This is the Privacy Policy governing your use of the Trade.meritline.com Site.
By using this Site, you approve and agree to our Privacy Policy set forth below. All terms not defined in this document have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use Agreement between you and Trade.meritline.com which by use of this Site you agree to accept.
Trade.meritline.com and Meritline. Inc. (The legal owner and the operator of this site) treats an individual's privacy very seriously. Trade.meritline.com and Meritline. Inc. are considered as one and the same legal person and are mentioned as Trade.meritline.com (or the Site) throughout this Privacy Policy Statement.
The services that Trade.meritline.com provides you with may require that we gather, process, use and distribute your member information which you provide by filling out our various forms and formats; for example, your company name, contact information, company profile and homepage and the products you buy and sell, etc. Therefore, Trade.meritline.com does not guarantee that your information will be protected from exposure to any particular party. In fact the purpose of this e-marketplace is to set up a virtual online trade show that facilitates making you and your company as well-known as possible. If you wish to remove your company’s information from Trade.meritline.com you may do so at any time by contacting us (see section below on how to Contact Us). If you wish to update your company’s information, you may do so by logging in to your account and making those changes.
1. The Information We Collect
1.1 Registration Information.
At the time you register to become a Registered User of the Site, you will be asked to fill out a registration form which requires you provide information such as your name, address, phone/fax number, email address and other personal information as well as information about your company. In the event that you decide to publish a product listing, then much of your Registration Information will be published on our site and becomes "Registered Member" .
1.2 Publishing Information.
If you submit any information to Trade.meritline.com to be published on the Site through the publishing tools, including but not limited to our Company Directory , Product Listings, then you are deemed to have given consent to the publication of such information. Once you have elected to publish this information then much of your Registration Information becomes Publishing Information (notable exceptions: we will never publish your username, password or email address - nor will we ever publish Payment Information).
1.3 Statistical Information.
In addition, we gather aggregate statistical information about our Site and Users, such as IP addresses, browser software, operating system, pages viewed, number of sessions and unique visitors, etc.
1.4 Registration Information, Company Information, Payment Information, Statistical Information and any information we collect from you through the use of cookies or any other means.
1.5 Registration Information, Publishing Information and Payment Information shall collectively be referred to as “Comapny Information” because it may contain information that personally identifies you or your company.
2. How We Use Information
2.1 General.
We use your Collected Information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site usage, to improve our content and product offerings and to customize our Site's content, layout and service specifically for you.
We use your Collected Information to service your Account with us, including but not limited to investigating problems, resolving disputes and enforcing agreements with us.
We share certain aggregate information based on analysis of Collected Information with our partners, customers, advertisers or potential Users.
2.2 Registration Information.
We use your Registration Information to provide services that you request or to contact you regarding additional services about which Fuzing.com determines that you might be interested.
Specifically, we use your email address, mailing address, phone number or fax number to contact you regarding notices, product alerts, and communications relevant to your use of our Site, if you choose to receive these as indicated at the time of registration.
We generate reports and analysis based on the Registration Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions.
2.3 Publishing Information.
All of your Publishing Information will be publicly available on the Site and therefore accessible by any internet user.
Any Publishing Information that you disclose to Trade.meritline.com becomes public information and you relinquish any proprietary rights in such information.
You should exercise caution when deciding to include personal or proprietary information in the Publishing Information that you submit to us.
2.4 Statistical Information.
We use Statistical Information to help diagnose problems with and maintain our computer servers, to manage our Site, and to enhance your Site and services based on the usage pattern data we receive.
We generate reports and analysis based on the Statistical Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions. We provide Statistical Information to third parties, but when we do so, we do not provide them any Personal Identifying Information.
3. Disclosure of Information
3.1 We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Identifying Information to relevant authorities where we have reason to believe that such disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be infringing or threatening to infringe, or who may otherwise be causing injury to or interference with, the title, rights or property of Trade.meritline.com, our Users, customers, partners, other web site users or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
3.2 We also reserve the right to disclose Personal Identifying Information in response to a subpoena or other judicial order or when we reasonably believe that such disclosure is required by law, regulation or administrative order of any court, governmental or regulatory authority.
3.3 If we have reason to believe that a User is in breach of the Terms of User Agreement or any other agreement with us, then we reserve the right to make public or otherwise disclose such User’s Personal Identifying Information in order to pursue our claim or prevent further injury to Trade.meritline.com or others.
3.4 We will never share, sell, rent or trade Personal Identifying Information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
4. Exposing Personal Identifying Information
Members who sign up for Trade.meritline.com service may promote themselves by listing a profile along with product listings that are then made visible to other members and the rest of the internet community. At this point the promoting member exposes Personal Identifying Information for public viewing. The promoting member has full control over the information that is being published and may change it at any time.
5. Cookies
We use “cookies” to store specific information about you and track your visits to our Site. We also use the information that we store in cookies to link to your Personal Identifying Information. It is not uncommon for web sites to use cookies to enhance identification of their users. A “cookie” is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive.
A cookie can be sent to your computer’s hard drive only if you access our Site using the computer.
If you do not de-activate or erase the cookie, each time you use the same computer to access our Site, our web servers will be notified of your visit to our Site and in turn we have knowledge of your visit and the pattern of your usage.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Trade.meritline.com at http://trade.meritline.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any third parties.
Generally, we use cookies to identify you and enable us to access your Registration Information, Publishing Information so you do not have to re-enter it; gather statistical information about usage by Users; research visiting patters and help target advertisements based on User interests; assist our partners to track User visits to the Site and process orders; and track progress and participation in promotions.
You can determine if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your browser which is installed in the computer you are using to access the Site.
If you desire, you can change those configurations in your browser.
By setting your preferences in the browser, you can accept all cookies, you can be notified when a cookie is sent, or you can reject all cookies.
If you reject all cookies by choosing the cookie-disabling function in your browser, you may be required to re-enter your information on our Site more often and certain features of our Site may be unavailable.
6. Minors
The Site and its contents are not intended to be targeted to minors under applicable law and we do not intend to sell any of our products or services to minors.
However, we have no way of distinguishing the age of individuals who access our Site and so we carry out the same Privacy Policy for individuals of all ages.
If a minor has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us to remove the information.
7. Security Measures
7.1 We employ commercially reasonable security methods to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure correct use of information.
7.2 As a Registered User, your Registration Information, Publishing Information and Payment Information (if any) can be viewed and edited through your Account which is protected by Password.
We recommend that you do not divulge your Password to anyone. Our personnel will never ask you for your Password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail. If you share a computer with others, you should not choose to save your log-in information (e.g., User ID and Password) on the computer. Remember to sign out of your Account and close your browser window when you have finished your session.
7.3 No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secured. As a result, while we try to protect your information, no web site or company, including ourselves, can absolutely ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
9. Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home-page.
10. Correcting Your Information
You can access, view and edit your Registration Information, Publishing Information and Payment Information (if any) through your Account with Trade.meritline.com.
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