Merus Privacy Notice

LAST UPDATED: January 24, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2025

Merus LLC and our affiliates and subsidiary companies (“Merus,” ​“We,” ​“Us,” or ​“Our”) provide this privacy notice (“Privacy Notice”) to describe the types of personal data (defined below) that we collect, use, and disclose, and the rights and choices you have concerning the personal data provided on or through the website located at merus1894​.com (the ​“Website” or ​“Site”) or any other website or service that links or refers to this Privacy Notice that Merus and its affiliates use to assist you with developing and designing your projects (collectively, the ​“Services”). To that end, we have adopted this Privacy Notice to explain what information may be collected when you utilize our applications, services and interact with us, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to affiliates and third parties.

This Privacy Notice is limited to what we collect from you based on your interaction with our Website. This Privacy Notice does not cover the personal data we receive from you through any offline interaction or as an applicant or employee. In addition, this Privacy Notice does not cover the collection of personal data by third-party applications and other unaffiliated companies or persons. Although we encourage third parties to provide their own privacy policies, we are not responsible for their activities, such as how they handle the personal data they collect online.

Please review this Privacy Notice periodically as we may update and amend this Privacy Notice from time to time in order to meet changes in the regulatory environment, business needs, or to satisfy the needs of our visitors, properties, strategic marketing partners, and service providers. Updated versions will be posted through the Website. If we materially change how we use your personal information, we will notify you and request your consent before using the personal information in a different manner.

1. Categories of Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect personal data about visitors to the Website in order to provide visitors with access to our Website and the Services. We may also collect personal data that you give to us in any other way. We may collect the following types of personal data, including:

• Personal Data: Information that identifies or could be used to identify an individual, such as name, email address, postal address, phone number, and payment information.
• Non-Personal and Automatically Collected Information: Information that does not directly identify you, including browser type, device information, IP address, and website usage data. We may automatically collect the above information about your interactions with our Services through cookies and similar technologies (see Section 2 below).

To the extent you have notification rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the following chart also serves as our California Notice at Collection. The types of personal data we collect may include the following categories of personal data. 

Data Retention

We will keep your personal data while you have an account with us or while we are providing our Services to you. Thereafter, we will keep your personal data for as long as is necessary:
To respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf, or
To keep records required by law

We will not retain your personal data for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. Different retention periods apply for different types of personal data. Further details on this are available in our records management policy and/​or schedule that gives these details. When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal data, we will delete or anonymize it.

2. How We Collect Personal Data

Personal Data You Provide to Us

We collect various types of personal data that you submit through our Services, which include:

• Form Submissions: personal data entered when you register for an account, subscribe to services, post content, or request additional services.
• Correspondence Records: Details from your communications with us, such as emails and messages.
• Survey Responses: Feedback provided in surveys intended for research and service improvement.
• Transaction Details: Information related to transactions conducted through our Services, which may include commercial or financial information necessary for certain Services.
• Searches: Records of your search activities through our Services.

Information Collected Automatically

As you interact with our Services, we may employ automatic data collection technologies to gather information about your device and browsing behavior, including:

• Visit Details: Data on your visits, such as traffic and location data, logs, and accessed resources.
• Device and Connection Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and related technical details.

Use of Collected Information: Automatically gathered information helps us improve our Website and deliver a more tailored user experience by allowing us to:

• Estimate user volume and analyze engagement patterns.
• Store user preferences to customize content.
• Enhance search efficiency.
• Recognize returning users.

Technology Utilized for Information Collection

Cookies: Small data files placed on your computer’s hard drive. You can manage cookies through your browser settings, but disabling them may limit website functionality.
Web Beacons: These electronic tags on web pages or emails help us monitor website activity and email engagement, supporting data collection for performance analysis.

Third-Party Sources

We may collect personal data about you and your property from other sources, like public records, social media, and agents. These third party sources may include: 

• Social Media and Other Platforms: If you post about us, interact with us, or log in to our Website using a third-party account (like Facebook), we may collect information about you from that account. This might include things you share publicly. For details on what information these platforms collect and share, please check their privacy policies.
• Listings and Interactions: If you work with a broker, developer, or other developer professional connected to one of our brands, we may get information from them about you and your property. This could include your name, property details, contact information, and your preferences for buying or selling.
• Public Property Records: We may also gather information from public databases, like property ownership records, sale prices, buyer and seller names, and tax records kept by state and local agencies.
• Tracking: We sometimes utilize third-party service providers to help us track the activity within the Site and to receive information about you for marketing purposes. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies. Our third-party service providers include the following:

• Google Analytics (see below)
  Analytics: We partner with certain third parties to collect information to engage in analytics, auditing, research, and reporting. These third parties may use server logs, web beacons, tags, pixels, mobile advertising IDs (such as Apple’s IDFA or Google’s Advertising ID), and similar technologies, and they may set and access cookies on your computer or other device. In particular, our Site uses Google Analytics to help collect and analyze certain information for the purposes discussed above. When you visit sites or use apps that use Google Analytics, you may choose to enable Google to link information about your activity from one site or app with activity from other sites or apps. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy http://​www​.google​.com/​p​o​l​i​c​i​e​s​/​p​r​ivacy and Google’s page on how Google uses partner site data http://​www​.google​.com/​p​o​l​i​c​i​e​s​/​p​r​i​v​a​c​y​/​p​a​r​tners. To learn more about Google Analytics cookies, visit https://​devel​op​ers​.google​.com/​a​n​a​l​y​t​i​c​s​/​d​e​v​g​u​i​d​e​s​/​c​o​l​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​/​a​n​a​l​y​t​i​c​s​j​s​/​c​o​o​k​i​e​-​usage. You can also obtain additional information on Google Analytics’ data privacy and security at the following links: 

  • https://​poli​cies​.google​.com/​t​e​c​h​n​o​l​o​g​i​e​s​/​p​a​r​t​n​e​r​-​sites
  • https://​sup​port​.google​.com/​a​n​a​l​y​t​i​c​s​/​t​o​p​i​c​/​2​9​19631

  To change your preferences with respect to certain online ads or obtain more information about ad networks and online behavioral advertising, visit the National Advertising Initiative Consumer Opt-Out Page http://​www​.net​workad​ver​tis​ing​.org/​c​h​oices or the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Program http://​www​.aboutads​.info/. Changing your settings with individual browsers or ad networks will not necessarily carry over to other browsers or ad networks. As a result, depending on the opt-outs you request, you may still see our ads. Opting out of targeted advertising does not opt you out of all ads, just those targeted to you. 

More Information. You may learn more about cookies and how to opt out of them by visiting the following third-party website: http://​www​.allabout​cook​ies​.org/.

These third parties may link their data with your personal data or gather details about your interactions across multiple websites and services. This data is used for targeted advertising and personalized content. We do not oversee the data practices of these third parties. For any concerns or inquiries about their use of tracking technologies, contacting the relevant provider directly is recommended. For information on how to opt out of targeted advertising, please click the Your Privacy Choices link in the footer.

3. Why We Use Your Personal Data

We are fully committed to providing you with information about the collection and use of personal data furnished by, or collected from, those using the Services. It is our practice not to ask you for personal data unless we need it or intend to use it. Some of the primary purposes for collecting your personal data are as follows:

• To provide you with access to our Services: We provide the ability to work with us to design, develop, and build for you. This includes answering questions, fixing problems, and providing customer support when you need it.
• To improve Merus: We analyze how people use our Services to make improvements and create new features. We might conduct surveys and other research to learn what users like and areas where we can do better.
• Personalized Experience: We work to show you relevant content, features, and recommendations based on your interests and location. This helps make your experience with our Services more tailored to you.
• Protecting Our Business and Users: To keep everything safe, we monitor for fraud, unauthorized access, and other risks that could harm our business or users.
• Legal Protections: We may use your personal data to handle or respond to legal issues or claims, defending our rights if any disputes arise.
• Engage in business transactions: If there are major changes to our business, like a merger or sale, we may share personal data as needed to ensure a smooth transition.
• Auditing and Reporting: We keep accurate records to meet financial and legal requirements. This includes conducting audits, maintaining privacy and security standards, and handling risk management.
• Legal Compliance: We may share your personal data if we’re required by law, such as to respond to court orders or legal requests.

We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

Sometimes we may de-identify information by removing identifiers that can be used to associate the information with you. De-identified information helps us develop reports and analyses about how our visitors use our Site and for other purposes such as research regarding behavioral inferences.

4. How We Disclose Your Personal Data

We may share your personal information by disclosing it to a third party for a business purpose (“Service Provider”). We make these business purpose disclosures under written contracts that describe the purposes, require the recipient to keep the personal information confidential, prohibit selling or sharing the personal information, and prohibit using the disclosed personal information for any purpose except performing the contract. In the event the Site or any services require or permit you to interface with a Service Provider, you may be subject to that Service Provider’s separate terms of use and privacy policy.

We share your personal information in the circumstances described below:

• When we have received your consent to do so
• In situations where sharing or disclosing your personal data is required in order to offer or provide you products or services you requested
• When companies or service providers that perform business activities on behalf of us require such personal data (e.g., credit card processing, customer support services, market research administration or database management services) and/​or such companies or service providers may have independent rights to your personal data if you disclose your personal data to them on a website governed by their privacy policy
• to facilitate business operations or meet contractual obligations
• In the event we are merged or acquired by another owner/​company
• In case of emergency to safeguard the life, health, or property of an individual

In addition to the circumstances described above, we may disclose personal data:

• if required to comply with law or court order, or as requested by other government or law enforcement authority
• in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, without limitation, to protect our rights
• when we have reason to believe that disclosing the personal data is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights, whether intentionally or otherwise
• when anyone else could be harmed by such activities

While we never sell personal information for monetary consideration, we may share personal information with third parties in a way that may be considered a sale of personal information under the applicable state consumer data privacy laws. These ​“sales” are subject to your right to opt-out, and do not include information about individuals we know are under age 16. For more information, please review the chart concerning disclosure of information in the California – Additional Privacy Rights section below.

We may use aggregated, non-personally identifiable information for purposes of:

• website administration and
• to compile information about usage of the Website and our Services. We may share aggregated information (which does not contain your personal data) with third parties (i.e., advertisers and marketing partners).

5. Your Choices

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Websites may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
• Disclosure of Your Personal Data for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal data with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, by sending us an email with your request to legal@​merus1894.​com.
• Promotional Offers from Merus. You can let us know that you do not wish to receive information about new products and services and special offers from us, or that you do not wish to have us share your personal data with trusted third parties (other than to the extent necessary to fulfill your request for products or services), by contacting us at legal@​merus1894.​com or in the manner provided in every commercial email sent by us. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Merus as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.
• Do Not Track Signals and Global Privacy Controls. Because there is not currently an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals, we do not respond to them at this time. However, we treat Global Privacy Control signals as requests to opt out of sale and opt out of interest-based or targeted advertising under applicable state law.
• Location Data. You may opt out of having your location data collected by Merus at any time by editing the appropriate setting on your device (which is usually located in the settings of your device).

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

6. Your Rights – Residents of Certain Jurisdictions

If you reside in the United States, you may have specific rights based on your state of residence. Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia may have specific rights regarding their personal information. Other jurisdictions may also provide similar rights. This section addresses these specific state laws, and any other similar state laws that may be passed.

Depending upon your state of residency, you may have the following rights under applicable state privacy laws:

Exercising Your Rights and Our Response

To exercise your rights described above, please submit a request by either:

• Calling us at 877−271−6400
• Emailing us at legal@​merus1894.​com

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request to know or delete related to your personal information. Once you make an opt-out request, we will wait at least 12 months before asking you to reauthorize personal information sales. However, you may change your mind and opt back in to personal information sales at any time by emailing us at legal@​merus1894.​com.

You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your opt-out rights. We will only use personal information provided in an opt-out request to review and comply with the request. If, upon review, you wish to deactivate your account, or update your personal data, we will endeavor to do so in a timely manner. Occasionally, information that you request to be removed will be retained in certain files for a period of time in order to properly resolve disputes or to troubleshoot problems. In addition, some types of information may be stored indefinitely on ​“back up” systems or within log files due to technical constraints or financial or legal requirements. Therefore, you should not always expect that all of your personal information will be completely expunged from our databases in response to your request.

Verifiable Consumer Requests

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. You do not need to create an account with us to submit a request to know or delete. However, we do consider requests made through your password protected account sufficiently verified when the request relates to personal information associated with that specific account. We will only use personal information provided in the request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make it.

We will respond to your request within 45 days of receiving it. If we require more time we will inform you of the reason and extension period. If we cannot fulfill your request, we will provide you an explanation for it. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of the verifiable consumer request. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another without hindrance. If applicable, you may have the right to appeal our decision if we deny your consumer request. If we deny your consumer request, you can send an email to legal@​merus1894.​com requesting an appeal of the denial. Within 45 days of receipt of your appeal, we will inform you of the action we took or did not take in response to your appeal. If your appeal is denied, we will provide you with an online mechanism to contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint in your respective state.

For Designated Agents or Parents/​Guardians

To designate an authorized agent or to submit a request to know or delete on behalf of your child, please contact us and, if applicable, include the required documents described below. Your request must:

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected PI or an authorized representative.
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

7. California – Additional Information

We disclose personal information as shown below.

The first chart shows the categories of personal information we disclosed to our service providers and contractors for business or commercial purposes over the last 12 months. Some of the ways in which we disclose personal information may be considered ​“sharing” under certain state privacy laws.

The second chart shows the categories of personal information we share for purposes of cross-contextual behavioral advertising. We do not ​“sell” personal information as that term is defined by applicable law.
Shine the Light Law

California’s ​“Shine the Light” law, Civil Code Section 1798.83, allows California residents who to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. Please contact us at legal@​merus1894.​com to request information as permitted by California law. When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and details regarding your specific request, such as the personal information you do not want us to share with suppliers, affiliates, or third parties. The request should be sent to us at legal@​merus1894.​com or to our mailing address set forth herein, Attn: Privacy, and labeled ​“California Customer Choice Notice.” Please allow 30 days for a response. Also, please note that there is no charge for controlling the sharing of your personal information or requesting this notice.

Notice of Financial Incentives and Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights. Unless permitted by law, we will not:

• Deny you goods or services.
• Charge you different prices for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
• Provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.
• Suggest that you may receive a different price for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

We may offer you certain financial incentives permitted under applicable law that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your personal information’s value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time. We currently provide the following financial incentives:
None at this time.

8. Data Security

We recognize the importance of information security, and we are constantly reviewing and enhancing our security procedures. The Services and our servers have reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security measures in place to help protect your personal data against loss, misuse, and alteration while under our control. However, you should be aware that no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of any information you provide to us.

9. Links to Other Websites

The Services may provide links to other websites or services for your convenience and information. Third party websites that are accessed through links through our Services have separate privacy and data collection practices and security measures. We have no responsibility or liability for the practices, policies, and security measures implemented by third parties on their websites. We encourage you to contact them to ask questions about their privacy practices, policies and security measures before disclosing any personally identifiable data.

10. Children’s Personal Data

Our Services are not directed towards children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. While we do not seek to obtain, nor wish to receive, personal data directly from children under the age of 18, we cannot always determine the age of persons who access and use our Services. If a child provides us with his/​her data without parental or guardian consent, we encourage the parent or guardian to contact us to have this information removed from our systems.

11. Social Media

We are active on social media including, but not limited to, LinkedIn (“Social Media”). Anything you post on Social Media is public information and will not be treated confidentially. We may post (or re-post) on the Site and our Social Media pages any comments or content that you post on our Social Media pages.

Our Site allows you to connect and share data with Social Media platforms. These features may require us to use cookies, plug-ins, and APIs provided by such Social Media platforms to facilitate these communications and features. Our Site may use advertising networks and services offered by Social Media platforms to deliver advertising content. Use of these services requires Social Media platforms to implement cookies or pixel tags to deliver ads to you while you access the Site.

12. Updates

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Notice on this page. The date the Privacy Notice was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you and for periodically visiting our Site and this Privacy Notice to check for any changes.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Notice or our Services, you may contact:

Merus LLC
Attn: Legal Services
302 W. Third Street, Suite 300
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
legal@​merus1894.​com

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