This Privacy Policy describes how we deal with your personal information for our services. It applies generally to thewww.merrylight.comwebsite.
By accepting the Privacy Policy in registration, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and sharing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and otherwise effective onMay 12, 2010. We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on this site. So we encourage you to review it periodically. If the changes are material, we will provide you additional, prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances.
Collection
Our Site"s information form allows you to give us certain personally identifiable information (such as your name, company/organization, address, phone number, and e-mail address). Our Site will not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it.
Our Site also gives you the opportunity to request information from us on a variety of subjects, to identify the type of company for which you work, to advise us about how you learned about our company and this site, and to provide us with any similar information or comments you may have.
USE
Our main purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to as follows:
A: Provide the services and customer support your request
B: Customize, measure and improve our services, content and advertising
C: Tell you about our services, send marketing communications and other information regarding products and promotions based on your communication preferences
D: Improve the effectiveness of our website mobile experience and marketing efforts
E: To prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, investigate potentially prohibited or illegal activities and otherwise protect our guests and our business
F: To assist law enforcement and respond to subpoenas
G: Perform other business activities as needed,or as described elsewhere in this policy
Marketing
We don’t sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our services,content and advertising. If you don’t wish to receive marketing communications from us, simply indicate your preference in “My Page”or by following the directions provided with the communication or advertisement. You also have the ability to unsubscribe to promotional e-mails via the opt out link included in each e-mail.
Commitment to Security
We usecommercially reasonable measures consistent with industry practice to safeguard against unauthorized access or disclosure of information, to maintain data accuracy, and to ensure appropriate use of your personally identifiable information. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.
We do not tolerate spam. Make sure to set your communication preferences at “My Page” so we communicate to you as you prefer. “Phishing” is a scam designed to steal your personal information. If you receive an e-mail that looks like it is from us asking you for your personal information, do not respond. We will never request your password, user name, credit card information or other personal information through e-mail.
We may disclose information you provide to us when we believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law; to enforce or apply applicable terms and conditions and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our company, our guests or others.
Cookies
We use “cookies” on certain of our pages to help analyze our web page flow; customize our services, content and advertising; measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. A few important things you should know about cookies are that we offer certain features that are available only through the use of cookies. We use cookies to help identify you and maintain your signed-in status.Cookies are used by almost every Web site for these and similar purposes. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies.The help function of your browser should contain instructions to set your computer to not receive cookies at any time, certain personalized services cannot be provide to you, and accordingly, you may not be able to take full advantage of all of thewww.merrylight.comfeatures.
Account Protection
Your password is the key to your account.Use unique numbers, letters and special characters, and do not disclose yourMerrylightpassword to anyone.If you do share your password or your personal information with others,remember that your are responsible for all actions taken in the name of your account.If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore,if your password has been compromised for any reason,you should immediately notifyMerrylightand change your password.
Accessing, Previewing and Change your Personal Information
You may update,review or correct your online account information at any time online by accessing your password-protected registration page via the “My Page” area of thewww.merrylight.com. Please note that we may retain personal information from closed accounts to comply with law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.
Public Information
"Public information" means the information that you request us to make public as well as the information that is always publicly available. You may request to make your information public such as comments or personal experiences about our products, description about your occupation, business or company, or pictures and etc on theMerrylight. The information submitted in the public area such as bulletin board, commentaries, discussions and etc on theMerrylightis not considered as personally identifiable information that we shall protect. Therefore we are not responsible for any misusage, any collection and any copyright infringement by a third party in the public area. We can delete improper public information, such as insult to the other user or company, obscene story or contents and etc, without consent at any time.
Trademarks and Copyrights
As betweenMerrylightand you, except for User Content (as defined below),Merrylight is the sole owner of all content on theMerrylight Sites, including, without limitation, all applicable U.S. and non-U.S. patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, logos, and other intellectual property rights thereto, as well as text, images, graphics, logos, typefaces, icons, video and software and other material appearing on theMerrylight. The contents of theMerrylightSites are copyrighted under Chinese copyright laws as well. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of allMerrylightProprietary Material on theMerrylightSites is the exclusive property ofMerrylight.