In simple terms:

We do not and will not rent or sell or give your name, address, email address, credit card information or any personal information to any third party. We do not and will not share any customer information with outside parties who may wish to market their products to you.

We will only send you an e-mail if we have a question about your order or if you have signed up for our newsletter.

The mergerecords.com server uses SSL encryption for the checkout process. All personal information including your credit card number and email address are securely transmitted between your computer and the mergerecords.com server.

Your transaction is processed immediately, so your credit card number is never stored on any server. If you have any questions regarding privacy or security please email support@mergerecords.com.

In very legal detail:

Information about our Organisation and Web site

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organisation like Merge Records. We are based in USA. Our principal activity is Music Sales. Our privacy policy covers Merge Records and its Web site:

Organisation Name: Merge Media, Ltd.
Address: PO Box 1235, City, Zip: Chapel Hill NC, 27514, US
Controller: Laura Ballance
Web Site: www.mergerecords.com

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site

Our Web site enables you to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data. Our Web site does not include links to third party Web service providers.

Automatic Collection of Information

We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals. We do not use cookies to store personal data nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations. To access the table of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used, please email us at support@mergerecords.com. We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated in the table below.

Children's Privacy

Merge Records is not directed to children under the age of 13. We operate our site in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13 years of age.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organisations, except in the specific case of the Merge Newsletter, which is administered by the 3rd party newsletter service ReverbNation. More information on their privacy policy is here.

Confidentiality / Security

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us primary personal data (such as name and contact details). We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

unauthorised access
improper use or disclosure
unauthorised modification
unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data. We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you

You can ask us, by sending an email to support@mergerecords.com, whether we are keeping personal data about you.

Upon request, we will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, within a week - although we may before require proof of your identity - we will provide the information without any charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased, rectified or amended, or completed. We do not reserve the right to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Support

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact support@mergerecords.com. Physical inquiries can be sent to the following address: PO Box 1235, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA