA 'sale of personal information' consent wording comes from the cookie panel embedded on a lyondellbasell.com events page, captured via a search-result snippet from the official domain rather than a full page open. LyondellBasell is a B2B chemical/plastics company with a thin consumer-facing legal footprint: no user accounts, subscriptions, or purchase terms exist on the website, so auto-renew scores 0 and the overall score is deliberately modest.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.