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MERCHANT ALLIANCE, LLC
PRIVACY POLICY
Merchant Alliance, LLC... has designed its Privacy Policy to inform
you about our current data collection and how we use your personal
information. From time to time, Merchant Alliance, LLC may, without
notice, modify or eliminate all or a portion of this Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy is available on this Web site. From time to time,
you may click to other other Web sites or pages that have different
privacy policies. When this happens, you may review the privacy
policies that relate to those pages or sites.
We obtain personal information that is needed to provide you with our
goods and services.
When Merchant Alliance, LLC collects information directly from you, we
obtain this personal information in order to provide you with our
goods or services, to provide customer service and to fulfill any
legal or regulatory requirements. We also obtain personal information
as a result of consumers’ financial transactions with Merchant
Alliance, LLC or with merchants. When we obtain information about
consumers and merchants from third parties, we use sources that we
believe are reputable, including public repositories.
The only personal information we collect is information you provide
us.
The only information we collect about you is information that you
provide us. This information may include, for example, your name,
mailing address, e-mail address and telephone number. If you supply us
with personal data and request information from us, we will contact
you to provide you with the information you requested. We may also
contact you to follow up on your job opportunity inquiries, or we may
send you other information about Merchant Alliance, LLC and its
products or services that we believe you would find interesting or
helpful.
We are committed to protecting the confidentiality of your personal
information.
Merchant Alliance, LLC's policies limit access to the personal
information we collect to those Merchant Alliance, LLC employees and
Merchant Alliance, LLC business relationships who need the information
to fulfill their business responsibilities. We require our employees
to adhere to Merchant Alliance, LLC’s Privacy Policy. Employees who
violate the Merchant Alliance, LLC's Privacy Policy are subject to
disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.
When Merchant Alliance, LLC collects personal information about you,
we handle this information in accordance with the terms and conditions
in our applicable merchant agreement. When Merchant Alliance, LLC
engages vendors and other outside contractors, they are subject to our
contractual requirements. For purposes of credit reporting,
verification and risk management, we may share information about you
with third parties. We also will disclose information in response to a
request issued by a court, government agency or regulatory authority.
We will inform you about the general uses of the information we
collect about you.
When we have a direct customer relationship with you, we will strive
to make information available to you about the general uses of the
information we collect. This information is made available at the
point of sale, through privacy notices on our Web sites, in other
formats that are publicly available or through other means specified
by applicable state and federal laws. In addition, when Merchant
Alliance, LLC obtains personal information about consumers indirectly
through our merchants, we require our merchants to provide these
consumers with their own timely and complete privacy notice.
We strive to give you choices about how your information will be used.
When we obtain personal information as part of our direct relationship
with you, we will not share this information with nonaffiliated third
parties, except in the following circumstances:
- In accordance with the Merchant Alliance, LLC Privacy Policy
- To facilitate and complete merchant-initiated or authorized
transactions
- To comply with federal, state and local laws, including credit
reporting laws and card association rules
- To combat fraud
- To offer products and services that Merchant Alliance, LLC
believes may be of interest to you.
Since your needs may change, and Merchant Alliance, LLC
continuously develops new products and services, we may contact you to
determine if we can provide you with additional services. Most of our
customers appreciate hearing about our new products and services and
prefer that we continue to contact them. If you would prefer not to be
contacted we will make information available to you about how you may
request to have your name removed from any Merchant Alliance, LLC
owned marketing lists. You may also opt out of information sharing by
providing Merchant Alliance, LLC.
We maintain procedures to assure the quality of information we collect
and, in some instances, we inform you how you can access your
information and make corrections, if necessary.
Merchant Alliance, LLC employs appropriate measures to assure the
quality of information that we collect directly from you. In some
instances, where Merchant Alliance, LLC collects information directly
from you, Merchant Alliance, LLC informs you how to correct any
erroneous or out-of-date information stored in our database. These
requirements and procedures may vary by each Merchant Alliance, LLC
business activity. As you visit our various Web pages , please be sure
to review the privacy policies applicable to those sites. We abide by
applicable laws related to such information.
We use appropriate security safeguards.
At Merchant Alliance, LLC, security is important. Merchant Alliance,
LLC employs appropriate measures, including advanced technology, to
protect personal information collected against unauthorized access,
disclosure, alteration or destruction. These measures may include,
among others, encryption, physical access security and other
appropriate technologies. Merchant Alliance, LLC continually reviews
and enhances its security systems, as necessary.
Merchant Alliance, LLC's Web sites may be linked to other Web sites.
Merchant Alliance, LLC may create links to third-party Web sites.
Merchant Alliance, LLC is not responsible for the content or privacy
practices employed by third-party Web sites that are linked to our Web
site. Neither does Merchant Alliance, LLC control or warrant the
utility, merchantability or workmanship of the products or services
offered at third-party Web sites.
We strive to maintain our privacy standards.
Merchant Alliance, LLC strives to meet our privacy program standards.
In doing so, we do the following:
- Employee privacy training and employee compliance related to the
Privacy Policy
- Periodic assessments of Merchant Alliance, LLC's compliance with
this Privacy Policy
- Periodic management review to ensure that Merchant Alliance, LLC
actively participates in appropriate privacy activities, including
self-regulatory initiatives
How the Merchant Alliance, LLC Privacy Policy applies to you.
The examples contained in this Privacy Policy are illustrations only,
and they are not intended to be all-inclusive. If you decide to close
your merchant account or become an inactive customer, or if we close
or suspend your account, our Privacy Policy, as it may exist from time
to time, will continue to apply. We may amend this Privacy Policy at
any time, and we will inform you of changes as required by law. You
may have other privacy protections under state laws, and we will
comply with applicable state laws when we disclose information about
you. This Privacy Policy applies to all accounts you may have with us,
and it replaces all our previous disclosures to you about our
information practices.
If you have any questions or comments about the Merchant Alliance, LLC
Privacy Policy, please contact:
Merchant Alliance, LLC
3708 Seeley Street
Bellingham, WA 98226
(888) 586-7556
This Merchant Alliance, LLC, Privacy Policy is currently applicable
only to our United States customers and visitors to our Web site.
Cross-border transactions may have their own rules and practices. |
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