Privacy and Online Information Gathering

If you choose to purchase products from the Portland Mercantile Company website, we require the following information to fulfill your order:

• Name
• Address
• Contact telephone number(s)
• Email address
• Credit card information

We use this information to process your order and to make sure it is delivered to you.  Aggregate information about our customers shopping activities is also used to track and analyze shopping trends for use in improving the content of our website, enhancing your online shopping experience, and future marketing and promotional activities.  This aggregate information does not include a customer's personally identifiable information.  Any information you share with us or we gather from your shopping activities will not be shared with or sold to any third parties unless required by law or to comply with a court order.

Accessing or Changing Your Information

If at any time you want to change or review your account information prior to completing an order, simply sign on to portlandmercantile.com and click on "My Account."  You can then change your account information by clicking on "Account Profile."  Be sure to click "Save" once you have completed your changes.

Portland Mercantile Company's Children's Policy

The Portland Mercantile Company website is not directed toward persons under the age of 18 and Portland Mercantile Company does not knowingly collect personal information on any person under the age of 18.

By registering with this website, purchasing products from Portland Mercantile Company or providing Portland Mercantile Company with any information, you represent to Portland Mercantile Company that you are 18 years of age or older and that any information you provide to Portland Mercantile Company about a third party is for a third party that is 18 years of age or older.

If the parent or guardian of a person under the age of 18 learns that a person has provided Portland Mercantile Company with personally identifiable information via its website, Portland Mercantile Company requests that the parent or guardian notify via email at customerservice@portlandmercantile.com and we will do our best to delete the person's information from our files.  Portland Mercantile Company will also cancel any order placed by a person under the age of 18 so long as notice from the parent or guardian is received by Portland Mercantile Company prior to shipment of the purchased product(s).  In the event the product(s) has(have) already shipped, the sale is considered final unless the product(s) is(are) returned to Portland Mercantile Company with the original packaging unopened and at the expense of the returning party.

External Links

Portland Mercantile Company's website may contain links to third party websites.  Please read each website's privacy policy carefully, since it may differ significantly from this Privacy and Security Policy.  Portland Mercantile Company is not responsible for the privacy and security policies, content, or marketing practices of other third party websites.  Your use of such sites is done completely at your discretion and at your own risk.

Security

Portland Mercantile Company believes in providing a safe and secure shopping experience for all of our customers.  We want you to feel comfortable that personal information such as your name, address, and credit card number will be kept safe and secure.  Portland Mercantile Company uses a combination of hardware, software, and internal security procedures to protect our customers' personal information.

Our website is designed to accept orders only from web browsers that permit communication through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.  You will be unable to place an order through an unsecured connection. 

If you have any concernes about security that are not answereed here, please contact us at customerservice@portlandmercantile.com.

Disclaimers

            Website Performance and Issues

Portland Mercantile Company reserves the right to correct errors and to update product information at any time.  Portland Mercantile Company does not warrant that the information accessible via this website is accurate, complete, or current.  While Portland Mercantile Company attemps to provide the most recent, accurate, and reliable information on our website, there may be occasions when portlandmercantile.com may contain incomplete data, typographical errors or inaccuracies, or may feature an item that is no longer in stock.  Any errors are unintentional and we apologize if erroneous information affects your individual order. 

            Product Descriptions and Displays

Portland Mercantile Company makes every effort to accurately describe and display the products featured on this website.  However, product displays may be affected by digital photography settings and the capabilities and settings of your computer monitor.  Portland Mercantile Company cannot guarantee that your monitor's dispaly of any color, texture, or merchandise details will be accurate.

            Limitation on Liability

This website operates "As-Is" and "As-Available", without liability of any kind.  Portland Mercantile Company is not responsible for events beyond our direct control.  IN NO EVENT WILL PORTLAND MERCANTILE COMPANY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR SPECIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PORTLAND MERCANTILE COMPANY, INCLUDING ANY FAILURE BY PORTLAND MERCANTILE COMPANY OR AFFILIATE TO COMPLY WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

            Choice-Of-Law

This Privacy and Security Policy is governed by the law of Oregon, excluding conflict of law principles.  Any legal action brought against Portland Mercantile Company must be commenced in Oregon.