Merlin Power Systems (MPS) Commitment to Data Privacy Protection
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to MPS; therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what data MPS may collect, how MPS uses and safeguards that data.
Personal Data
Through our web sites, MPS will not collect any personal data about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address), unless you voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g. by filling out our online forms, or survey), provide your consent, or unless otherwise permitted by applicable laws and regulations for the protection of your personal data.
Purpose of Use
When you do provide us with personal data, we usually use it to respond to your inquiry, process your order, or provide you access to specific information or offers. Also, to support our customer relationship with you:
- we may store and process personal data share it with our worldwide affiliates to better understand your business needs and how can improve our products and services; or
- we (or a third party on our bbehalf) may use personal data to contact you about a MPS offer in support of your business needs or to conduct online surveys to understand better our customer’s needs.
If you choose not to have your personal data used to support our customer relationship (especially direct marketing or market research), we will respect your choice. We do not sell or otherwise market your personal data to third parties, except to MPS affiliates.
Use of Adobe Analytics
On our web site we use Adobe Analytics in order to constantly improve the site and/or identify errors. For this purpose certain data is stored such as the web site visited, including its metadata, the Internet pages referring to MPS, the time at which the web site was called up and the browser used.
Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically
When you access our web sites, we may automatically (i.e., not by registration) collect non-personal data (e.g. type of Internet browser and operating system used, domain name of the web site from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed). We may use this data and share it with our worldwide affiliates to monitor the attractiveness of our web sites and improve their performance or content.
“Cookies” – Information Stored Automatically on Your Computer
When you view our web site, we may store some data on your computer in the form of a “cookie” to automatically recognize your PC next time you visit. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computer’s hard drive, block all cookies, or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored.
Children
MPS will not knowingly collect personal data from children. We will only use or disclose personal data about a child to the extent permitted by law, to seek parental consent pursuant to local law and regulations, or to protect a child. The definition of “child” or “children” should take into account applicable laws as well as national and regional cultural customs.
Security
To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration, and against unauthorized disclosure or access, MPS uses technical and organizational security measures.
Links to Other Web Sites
MPS web site may contain links to other web sites. MPS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites.