Welcome to the Merrick, Inc., Website.
You may use our site without disclosing personally identifiable
information. We want to be clear that we will not obtain
such information about you unless you choose to submit it
to us.
We have taken reasonable steps to ensure
the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable
information that you may provide. You should understand
however, that electronic transmissions via the Internet
are not necessarily secure from interception, and so we
cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of such
transmissions.
The Web server of the Merrick, Inc., Website
collects and saves the default information customarily logged
by World Wide Web server software. Our logs contain the
following information for each request: date and time, originating
IP address and domain name (the unique address assigned
to your Internet service provider's computer that connects
to the Internet), object requested, and completion status
of the request. We use these logs to help improve our service
by evaluating the "traffic" to our site in terms
of number of unique visitors, level of demand, most popular
page requests, and types of errors.
These logs may be kept for an indefinite
amount of time and may be used at any time and in any way
necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the
integrity of the data on our servers.
Except for authorized law enforcement
investigations or other facially valid legal processes,
we will not share any information we receive with any parties
outside of our agency.
From time to time, we make the email addresses
of those who access our site available to other reputable
organizations whose products or services we think you might
find interesting. If you do not want us to share your email
address with other companies or organizations, please let
us know by writing to us at Merrick, Inc., 3210 Labore Road,
Vadnais Heights, MN 55110. Please provide us with your exact
name and address and we will be sure your name is removed
from our distribution list.
If you supply us with your postal address
online, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information
on new services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to
receive such mailings, please let us know by writing to
us at the above address.
Persons who supply us with their telephone
numbers online may receive telephone contact from us with
information regarding new services or upcoming events. If
you do not wish to receive such telephone calls, please
let us know by writing to us at the above address. Please
provide us with your name and phone number. We will be sure
your name is removed from our contact list.
With Respect to Ad Servers
We do not partner with or have special
relationships with any ad server companies.
From time to time, we may use site visitor
information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed
in our privacy notice. If our information practices change
at some time in the future, we will apply these new practices
only to data collected from the time of the policy change
forward.
You may prevent your information from
being used for purposes other than those for which it was
originally collected by writing us at the above address.
Upon request, we provide site visitors with access to contact
information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we
maintain about them. You can access this information by
writing to us at the above address.
Upon request, we offer visitors the ability
to request correction of inaccurate contact information.
You can have this information corrected by writing to us
at the above address.
With Respect to Security
When we transfer and receive certain types
of sensitive information such as financial or health information,
we redirect visitors to a secure server.
We provide access to other Websites for your convenience.
Merrick, Inc., is not responsible for the availability,
accuracy, or content of those external sites, nor does it
endorse them.
If you feel that this site is not following
its stated information policy, you may contact us at the
above address or phone us at (651) 789-6200.