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The updated policy states that Mercury may now collect personal information directly from employees, contractors, payment beneficiaries, and dependents at a business's direction, without requiring those individuals' direct consent to Mercury. This expands the pool of individuals whose data Mercury processes beyond those who directly use the service. Additionally, the revised SMS terms separate transactional messages (receipts, confirmations) from marketing messages, requiring separate consent for marketing SMS. You can manage marketing SMS consent independently from transactional message receipt.
View change record →The updated privacy policy now discloses that cookies from Facebook Ads, Bing Ads, Braze, Google Ads, and LinkedIn Ads serve an additional purpose: 'SaleOfInfo'. This means data collected through these cookies may be sold or shared with third-party commercial partners, beyond their existing use for advertising and analytics. Under the revised policy, Mercury treats data from these cookies as subject to potential sale or commercial sharing. You can review Mercury's full privacy policy to understand your data rights and any available opt-out mechanisms.
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to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your jurisdiction.
Further, you may take legal actions in relation to any potential breach of your rights regarding the processing of your Personal Information, as well as to lodge complaints before the competent data prot...
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. If you are in the EEA, you may contact your local data protection authority.
"Canadian residents may file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the applicable provincial commissioner.Excerpt from Mercury's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “Canadian residents may file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the applicable provincial commissioner.”
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