medmerid

The following policy dictates the manner in which Medmerid collects and uses information gathered from Users of this website (each, a “User”).

NOTICE

This Web Site collects certain information relative to Users who visit the site. This Web site categorizes this information into certain categories, and the privacy level and what we do with the information that we collect on Users depends upon the category in which the User falls.

Our company does not make any attempt to obtain information that personally identifies our Users who visit our web site. It is not our policy to sell or otherwise provide access to such information to unaffiliated third parties. Users’ privacy is extremely important to us and we are committed to safeguarding the information you entrust to us. Medmerid will not disclose information about customers or Users without express permission unless the release of said information is required by government subpoena.

CATEGORY I

Information on Users who visit our site to read or download information on our pages.

From these Users, we collect and store the following information:

• The domain name through which you gained access to our Web site;
• The precise time and date that you entered our web site;
• The URL of the web page through which you linked to our web site.

We may also collect information about how Users interact with our website. This information is obtained through analysis of server logs and through the use of “cookies” placed on User machines. A cookie is a piece of software that a Web server can store on a PC to identify the User should they visit the website again. While not all of the information that we collect from Users is personally identifiable, it may be associated with personally identifiable information that Users provide us through our website.

CATEGORY II

Users who send us e-mail containing personal or identifiable information, sign our guest book, use an online form, request email publications or any other instance in which Users volunteer information.

Any information that we collect in this way is used only for purposes of responding to you and addressing the issues that you may have raised. Any information that we collect is collected as part of our business practices in order to identify demographic information relative to Users who access our site, assessing the number and type of Users accessing various sections of our site, helping us determine what content and business concepts are working for us and/or are of interest to our visitors, determining technical design features and specifications and helping us assess systems performance. We also use such information in statistical form to assist us in business and marketing strategies and programs. We utilize software programs to create summary statistics which we utilize for the above purposes.

As a security measure for ourselves and our Users, we utilize certain software programs to monitor traffic to our site and within our network. This software also enables us to identify unauthorized upload attempts, access to our system, and other attempts to cause damage to our systems.

CATEGORY III

Users who purchase products on our website.

Medmerid uses a third party service (“Foxycart”) to handle credit card transactions. Information regarding your transaction, including your name, business name, billing address, shipping address, phone number, products ordered, cart total, shipping and tax information will be available to and kept by Medmerid only for the purposes of fulfilling the transaction.

At no time will Medmerid have access to credit card information, numbers, dates, or security codes that are provided by its Users to Foxycart.

Credit Card transactions are governed by the Foxycart Privacy Policy. Medmerid encourages Users to review the Foxycart Privacy Policy (http://www.foxycart.com/privacy-policy.html) before purchasing our products.

INFORMATION USAGE

Medmerid may use personally identifiable information collected through our website to contact Users regarding products and services offered by Medmerid and its trusted affiliates. We may also use information collected through our website for research regarding the effectiveness of the website and the marketing, advertising and sales efforts of Medmerid, and its trusted affiliates.

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

Medmerid will not disclose information about customers or Users without express permission unless the release of said information is required by a trusted affiliate to facilitate action requested by the client, or is required by government subpoena. However, we may transfer information collected from Users in connection with a sale of our business.

QUESTIONS

Please contact us with any questions regarding our privacy policy by calling 1-87-RIVUS or email info [at] medmerid [dot] com