meritboutique Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 16, 2026

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Overview

At meritboutique, safeguarding your personal information and honoring your privacy expectations are fundamental to how we operate. This Privacy Policy describes the types of data we gather, the reasons we gather it, how it is handled, and the protections we apply when you browse our website, engage with our services, or complete a purchase with us. This policy applies to customers located in the United States and should be read together with our other store policies.

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Information We Collect

When you use our services, we may collect the following categories of personal information:

• Account & Order Data: Your name, email address, shipping address, billing address, telephone number, and purchase history — gathered when you register an account, submit an order, or update your meritboutique profile.
• Payment Data: Every payment transaction is secured with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption and handled directly by payment processors that comply with PCI-DSS standards. meritboutique never stores and cannot access your full card number, CVV security code, or banking credentials.
• Usage Data: IP address, device type, browser type, operating system, and details about how you interact with our site — gathered automatically through cookies and analytics tools as you browse our platform.
• Communications: Messages, inquiries, support correspondence, or feedback you submit through email, contact forms, or live support channels.

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How We Use Your Information

Your personal information is used only for legitimate business purposes, including:

• Processing, fulfilling, and shipping your orders, including sending order confirmations, tracking information, and delivery updates.
• Delivering responsive customer support and resolving order, shipping, or product concerns.
• Sending essential transactional and service notifications connected to your account or orders.
• Studying usage patterns, refining website functionality, and enhancing the customer experience.
• Marketing Communications: Promotional or marketing emails are sent only when you have expressly opted in. You may withdraw your consent at any time by using the "Unsubscribe" link in any promotional email or by contacting our team directly.

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Sharing of Information

We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise disclose your personal information to third parties for their own commercial or marketing purposes.

Your personal data is shared only with trusted third-party service providers whose services are necessary to run our platform and fulfill our obligations to you:

• Payment Processors: PCI-DSS-compliant payment gateways that securely process transactions.
• Shipping & Logistics Partners: Courier and postal services that package, ship, and deliver your orders.
• Analytics Providers: Services that help us assess website traffic and performance using anonymized, aggregated data.

Every third-party service provider is contractually required to uphold strict privacy standards, protect your data, and use it exclusively to carry out authorized tasks on behalf of meritboutique.

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Data Security

We maintain robust technical and organizational safeguards — including SSL/TLS encryption for data in transit and restricted access protocols — to shield your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

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Cookies Policy

Our website uses two categories of cookies:

1. Essential Cookies: Required for core functionality, such as preserving shopping cart contents, security authentication, and navigating checkout. These cookies cannot be disabled.
2. Analytics & Performance Cookies: Used to collect anonymized information about how visitors interact with our store, allowing us to improve site usability.

You may adjust your non-essential cookie preferences through your browser settings at any time.

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Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have specific rights regarding your personal information:

• GDPR (EU/EEA Residents): The right to access, correct, update, erase, restrict processing of, or request portability of your personal data.
• CCPA / CPRA (California Residents): The right to know what personal data is collected, the right to request deletion, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights. As stated above, meritboutique does not sell personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our privacy compliance team at support@meritboutique.xyz. We will verify your request and respond within 30 days.

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Changes to This Policy

meritboutique may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. Where changes are material, we will notify you by email or through a prominent notice on our website before those changes take effect. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

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Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please reach out to us:

• Official Business Name: meritboutique
• Privacy & Customer Support Email: support@meritboutique.xyz
• Customer Support Phone: 17246221484
• Physical Business Address: 257 FAIRVIEW RD, Midland, PA 15059, United States
• Support Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM EST | Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST