Founded by Charles N. Felton and Lloyd Tevis, Chevron Corporation is an American energy corporation headquartered in Sam Ramon, California, being active across 180 countries.

Chevron
Basic information
Founded 1879-09-10
Legal Structure Public
Industry Gas
Also known as
Official website https://www.chevron.com/

The company has faced scrutiny over violation of safety practices, privacy violations, and security vulnerabilities.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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Chevron Ad After Gas Payment
Advertisement after Gas Payment

Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Chevron category.

2025 Fire Incident

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-04/chevrons-el-segundo-refinery-had-a-history-of-safety-environmental-violations (Log Angeles Times- By Tony Briscoe and Connor Sheets

Oct. 4, 2025

Chevron Customer Alert Letter
Chevron Customer Alert Letter

Cybersecurity Attack

This resulted in a class action lawsuit against Chevron Federal Credit Union May 2023 due to failing to protect the personal information of current and former customers cyberattack.

MOVEIt: a widely used file transfer platform the company utilizes to store and share large files.

https://www.classaction.org/news/chevron-federal-credit-union-failed-to-protect-customer-data-from-cyberattack-class-action-says

https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2025/12/eyemed-data-breach-settlement/

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/supreme-court-chevron-doctrine-cybersecurity/720577/

https://panorays.com/free-security-reports/chevron/

Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.


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