Mercer EDP respects, and is committed to protecting the privacy of every individual who visits our website. Please read the Mercer EDP Online Privacy Statement below. This Statement applies only to information provided and collected on this website. When you browse our website, you do so anonymously; however, by visiting our website, you are accepting this Online Privacy Statement.
Mercer EDP is a public-private organization, comprised of the University of Illinois Extension, Mercer County, City of Aledo, and 501(c)3 non-profit organization Mercer Growth Organization (MERGO).
When you browse our website, you do so anonymously. We do not automatically collect personal information; however, we do log your IP address, or the Internet address of your computer, to provide us with an idea of which part of our website you visit and how long you spend there.
Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, cell phone number, a home, postal or other physical address, personal interest, and other information when taken alone or tied to other information, would allow someone to identify or contact you. This information may be used by Mercer EDP and our business partners to clarify accuracy of information or provide information about other services that may be of interest to you.
From time-to-time we may provide you with the opportunity to participate in surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Mercer EDP does not transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties, nor do we rent, sell, or market your personally identifiable information with an outside third party. If we decide to change this position, you will be notified at time of collection and in this Online Privacy Statement, and will be provided the opportunity to “opt out” of such use of your personally identifiable information.Any information you consent to be given to a third party is governed by the rules of that party’s privacy policy, which may differ from this Online Privacy Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of that third party to determine whether you wish to have Mercer EDP share your information with that party.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website.
Mercer EDP is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may update it emailing us or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. We also use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site.
Some parts of Mercer EDP website uses cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you have visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive or read cookies files created by other sites.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Mercer EDP only, and does not cover the use of cookies by third parties. We have no control over and are not responsible for the way other sites use cookies. We recommend that you read and understand the privacy policy of any site you link to in order to determine whether and how that site uses cookies.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify setting to decline cookies, if you prefer. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more on this function.
Mercer EDP pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons, or single-pixel gifs. We may include Web beacons in e-mail messages in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. We do not link the information we store in Web beacons to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
This privacy statement covers the use of Web beacons by Mercer EDP only, and does not cover the use of cookies by third parties. We have no control over and are not responsible for the way other sites use Web beacons. We recommend that you read and understand the privacy policy of any site you link to in order to determine whether and how that site uses Web beacons.
Mercer EDP gathers certain information automatically and stores it in log files. This information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, and date/time stamp. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as whole. We do not link the information to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
Mercer EDP is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children, and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. Mercer EDP does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. Our site is intended for general audiences and does not intentionally target children under 13.
In the event Mercer EDP discovers a child under the age of 13 has provided personally identifiable information to us, in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we will stop using the information and, to the extent possible, we will delete the child’s personally identifiable information from our files.
If you have any questions or suggestions about this privacy statement, the practices of our website, please contact us at:
By email: jgarner@merceredp.org or worthley@merceredp.org
By phone: (309) 582-7695
By mail:
Mercer EDP
2106 SE 3rd Street
Aledo, IL 61231
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will post these changes here. Please be advised that your continued use of our site constitutes your acceptance of any amendments, revisions, and modifications, and so forth to this privacy policy.