Merrick Tool, LLC (“Merrick Tool,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit, register with, access, or otherwise use the website http://www.www.merricktool.com/ (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, and disclosing that information. This policy does not apply to information collected by: (i) us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Merrick Tool or any third party; or (ii) any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be access from or on the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time as described below in Changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
I. Children’s Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children’s personal information. Our Website is not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not provide any personal information on the Website, or on or through any of its features, or provide any personal information about yourself to us, including your name, telephone number, or email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that personal information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at the information located here: infomerricktool@hintonet.net.
II. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information: (i) by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, and any other content you may upload, and any other information you choose to provide (collectively “personal information”); (ii) that is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or (iii) about your Internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
Merrick Tool utilizes a third-party service provider for managing payments made on or through the Website (“Third-Party Payment Management Company”). We do not obtain or retain user credit card numbers for purchases or payments made on or through the Website. To the extent you provide credit card or other financial information for payments, and/or for purchases, on or through the Website, you agree to and shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions for our current Third-Party Payment Management Company. You are responsible for reviewing such third-party terms and conditions.
We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us, such as when purchasing a product through the Website, and automatically as you navigate through our Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP address, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our Website may include: (i) information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website including, without limitation, information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, or requesting further services, or we may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website; (ii) records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us; (iii) details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders; and/or (iv) records and information collected via telephone, if you contact us.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies, such as cookies (or browser cookies), flash cookies, and/or web beacons, to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including: (i) details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website; and/or (ii) information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
The information we collect automatically does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to: (i) estimate our audience size and usage patterns; (ii) store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests; (iii) speed up your searches; and/or (iv) recognize you when you return to our Website.
Third-Party Use of Cookies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual device settings. More detailed information about cookie management with specific devices can be found at the devices’ respective websites and/or user manuals.
III. How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information: (i) to present our Website and its contents to you; (ii) to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us; (iii) to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it; (iv) to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection, if applicable; (v) to notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it; (vi) in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and (vii) for any other purpose with your consent.
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
In addition, we may disclose personal information we collect or you provided as described in this Privacy Policy: (i) to our subsidiaries and affiliates; (ii) to our contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to provide our Website and support our business, including, without limitation, our Third-Party Payment Management Company; (iii) to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; (iv) for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; (v) with your consent; (vi) to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; (vii) to enforce or apply our terms of use, terms of sale, and other agreements, including for billing and collection; (viii) if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Merrick Tool, our customers or others (this includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction); and/or (ix) to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Merrick Tool’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Merrick Tool about our Website’s online guests, customers, members, visitors, and users is among the assets transferred.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.
IV. Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You can review and change your personal information by sending us an e-mail at infomerricktool@hintonet.net to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. As we do not obtain or retain user credit card numbers, requests to delete that information will need to go through our current Third-Party Payment Management Company. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Section V for more information.
V. Notice of Privacy Rights to California Residents
If you are a California resident and have provided us with personally identifiable information, California law requires that we provide you with a summary of your privacy rights under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”) and the California Business and Professions Code. As required by the Act, we will provide you with the categories of personally identifiable information that we collect through our Website and the categories of third party persons or entities with which such personally identifiable information may be shared for direct marketing purposes at your request. California law requires us to inform you, at your request, (1) the categories of personally identifiable information we collect and what third parties we share that information with; (2) the names and addresses of those third parties; and (3) examples of the products marketed by those companies. The Act further requires us to allow you to control who we can and cannot share that information with. To obtain this information, please send a request infomerricktool@hintonet.net and include the phrase “California Privacy Request” in the subject line. When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and what personally identifiable information you do not want us to share with third parties. Please allow thirty (30) days for a response. Also, please note that there is no charge for controlling the sharing of your personally identifiable information or requesting this notice.
VI. Data Security and Limitations
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. However, the safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure; therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to us. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measure contained on the Website. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You agree that we are not responsible for (i) any disclosure of your personal information made by you to a third-party through your use of the Website, including, without limitation, credit card information disclosed to our Third-Party Payment Management Company; (ii) any disclosure of your personal information obtained illegally from us; or (iii) any accidental disclosure of your personal information made by us.
VII. Users From Outside the United States & No Rights of Third Parties
Our Website is offered in the United States and is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Oklahoma. If you are using and/or accessing our Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the State of Oklahoma, the United States, and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using and/or accessing our Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third-parties with whom we share it with as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties.
VIII. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last modified is identified at the top of the page. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Website, and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
IX. Email Communication
If you make a purchase on or through the Website, we may send out an email to you to confirm your purchase and provide your receipt.
X. Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, and/or practices, please contact us at the information located here:
Mailing Address: Merrick Tool, LLC
C/O Robert Jamison
1810 West Northern Avenue, Suite A-9
Phoenix, AZ 85201
E-mail Address: infomerricktool@hintonet.net
Telephone Number: 844-284-8665