Last Updated February 4th, 2023.

Your online privacy is important to “Mereat” The purpose of this privacy statement is to provide you with information about our practices with respect to the personal data that we collect from users of our website (hereafter referred to as “Site”) and the services that are made available through the Site. Please email us at contact@getmereat.com if you have any questions concerning our privacy statement, our data collection policies, how we handle user information, or if you want to immediately report a security breach. This privacy policy arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English Law

What this policy is for:

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to the whole of the United Kingdom and European union (EU) companies holding data of United Kingdom and European union (EU) citizens. We value your privacy and want to be accountable to you, and transparent with you, in the way that we collect and use your personal information. We also want you to know your rights in relation to your personal information.

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) together with our Terms of Use (“Terms”) and any other documents referred to in it, governs the basis of our collection, storage and use of personal information collected by Mereat. We are always looking to improve the information we provide to our users so if you have any feedback on this privacy policy, please let us know using our contact details above or by emailing us as at contact@getmereat.com

Consent

By using the “getmereat.com” site, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. Whenever you submit information via our website, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not agree with any point on this policy, please do not use our Services or give us your information. This policy applies to all visitors, users and registered members.

1. What Information we collect

Mereat actively collects information from its visitors directly from you when you: create an online account, create a search, sign up to our newsletter, give a rating or review, take a survey, fill out an online form, enter a promotion or engage with us.

Some information you submit may be personally identifiable information that can be uniquely identified with you such as full name, address or location, email address, phone number, etc. Some areas of the Site may require you to submit information in order for you to benefit from a wide range of exclusive features (such as email alerts or information requests). You will be informed at each information collection point on what information is required and optional.

We collect the following information from you and about you:

• Contact Information – We may ask about your personal information such as name, address or location, telephone or mobile number, or email address.
• Account Login Information – We will require you to provide information to set up an account with us.
• Demographic Information – We may collect demographic information such as your gender, age, ethnicity and postcode if and when you fill out an online form or a survey.
• Information You Share and Submit – We may collect information that you post either publicly or on a channel/platform we provide (e.g. forum, comment section, survey form and social media) for sharing among users.
• Log Files: As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information to maintain and improve the performance of the Services.
• Analytics: We use analytics services (including, but not limited to, Google Analytics) to help analyze how users use the Site. Analytics services use Cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site and we use the information to improve our Site and Services. The analytics services’ ability to use and share information collected by them is restricted by their terms of use and privacy policy, which you should refer to for more information about how these entities use this information.
• Location Information: If you have enabled location services on your mobile device, we may collect your location information to improve the Services we offer. This enables us to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.

Cookies: “Cookies” are small pieces of information (text files) that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing the website. These text files can be used by websites to make the users experience more efficient. The law states that we can store these cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission.

2.         Use of Your Personal information

 In general, personal information you submit to us is used either to respond to requests that you make, aid us in serving you better, or market our Services. We use your personal information in the following ways:

• Operate, maintain, and improve our site(s) services;
• Respond to comments and questions and provide customer service;
• Develop, improve and advertising our podcast Services;
• Fulfill and manage our service, payments, and other transactions related to the Application;
• Identify you as a user in our system;

Your personal information may be kept and processed on servers in the United Kingdom and Europe. We may also create anonymous data records from your personal information by completely excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you.

3.         Disclosure of Your Personal information

We disclose your personal information as described below and as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

Third Parties Designated by You: When you use the Services, the personal information you provide will be shared with the third parties that you authorize to receive such information.

Third Party Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third party service providers to: provide you with the Services that we offer you through our Services; conduct quality assurance testing; to provide technical support; market the Services; and/or to provide other services to us.

Information We Share: We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction. In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or with your consent;
• To third parties designated by you;

Other Disclosures: Regardless of any choices you make concerning your personal information (as described below), Mereat  may disclose personal information if it believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary: (i) in connection with any legal investigation; (ii) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on our company; (iii) to protect or defend the rights or property of lipsum.com or users of the Services; and/or (iv) to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Policy, or our Terms of Use.

4.         Third Party Websites

Our Site may contain links to third party websites. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you automatically exit our Site or Services and go to another site, and another entity may collect personal information or anonymous data from you. We have no control over, do not review, and are not responsible for, these outside websites or their contents. Please, be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not apply to these outside websites or contents, or to any collection of your personal information after you click on links to such outside websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website you visit.

 

5. Your Rights

As a user of our Site, you have the following rights, any of which you may exercise by contacting us at contact@getmereat.com

• The right to ask what personal data that we hold about you at any Extra requests (particularly repetitive) for data may result in a fee being charged to the user.
• The right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you free of
• As set out above, the right to opt out of any marketing communications that we may send

1. Right of access

You have a right of access to any personal information we hold about you. You can ask us for a copy of your personal information; confirmation whether your personal information is being used by us; details about how and why it is being used; and details of what safeguards are in place if we transfer your information outside of the United Kingdom and European Economic Area (“EEA”).

1. Right to update your information

You have a right to request an update to any of your personal information which is out of date or incorrect.

1. Right to delete your information

You have a right to ask us to delete any personal information which we are holding about you in certain specific circumstances. You can ask us for further information on these specific circumstances by contacting us via email at contact@getmereat.com

• We will pass your request onto other recipients of your personal information unless that is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You can ask us who the recipients are using the email address above.

Cookie Usage

This section describes how we use the cookies, and why these cookies are store to your device. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored. However, this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.

A ‘cookie’ is a bit of information that a website sends to your web browser that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences.

How We Use Cookies

If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the sign-up process and general administration. We usually store cookies on your computer during the registration process for you to resume where you left off, remembering your registered login, preferences, and other customization functions. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out; however, in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, cookies provided by trusted third parties might be used. The sections below detail which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

We use third-party analytics to help us track and measure usage of the site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site, or pages you visit. This will help inform us how to improve the site for you.

Your rights as a data subject

At any point whilst “Mereat” is in possession of or processing your Personal Data, you may have the following rights:

• Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the Personal Data that we hold about you.
• Right of rectification – you have a right to correct Personal Data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the Personal Data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
• Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing of your Personal Data.

 

Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act

Federal laws impose special restrictions and obligations on commercial website operators who direct their operations toward, and collect and use information from, children under the age of 18. Mereat takes such restrictions seriously, and do not intend for our website or resources to be used by children under the age of 18 without first obtaining the verifiable consent of such child’s parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 18, only a parent or legal guardian may provide such information after adhering to our verification process for submitting such information

Policy Update

“getmereat.com” reserves the right to change, amend, or modify our Privacy Policy without notice. We will post the amended Policy on this page and indicate at the top of the page the date the Policy was revised. Please check our site and this page periodically for updates. These Privacy policy  arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English Law

Contact Us

To contact us regarding anything in this privacy policy or how we collect or store your personal data, please get in touch with us by using the ‘Contact Us’ page on our website. contact@getmereat.com