Mercury

Mercury

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Mercury operates as a data broker and sells personal data. This is a significant privacy concern.

Overview

Sells your data Yes

We do not sell Personal Information in exchange for money. However, like many online companies, we use cookies and similar technologies that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under certain U.S. privacy laws because they involve information used for advertising purposes.

Shares with third parties Yes

Tracking levelHigh

Your Privacy Controls

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Browser signal to opt out of data selling

Supported

Do Not Track (DNT)

Browser signal to opt out of tracking

Not honored

How Long Data Is Kept

as needed for purposes or legal contractual obligations

Where Data Goes

Sent outside EU/EEAYes

Who Gets Your Data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Other Third Parties

Not clearly specified who receives your data

Tracking & Analytics

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Cookies & Tracking

Essential

Required for basic functionality

Low risk

Analytics

Tracks how you use the site

16Medium risk

Functional

Improves your experience

3Low risk

Marketing

Tracks you across websites for ads

High risk ⚠️

What Data Is Collected

42 types

Data Type	Category	Why
Full Name	Identity	Used for account opening, identity verification, and communication. Contact information and personal identifiers, such as your full name
Email Address	Identity	Used for account opening, identity verification, and communication. Contact information and personal identifiers, such as your full name, email address
Phone Number	Identity	Used for account opening, identity verification, and communication. Contact information and personal identifiers, such as your full name, email address, phone number
Mailing Address	Identity	Used for account opening, identity verification, and communication. Contact information and personal identifiers, such as your full name, email address, phone number, mailing address
Date of Birth	Identity	Used for identity verification and compliance. Contact information and personal identifiers, such as your full name, email address, phone number, mailing address, date of birth
Government-Issued Identifiers	Identity	Used for identity verification, fraud prevention, and compliance with legal obligations. Includes SSN, Tax ID, Driver's License, Passport, State ID. government-issued identifiers (e.g., social security number or tax ID)
IP Address	Technical	Used as a unique personal identifier and to derive approximate geolocation. other unique personal identifiers (e.g., IP address)
Bank Account Details	Financial	Used to process transactions, manage accounts, and for financial services. Includes account numbers. Financial and commercial information, such as bank account details
Transaction History	Financial	Used to operate services, process transactions, and detect fraud. Financial and commercial information, such as bank account details, transaction history
Account Balances	Financial	Used to operate services and manage accounts. Financial and commercial information, such as bank account details, transaction history, account balances
Business Ownership Information	Financial	Information related to the ownership structure of a business, collected for account opening and compliance. Financial and commercial information, such as... ownership information
Business Formation Documents	Other	Documents containing various personal and business information, collected for account opening and compliance. Financial and commercial information, such as... business formation documents
Company Name	Employment	Information about the user's affiliated company. Professional or employment information, such as company name
Job Title	Employment	Information about the user's professional role. Professional or employment information, such as company name, job title
Company Affiliation	Employment	Information linking the user to a specific company. Professional or employment information, such as company name, job title, company affiliation
Business Ownership Percentage	Employment	Percentage of ownership in a business, collected for account opening and compliance. Professional or employment information, such as... ownership percentage
Business Role	Employment	The user's specific role within a business. Professional or employment information, such as... business role
Voiceprint	Biometric	Biometric data derived from voice, used for identification. Biometric information, such as voiceprint
Facial Scan	Biometric	Biometric data derived from facial features, used for identification. Biometric information, such as... facial scan
Biometrics from Photograph/Image	Biometric	Biometric data extracted from user-provided photographs or images for identification purposes. Biometric information, such as... biometrics extracted from a photograph or image
Age	Identity	Demographic information used for compliance and service tailoring. Demographic information, such as your age
Gender	Identity	Demographic information used for compliance and service tailoring. Demographic information, such as your age, gender
Veteran Status	Other	Demographic information. Demographic information, such as your age, gender, veteran status
Citizenship	Identity	Demographic information used for compliance. Demographic information, such as your age, gender, veteran status, citizenship
Marital Status	Other	Demographic information. Demographic information, such as your age, gender, veteran status, citizenship, and marital status
Browser Characteristics	Technical	Information about the user's web browser for service optimization and security. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as browser characteristics
Device IDs and Characteristics	Technical	Unique identifiers and attributes of the user's device for service optimization and security. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as... device IDs and characteristics
Operating System Version Information	Technical	Details about the operating system of the user's device for service optimization and security. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as... operating system version information
Browsing History	Behavioral	Records of pages visited and interactions on the website/app for analytics and service improvement. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as... browsing history
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies	Technical	Small data files stored on the device to authenticate users, prevent fraud, understand product performance, and provide relevant content. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as... cookies, and similar tracking technologies.
Inferences (Preferences & Characteristics)	Behavioral	Profiles created about users reflecting their preferences and characteristics, drawn from other collected information. Inferences drawn from any information identified in this section to create a profile about you, reflecting your preferences and characteristics.
Audio Recordings	Communications	Recordings of user voice during sales, support, research, and customer feedback calls. Audio and/or Video Recordings, such as recording your voice and image during sales, support, research, and customer feedback calls or meetings unless you opt-out or do not provide consent.
Video Recordings (Image)	Communications	Recordings of user image during sales, support, research, and customer feedback meetings. Audio and/or Video Recordings, such as recording your voice and image during sales, support, research, and customer feedback calls or meetings unless you opt-out or do not provide consent.
Account Login Credentials	Identity	Username and password used to access the user's account. Sensitive Personal Information... Account login credentials, such as username and password
Customer Support Interaction Information	Communications	Information provided by the user when contacting Mercury for assistance. Other Personal Information you choose to provide, such as information you provide when you contact us for assistance with our Services
Survey Responses	Communications	Information provided by users in surveys. information you enter into a survey or chat
Chat Messages	Communications	Content of chat communications with Mercury. information you enter into a survey or chat
Third-Party Business Contact/Transaction Data	Other	Personal information about individuals connected to a business customer (employees, contractors, vendors, customers) processed by Mercury on behalf of the business. If you use Mercury for business purposes, we may process Personal Information about individuals connected to your business. This may include: Employees, Contractors, Authorized Users, Vendors, Customers, Other third parties you transact with through the Services
External Financial Account Data (via integrations)	Financial	Financial information from external bank accounts, accounting systems, e-commerce platforms, or payment processors, received through user-enabled third-party integrations. If you choose to use third-party integrations like external bank accounts, accounting system integrations, e-commerce platforms, payment processors... we may receive information made available through those integrations at your direction.
HR System Data (via integrations)	Employment	Employment-related information from HR systems, received through user-enabled third-party integrations. If you choose to use third-party integrations like... HR systems... we may receive information made available through those integrations at your direction.
Workplace Integration Data	Other	Information from workplace integrations, received through user-enabled third-party integrations. If you choose to use third-party integrations like... workplace integrations, we may receive information made available through those integrations at your direction.
Referral Information	Identity	Information provided when a user refers individuals to Mercury, or received from referral partners. Refer individuals to Mercury

Why Your Data Is Used

Deceptive Practices

Privacy Zuckering

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Obstruction

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