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Mercatos Privacy and Security
Mercatos Privacy Policy
By accessing or using the Mercatos web site, you agree to the terms of the Mercatos Privacy Policy, as outlined below. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use this site.
Collection of Personal Information
When you engage in certain activities on this site, such as registering, ordering products, or entering contests, Mercatos may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, Mercatos may require that you provide us personal information, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and other personal identifying information. When ordering products on the site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number.
When you submit personal information to Mercatos you understand and agree that Mercatos and its subsidiaries, affiliates and trusted vendors may transfer, store, and process your customer profile in any of the countries in which Mercatos, including without limitation, the United Kingdom.
Mercatos collects this information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you order a product, for example, the information is used to mail to you the items ordered and to provide you with any benefits that may be made available to registered users. If you enter a contest, information is collected to qualify the entry and contact you regarding the contest or prize awards. Mercatos also uses information that you provide as part of our effort to keep you informed about special offers, and other Mercatos products and services.
Mercatos recognises and appreciates the importance of responsible use of this information. If you do not want the information you provide to Mercatos to be used to inform you of other products and special offers from Mercatos, and you indicate this preference when you provide the information to us, we will honour your preference. In addition, Mercatos may selectively provide certain information to other companies or organisations that have products or services we think may interest you. If you do not want the information you provide to Mercatos to be shared with other companies, and you indicate this preference when you provide the information to us, we will honour your preference.
Your personal information is password-protected to prevent unauthorised access to it. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
Mercatos Security Policy
Mercatos works in partnership with Protx to provide very high levels of internet and physical security to ensure sensitive information is never compromised.
Security Measures
- credit/debit card details are secured within 128-bit encrypted sessions.
- sensitive information is stored on a heavily encrypted database that is protected by multiple government approved firewalls.
- additional security measures include a security key that is used to produce an MD5 hash value. Hash values are often used as digital signatures as they cannot be reversed to obtain the original information. They allow the receiver to validate that the information received is identical to that sent.
