Privacy Policy

Consent

By using the Website and/or by providing your information, you consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the Website in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to your consent for sharing your information as per this Policy.

IF YOU AGREE TO THE PRIVACY POLICY ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY OR AGENCY, OR IN CONNECTION WITH PROVIDING OR RECEIVING SERVICES ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY OR AGENCY, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND THAT ENTITY OR AGENCY TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE BINDING BOTH YOU AND THAT ENTITY OR AGENCY TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE. IN THAT EVENT, “YOU” AND “YOUR” WILL REFER AND APPLY TO YOU AND THAT ENTITY OR AGENCY.

Collection of Your Personal Information

We collect personal information from individuals who want to register on our website www.trademarksearchpro.com. This information is not accessible to the visitors using Meerad's website, either directly or by submitting a request. Individuals are required to create an account to access certain portions of our Website. When individuals create and use an account with Meerad, they will be required to disclose personal contact details such as name and email address.

We also automatically collect certain computer, device, and browsing information when you access the website or use Meerad. This information is aggregated to provide statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns and does not personally identify individuals. This information may include computer or mobile device information, including IP address, operating system, network system, browser type, and settings.

Website Usage Information

Meerad's website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies are typically stored on your computer's hard drive. Information collected from cookies is used by us to evaluate the effectiveness of our Site, analyze trends, and administer the Platform. The information collected from cookies allows us to determine such things as which parts of our website are most visited and what difficulties our visitors may experience in accessing our website. With this knowledge, we can improve the quality of your experience on the Platform by recognizing and delivering more of the most desired features and information, as well as by resolving access difficulties. We may also use cookies and/or a technology known as web bugs or clear gifs, which are typically stored in emails to help us confirm your receipt of and response to our emails and to provide you with a more personalized experience when using our Site.

Third Party Service Providers

We may use one or more third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding the use of our Site. Our service provider(s) will place cookies on the hard drive of your computer and will receive information that we select that will educate us on such things as how visitors navigate around our Site, what products are browsed, and general transaction information. Our service provider(s) will analyze this information and provide us with aggregate reports. The information and analysis provided by our service provider(s) will be used to assist us in better understanding our visitors' interests in our Site and how to better serve those interests. The information collected by our service provider(s) may be linked to and combined with information that we collect about you while you are using the Platform. Our service provider(s) is/are contractually restricted from using the information they receive from our Site for any other purpose than to assist us.

If you want to avoid using cookies altogether, you can disable cookies in your browser. However, disabling cookies might make it impossible for you to use certain features of our website or Services, such as logging in to your Meerad Account or making transactions. Your use of our website or Service with a browser that is configured to accept cookies constitutes acceptance of our and third-party cookies.

How Meerad Uses The Information We Collect

We collect your personal information and aggregate information about the use of our Website and Services to better understand your needs and to provide you with a better Website experience. Specifically, we may use your personal information for any of the following reasons:

• To provide our Services to you, including registering you for our Services, verifying your identity and authority to use our Services, and to otherwise enable you to use our Website and our Services;
• For customer support and to respond to your inquiries;
• For internal record-keeping purposes;
• To process billing and payment, including sharing with third-party payment gateways in connection with Website and/or Meerad's products and Services;
• To improve and maintain our Website and our Services (for example, we track information entered through the "Search" function; this helps us determine which areas of our Website users like best and areas that we may want to enhance; we also will use this for troubleshooting purposes, where applicable);
• To periodically send promotional emails to the email address you provide regarding new products from Meerad, special offers from Meerad, or other information about Meerad that we think you may find interesting;
• To contact you via email, or, where requested, by text message, to deliver certain services or information you have requested;
• For Meerad's market research purposes, including, but not limited to, the customization of the Website according to your interests;
• To resolve disputes, to protect ourselves and other users of our Website and Services, and to enforce our Terms of Use;
• We also may compare personal information collected through the Website and Services to verify its accuracy with personal information collected from third parties; and we may combine aggregate data with the personal information we collect about you.
• We may collect Meerad services usage information in order to improve function or UI but will only use this information in an aggregated, anonymized fashion, and never in association with your name, email, or other personally identifying information.

Disclosure

We may share the information that we collect about you, including your personal information, as follows:

Information Disclosed to Protect Us and Others

We may disclose your information including Personal Information if:

• Meerad reasonably believes that disclosure is necessary in order to comply with a legal process (such as a court order, search warrant, etc.) & other legal requirements of any governmental authority.
• Disclosure would potentially mitigate our liability in an actual or potential lawsuit.
• Reasonably necessary to enforce this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, etc.
• Disclosure is intended to help investigate or prevent unauthorized transactions or other illegal activities
• Necessary or appropriate to protect our rights or property, or the rights or property of any person or entity.

Information Disclosed to Third Party Service Providers and Business Partners

We may contract with various third parties for the provision and maintenance of the Website, Services, and our business operations, and Meerad may need to share your personal information and data generated by cookies and aggregate information (collectively, "information") with these vendors and service agencies. The vendors and service agencies will not receive any right to use your personal information beyond what is necessary to perform their obligations to provide the Services to you. If you complete a survey, we also may share your information with the survey provider; if we offer a survey in conjunction with another entity, we also will disclose the results to that entity.

Disclosure to Non-Affiliated Third Parties in Furtherance of Your Request

Your request for services may be shared with third-party websites with whom we have a contractual relationship in order to provide your request with maximum exposure. The post on the third-party website will include the details of your request, including your location, and other contact details. Interested bidders, however, will be able to click on your request on such third-party site and will be directed to our Website where they will have access to your contact details (partial or complete), as would any other service provider on our Website interested in bidding on your request.

Links to External Websites

The Website may contain links to other websites or resources over which Meerad does not have any control. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by Meerad of those external websites. You acknowledge that Meerad is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that Meerad is not responsible for the content of such external websites. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such external websites, and such sites are not governed by this Policy. Your use of any external website is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy located on the linked-to external website.

Marketing

We may send periodic promotional or informational emails to you. You may opt-out of such communications by following the opt-out instructions contained in the email. Please note that it may take up to 10 business days for us to process opt-out requests. If you opt out of receiving emails about recommendations or other information we think may interest you, we may still send you emails about your account or any Services you have requested or received from us.

Breach Reporting

Any individual who suspects that a personal data breach has occurred as a result of the theft or exposure of personal data must immediately notify the Board of Meerad by emailing [your contact email] and providing a description of what occurred. We will investigate all reported incidents to confirm whether or not a personal data breach has occurred. If a personal data breach is confirmed, Meerad will follow the relevant authorized procedure based on the criticality and quantity of the personal data involved. For severe personal data breaches, Meerad's senior management will initiate and chair an emergency response team to coordinate and manage the personal data breach response.

Privacy Policy Updates

This Policy is current as of the effective date set forth above. Meerad may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change this policy from time to time by updating this Policy. Meerad will post its updated Policy on the website on this page. Meerad encourages you to review this policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of this website and/or continued provision of personal information to us will be subject to the terms of the then-current policy.

Grievances

If you have any questions or comments about the Privacy Policy, please contact us at [your contact email]. This Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Terms of Use, which can be accessed at Terms Of Use. Your use of the Website and/or Services and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Policy and Meerad's Terms of Use.