Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (”Privacy Policy”) explains the collection, use, and disclosure of “personal information” by Merchandising Technologies, Inc. (”MTI”), a Hillsboro Oregon Corporation, with its principal place of business at 1050 NW 229th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124 through the websites that MTI operates at http://mti-interactive.com (the “MTI Website”), (collectively, together with all sub-domains thereof, the “Websites”). For avoidance of doubt, this Privacy Policy does not apply to any of the websites operated by international affiliates of MTI.

This Privacy Policy also explains our commitment to you with respect to our use and disclosure of non-personal browsing and site usage data that MTI collects as the provider of the Websites. That commitment is contained in a “Data Usage Policy,” below.
As used in this policy, “personal information” means information that would allow a party to identify you such as, for example, your name, address or location, telephone number or email address.

By accessing the Websites, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Our Principles
MTI is committed to handling responsibly the information and data we collect about you through our Websites, whether personal information or non-personal browsing and site usage data. We have designed our Privacy Policy and our Data Usage Policy consistent with the following principles (the “Principles”):

  1. Privacy policies and data collection and use policies should be human readable, comprehensive, and easy to locate;
  2. Only the minimum amount of information reasonably necessary to provide you with services should be collected and maintained, and only for so long as reasonably needed;
  3. Information you provide through our Websites, or that we gather as a result of your use of our Websites services, should not be provided voluntarily (without your permission) to anyone else unless required; and
  4. Unless restricted or prohibited by law, you should be notified when MTI is required to provide a third party with your personal information.

Personal Information MTI Collects
We collect personal information at several places on the Websites, including without limitation:

  • When you provide us with your personal information such as by sending an email to us or signing up to receive a newsletter or our events listing;
  • When you use or login to the MTI Library.

What MTI does with the Personal Information?
Emails and Newsletters
We use the personal information you provide to us when you send us emails or sign up to receive our newsletter or events listing in order to respond to your request — for example, to reply to your email or to send you communications about news and events related to MTI.
When you subscribe to our newsletter, events list or one of our email discussion lists, your name and email address is sent to and stored by salesforce.com. Personal information submitted as part of our email discussion lists is used for the purpose managing the discussion lists.
Any other personal information that we may collect which is not described specifically in this Privacy Policy will only be collected and used in accordance with the Principles.

Disclosures of Personal Information
In general, it is not MTI’s practice to disclose personal information to third parties. We may share personal information in two instances:

  • First, MTI may share personal information with our contractors and service providers in order to maintain, enhance, or add to the functionality of the Websites.
  • Second, we may disclose your personal information to third parties in a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) take action regarding suspected illegal activities; (b) enforce or apply our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy; (c) comply with legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order; or (d) protect our rights, reputation, and property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public.

If MTI is required to provide a third party with your personal information (whether by subpoena or otherwise), then MTI will use reasonable means to notify you promptly of that event, unless prohibited by law or MTI is otherwise advised not to notify you on the advice of legal counsel.

Security of Personal Information Collected via the Websites
MTI has implemented reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to and unlawful interception or processing of personal information that MTI stores and controls. However, no website can fully eliminate security risks. Third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We will post a reasonably prominent notice to the Websites if any such security breach occurs.

Data Usage Policy: Non-Personal Browsing and Site Usage Information
Our Data Usage Policy covers how we maintain and use information about you that is collected by our Websites and server logs

Non-Personal Information We Collect. When you use the Websites, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) may collect information indirectly and automatically (through, for example, the use of your “IP address”) about your activities while visiting the Websites and information about the browser you are using.

No Selling or Sharing. Except in the unique situations identified in this Privacy Policy, MTI does not sell or otherwise voluntarily provide the non personal information we collect about you or your website usage to third parties.

Notice. If MTI is required to provide a third party with your non personal information, then MTI will use reasonable means to notify you promptly of that event, unless MTI is prohibited by law from doing so or is otherwise advised not to notify you on the advice of legal counsel.
Any other non-personal information that we collect which is not described specifically in this Privacy Policy will only be collected and used in accordance with the Principles.

Reorganization or Spin-Offs
MTI may transfer some or all of your personal and/or non-personal information to a third party as a result of a reorganization, spin-off or similar transaction. Upon such transfer, the acquirer’s privacy policy will apply. In such event, MTI will use reasonable efforts to notify you and to ensure that at the time of the transaction the acquirer’s privacy policy complies with the Principles.

Children
Consistent with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without requiring parental consent. Any person who provides their personal information to MTI through the Websites represents that they are 13 years of age or older.

Third-Party Sites
The Websites may include links to other websites. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other websites.

Special Note to International Users
The Websites are hosted in the United States. If you are accessing the Websites from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as the EU and other regions. By providing your personal data you consent to:

  • The use of your personal data for the uses identified above in accordance with the Privacy Policy; and
  • The transfer of your personal data to the United States as indicated above.

Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the Effective Date below. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the Websites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

Questions?
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@mti-interactive.com.

Effective Date: February 25, 2009