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Data, privacy & terms

Merle republishes information that Moroccan law requires companies to make public, and makes it searchable. This page explains where it comes from, what we keep about you, and the rules for using it.

Where the data comes from

Every record comes from the Annonces légales of the Bulletin Officiel, published by the Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement (sgg.gov.ma). These announcements (incorporations, transfers of shares, changes of management, dissolutions and so on) are published by companies as a legal obligation. Each result on Merle links to the gazette page it was read from.

Announcements are read automatically. Mistakes are possible, so records that look unusual are flagged, and the source page is always the reference.

What we keep about you

  • Your account: your email address and a password (stored by our sign-in provider, never in plain text).
  • Searches by a person’s name: recorded with your account, the time and the name searched, so this access can be audited. These records are kept for 12 months.
  • Technical logs: requests are logged without your IP address (a one-way hash is used instead) and without the text of company searches.

No advertising, no tracking cookies, and your data is never sold.

Names of people

The names of a company’s owners and managers appear in the public announcements. On Merle they are shown to signed-in users only, and searching by a person’s name is limited to approved professional accounts, with every such search logged.

Removal requests

The gazette itself is a permanent public record and we can’t change it. If information about you appears here and you believe it is wrong, out of date or should not be shown, ask us to review it. A contact address for these requests will be published here shortly.

Terms of use

  • Use Merle for lawful purposes, in line with Law 09-08 on the protection of personal data.
  • Don’t copy the database in bulk, scrape it, or use it to build profiles of private individuals.
  • Check the source page before relying on a record for a decision; the gazette is the authority.
  • The service is provided as is, without warranty. Accounts that break these rules may be closed.