The MERLIN Marketplace is provided by Oppla and managed under Oppla’s Privacy Policy. This policy describes how Oppla uses and protects any information that you provide to us.
Oppla is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. All personal information we hold will be used in accordance with this policy.
Oppla may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. We will notify members when the policy is updated.
We may collect the following information from you:
- Name, job title and organisation
- Contact information including email and postal address
- Your MERLIN Marketplace profile that you supply to us
- Other information relevant to surveys and/or offers
- Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location and browser type)
What we do with the information we gather
We request this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping
- Improving our services
- Sending emails to stay in touch with you and share news about the MERLIN Marketplace and other things that we think might be of interest to you
- We may also use your information to contact you for survey and market research purposes. Our primary method of contact will be by email.
We will only use your personal data for one of the purposes described above if we have a legal basis, namely your explicit consent, to use it for that particular purpose. We do not use your personal data for automated decision making or profiling.
Retention period
We keep your personal data for a period appropriate to the purpose of use. For example, if you join the MERLIN Marketplace, we consider you to have joined for as long as the Marketplace exists, or until you opt out.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we hold about MERLIN Marketplace members. The MERLIN Marketplace website is only accessible via secure encrypted connection.
Links to other websites
The MERLIN Marketplace may contain links to other websites of interest, such as those of organisations providing products and services. Note that once you have used these links to leave our site, we do not have any control over the other websites you choose to visit. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you access whilst visiting such sites, which are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to any external websites that you are visiting.
Controlling your personal information
Members who have registered with the MERLIN Marketplace can view and edit their personal details at any time by logging into their account via our homepage.
If you do not wish to receive emails from the MERLIN Marketplace, please contact unsubscribe@merlin.market and we will remove you from our e-mailing list.
We will not sell, distribute or lease personal information to other organisations unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete you can amend it on the website. If, at any time, you would like us to delete the personal information that we hold about you, please contact us and we will immediately oblige.
If you have any concerns about your information please email us at suport@merlin.market and we will respond promptly (usually same day or the next working day).
Data controller
The data controller responsible for this website is Oppla. The personal information submitted to this website is not shared with any other organisation unless permission to do so is requested at the point of data capture. In such cases we will clearly explain who your data is being shared with and for what purpose.