Mercury Aviation LLC
Last Revised: May 2008
Mercury Aviation LLC and our affiliated company MercFuel LLC. (collectively Mercury Aviation Companies LLC), respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") outlines the information Mercury Aviation LLC collects from visitors to our websites in an effort to support and further our relationship with you, including providing you with requested information and/or services. We do not sell or rent your personal information.
This Policy also describes the personal information we may collect about you, how we may use and disclose that information and the choices you can make about how we collect and use your information. You may at any time contact Mercury Aviation LLC with any privacy questions or concerns you may have by clicking here to contact Mercury Aviation LLC via email. You also may ask at any time to see the personal data you have on file and request a correction or deletion.
Mercury Aviation LLC encourages you to read this Policy before using any of our websites or submitting any personal data. Your use of any of our websites signifies that you agree to our processing of personal data as described in this Policy and that you agree to all of the terms of this Policy. Please do not use our websites if you disagree with any part of this Policy.
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DOES MERCURY AVIATION LLC COLLECT?
Technical Information:
Mercury Aviation LLC utilizes a third-party tracking application (Google Analytics - www.google.com/analytics) to measure and analyze site traffic. This application may collect information such as your computer’s operating system and browser type, IP address, address of a referring website, if any, etc. and may track a user’s path through our websites.
Personal Information:
Except as set forth in this Policy, Mercury Aviation LLC will not collect, store or release any personal identifying information about you without first receiving your consent. You ordinarily are not required to register or provide personal information in order to access our websites. If you do choose to contact Mercury Aviation LLC and request information, you are consenting to Mercury Aviation LLC's collection of information about you such as your name, title, company, email address, mailing address, phone numbers, and related information. If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit it to us.
HOW DOES MERCURY AVIATION LLC USE MY INFORMATION?
When you request information from Mercury Aviation LLC, the information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used to fulfill your request. We may also send you an email to confirm your request and may need to contact you via phone, postal mail or email if we have other questions regarding your request. When you register with Mercury Aviation LLC you may receive emails from us regarding our products, services, contests, and promotions. Mercury Aviation LLC will also disclose personal information if required by law, including compliance with warrants, subpoenas or other legal process.
DOES MERCURY AVIATION LLC SHARE MY INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?
We may contract with third parties to assist us in collecting, maintaining and managing our website visitor information, to fulfill subscriptions and other requests and/or to communicate with our website visitors. We do not authorize any of those third parties to make any other use of your information. Mercury Aviation LLC requires third parties to which it discloses personal information to restrict their use of such information to the purposes for which it has been provided by Mercury Aviation LLC and not to disclose that information to others. Mercury Aviation LLC cannot be responsible, however, for any damages caused by the failure of unaffiliated third parties to honor their privacy obligations to Mercury Aviation LLC.
Additionally, Mercury Aviation LLC may share personal information with other companies, lawyers, credit bureaus, agents or government agencies in the following cases: (1) when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights of Mercury Aviation LLC or to anyone that could be harmed by such activities; (2) when we believe in good faith that the law requires it; (3) to our parent company or to any third party who may acquire Mercury Aviation LLC; and (4) in situations involving threats to the physical safety of any person.
HOW DO I ACCESS MY INFORMATION? HOW DO I CHANGE OR DELETE MY INFORMATION?
You can contact Mercury Aviation LLC at 310-827-2737 ext. 114 or info@mercuryaviation.org, to determine if we are keeping personal information about you. If we do have personal information about you, we will provide you with a readable copy of such personal information at no charge. Factual errors in your personal information, including information that is out of date, can be corrected by sending us a request that sufficiently details how your personal information should be corrected. We encourage you to promptly update your personal information if it changes.
HOW DO I REMOVE MY INFORMATION AND EMAIL, PHONE AND POSTAL MAILING LISTS?
If at any time you would like us to update your personal information or remove you from our email or postal mailing lists, feel free to contact us by sending an email to info@mercuryaviation.org. Please be sure to include your email address, and full name.
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. You may at any time opt-out of receiving email communications from us. If you prefer not to receive information from us, either through email or regular mail, please let us know by sending an email to info@mercuryaviation.org, responding directly to an email you have received, or by clicking an opt-out link. Please note that such requests may take up to 2-3 weeks to become effective. In addition, if you ask us to remove your name and address from our email or postal mailing lists, we will maintain your name in a "do not mail" file to ensure that we can honor your request.
WHAT IS A “COOKIE” AND DOES MERCURY AVIATION LLC PLACE IT ON MY COMPUTER?
When you access many websites, information may be stored on your computer in the form of a "cookie" or similar file that is saved in your computer's browser. Mercury Aviation LLC does not store any personal information in cookies.
HOW DOES MERCURY AVIATION LLC PROTECT MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?
You can be assured that personal information collected through the websites is maintained in a manner consistent with current industry standards. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations of the internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through the websites cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party. If you do not want to provide your personal information to Mercury Aviation LLC over the Internet, please contact Mercury Aviation LLC at 310-827-2737 ext. 114.
MERCURY AVIATION LLC’S COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Mercury Aviation LLC takes children's privacy seriously. We never collect or maintain information at our websites from persons we know to be under age 13, and no part of our websites are designed to attract anyone under age 13. Please do not communicate with or contact us if you are under age 13.
CHANGES TO POLICY
As we continue to develop our websites and take advantage of new technologies to improve the sites, this Policy will likely change. Mercury Aviation LLC reserves the right to change, modify, or amend this Policy at any time without prior notice to you. We therefore encourage you to refer to this Policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand its current terms. Information on material changes to this Policy will be posted on Mercury Aviation LLC's websites for thirty (30) days. Mercury Aviation LLC may also let you know of the Policy change by communicating directly with you.
If you do not accept a changed version of this Policy (for example, if you do not approve of a different way that we intend to use personal information) you may let us know by letter or e-mail. If you do not respond with any objections, we will assume that you consent to changes in the Policy. Changes will not apply retroactively to personal information that was collected before the changes to the Policy, except as may be required by law. If you have any questions about this Policy, you may contact us by phone at 310-827-2737 ext. 114 or by e-mail at info@mercuryaviation.org.
THIRD PARTY SITES
Mercury Aviation LLC's websites may contain links to other sites that are not operated by Mercury Aviation LLC. Please be aware that these sites may collect information about you. Mercury Aviation LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content on any websites that it does not operate. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policies of those sites you visit.
