Privacy Policy: Mer-chan is committed to protecting your privacy. To better protect your privacy, we’re explaining what information we may collect on this website and the ways we may use this collected information.

What Information We Collect
Personally Identifiable Information: we may, on occasion, collect name, e-mail address and other contact information to respond to your requests made through the site. We may also keep copies of your emails to us and confirmations of receipt of our e-mails responding to you.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We also may collect certain non-personally-identifiable information about our visitors when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (for example: Firefox, Safari), the type of operating system you are using, (for example: Windows or Mac ), the domain name of your Internet service provider (for example: AOL, Earthlink) and certain other information (for example: IP addresses and click-stream data).

How We Use Information We Collect
We may disclose personally identifiable information for purposes of responding to your requests made through the site. We may also disclose personally identifiable information if required to do so by law, if necessary to defend Mer-chan or any of our affiliates or to enforce any of Mer-chan’s or its affiliates’ rights.

We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to customize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.

Cookies (yummy)
To enhance your experience with our site, we may use “cookies.” Cookies are text files we place in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our sites. If you don’t wish to allow us to use cookies, you should be able to disable the cookie function on your browser.

Links to Other Sites and Content Accessible Through This Site
Our site contains links to other websites whose information practices may be different from ours. Visitors should consult the specific privacy policies posted on those sites when linking to them.

Security
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent against unauthorized access to personally identifiable information that we may collect online.

U.S. Regulations
Your personally identifiable information will be processed and shared in the U.S., where data protection and privacy regulations may provide different levels of protection compared with non-U.S. jurisdictions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
Mer-chan may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the types of personally-identifiable information we collect or how we use it, we will inform you of such changes by posting a revised notice at our website. We do not assure any duty to update any aspect of this site.

Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this statement or would like more information on our privacy practices, please contact us at Customer Service.

Effective Date: September 20, 2006