Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 23, 2024

At MerMan Marine, your privacy is a top priority. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect any information you provide when using our website

1. Information Collection

We collect personal information such as your name, email address, and phone number when you voluntarily submit inquiries or sign up for our services. Additionally, we may gather usage data through cookies or other tracking technologies to enhance your user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

MerMan Marine uses the information collected to:

  • Respond to your inquiries

  • Provide updates on services

  • Improve user experience on the website

  • Manage and fulfill service requests

3. Sharing Information

MerMan Marine will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless required by law or with your permission. We may share user information with third parties who perform services (such as hosting, content management, data storage, advertising, and data analytics) on our behalf.

4. Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect online.

5. GDPR Compliance for European Residents

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are entitled to certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data.

  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.

  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of your data processing under specific circumstances.

  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used format and to have it transferred to another data controller.

  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.

We will only process your personal data if:

  • You have given us explicit consent to do so;

  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you;

  • We are legally required to process your data; or

  • Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and does not override your rights and freedoms.

For any questions or to exercise your rights, please contact us directly at office@mermanusa.com.

6. Your Choices and Rights

You may request details of personal information we hold about you, or request that your data be corrected or deleted. Please contact us directly with such requests. Additionally, if you are located in the EEA, you may lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

7. Children's Privacy

MerMan Marine does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or 16 in Europe). If we learn that we have collected personal information from children under the age of 13, we will delete it unless we have parental consent to use or maintain that information.

8. Automatic Data Collection Technologies

When you interact with the Website, servers automatically record usage information, such as your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, operating system, and date/time stamps. This helps us analyze how users interact with the Website, compile reports on the Website’s activity, and provide maintenance services related to the Website’s usage.

We also use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and other tracking technologies to help analyze how users interact with the Website. For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please refer to their privacy policy.

9. Sharing of User Information with Third Parties

We may share the above-identified types of user information with third parties who perform services (such as hosting, content management, data storage, and advertising) on our behalf. In addition, we may share user information:

  • With our affiliates or any successor to all or part of our business;

  • To comply with a subpoena, court order, or applicable law;

  • To protect the rights, property, or personal safety of users, us, or the public.

10. Security of User Information

We take reasonable measures designed to protect user information from unauthorized access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, and damage.

11. Your Rights & Requests

You can contact us at any time using the contact information listed in this policy to request we:

  • Erase or delete all or some of your personal information;

  • Change, update, or correct your personal information;

  • Restrict how we use your personal information;

  • Access your personal information, or request it in a commonly used electronic format.

We will consider and respond to such requests promptly, as required by law.

12. Contact Us

Any comments, concerns, or questions relating to this Privacy Policy should be directed to us at office@mermanusa.com.