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At Mercantile
Bancorp, Inc., we know how important personal privacy is to you.
We understand that you expect your financial affairs to be kept
private and secure. We also understand the need to protect information
that you have provided. Therefore, we maintain procedures and guidelines
to properly handle this information. We gather information
regarding users of our web site through the use of on-line forms,
e-mail, and "cookie" files. Cookies are used to estimate
our audience size. Each browser accessing our site is given a unique
cookie, which is then used to determine whether a user is a first-time
visitor or a return visitor. This information helps us deliver better
service. User ID's and Passwords must be used each time to access
account information. During Internet correspondence with our bank,
some information will be gathered to administer the session for
the customer. We collect, retain, and use information about you
only where we believe it will be useful to administer our business
or provide products, services, or opportunities for you. We will
use this information to constantly improve our products and service
for our customers. Security such
as access procedures and levels are in place that limit access to
personally identifiable information to only those employees with
a business reason to know such information about you. We maintain
appropriate security standards and procedures regarding unauthorized
access to customer information. We educate our employees about the
importance of confidentiality and customer privacy through standard
operating procedures and our Standards of Conduct Policy. Our procedures
provide assurance that your financial information is accurate, current,
and complete in accordance with commercial industry standards. You
may inform us in writing or through our web site, of any inaccurate
information. We will quickly respond to your requests to correct
inaccurate information. These changes, after verification, will
be made in a timely manner. We also have internal procedures to
update and correct inaccurate information. We reserve the
right to change this policy at any time by posting a new privacy
policy. For more information about our privacy policy, please contact
us at info@mercbanx.com.
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