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We at MerchantCheck.com are committed to respecting your privacy
and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of personally
identifiable information. MerchantCheck.com has established this
privacy policy, so that you can understand the care with which we intend
to treat your information.
In general, you can visit MerchantCheck.com without telling us
who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We track
the Internet address of the domains from which people visit us and analyze
this data for trends and statistics, but the individual user remains anonymous.
Some of our Web pages utilize "cookies" so that we can better
serve you with more tailored information when you return to our site.
Cookies are identifiers which a Web site can send to your browser to keep
on your computer to facilitate your next visit to our site. You can set
your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the
chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect
and analyze is used to improve our service to you.
MerchantCheck.com uses WebTrends Live to analyze traffic
to this web site. WebTrends Live does not create individual
profiles for visitors. Unlike some tracking services WebTrends
Live does not have a database of individual profiles for each
visitor. WebTrends Live only collects aggregate data.
To protect your privacy, we have adopted the following principles:
- We want to give you information about our privacy policy and assure
you that we take reasonable steps to see that it is followed within
our company. Virtually all advertising directives marketed on our
site link the visitor to the advertiser's web site. Because advertising
directives are credit-related products or services, advertisers will
require personal and financial information from the applicant. MerchantCheck.com
does not have access to this information. The methodology of obtaining
the information and use thereof are the sole responsibility of the
financial institution whom you provide the information to.
- MerchantCheck.com may share aggregated data for demographics
gathering purposes. Aggregate data does not include information identifiable
by individual. The data is used to help expand our product offering
and to help profile user groups for various credit products.
- There are times when we may collect personal information from you.
It is our intent to inform you before we do that and to tell you what
we intend to do with the information. If you choose not to provide
the information we request, you can still visit most of the MerchantCheck.com
web site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers,
and services.
- We will take appropriate steps to protect the information you share
with us from unauthorized access or disclosure. We will permit only
authorized employees, who are trained in the proper handling of visitor
information, to have access to that information. Employees who violate
our Privacy Promise will be subject to our normal disciplinary process.
- We will continuously assess ourselves to ensure that visitor privacy
is respected. Personal data privacy is a new and evolving area, and
MerchantCheck.com is evolving to meet these demands. Mistakes
are possible; miscommunication is possible. If you have any comments
or questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at webmaster@MerchantCheck.com.
We will address any issue to the best of our abilities.
Thank you for your support of these policies and of MerchantCheck.com.
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