Merit Hospitality LLC (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit earnwithmerit.com (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect on this Website, in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website, and through any mobile or desktop application you download from this Website.
Please read this Privacy 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, do not use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Please review our California Privacy Policy for details about these rights and how to exercise them.
By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at brian@earnwithmerit.com. Please note that withdrawal of consent may affect your ability to use certain features of our Website.
Personal Information
We may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us, including but not limited to: your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, business name, and any other information you choose to provide when filling out forms, registering for an account, or communicating with us.
Communications Information
When you contact us directly (via email, phone, contact forms, or other means), we may receive additional information about you, such as the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you choose to provide.
Technical Information
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Website. This information may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, device information, pages viewed, links clicked, and the date and time of your visit. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Marketing Information
We may collect your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us and your communication preferences.
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to: provide, operate, and maintain our Website; improve, personalize, and expand our Website; understand and analyze how you use our Website; develop new products, services, features, and functionality; communicate with you, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Website, and for marketing and promotional purposes; process your transactions and manage your orders; send you emails; find and prevent fraud; and for compliance, legal process, and law enforcement purposes.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy: to our subsidiaries and affiliates; to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business; to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; with your consent; to comply with any court order, law, or legal process; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; and if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Merit Hospitality LLC, our members, or others.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which we or our subsidiaries, affiliates, or service providers maintain facilities. We take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on our Website. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. We have no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website, provide the Website on our behalf, perform Website-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Website is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at brian@earnwithmerit.com. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Merit Hospitality LLC aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. You have the right to: access, update, or delete the information we have on you; rectification; object to processing; restriction of processing; data portability; and the right to withdraw consent.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at brian@earnwithmerit.com.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the effective date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at brian@earnwithmerit.com.