This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information in connection with our website, inquiries, marketing services, research, surveys, testing, and related opportunities (the “Services”).
Individual opportunities may include additional privacy notices explaining how information will be collected, used, and shared.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
- Contact information: name, email address, telephone number, and location information you provide, such as country or region.
- Screening and profile information: age or age range, occupation, interests, purchasing habits, and other answers relevant to an opportunity.
- Participation information: survey answers, feedback, testing results, submissions, completion status, and project communications.
- Payment information: payment contact details, payout identifiers, payment amounts and status, and tax information where required. Payment providers may collect additional information under their own privacy notices.
- Business information: professional contact details, inquiries, project instructions, billing details, and business communications.
- Website and acceptance records: IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, referral source, access times, and records of agreements or consent, where collected by our systems.
We collect information you provide directly and information generated through your interactions with the Services.
2. How We Use Information
We use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries and communicate with participants and clients.
- Assess eligibility and administer opportunities.
- Conduct research, analyze responses, and deliver project results.
- Administer payments and meet tax or accounting obligations.
- Maintain and improve the website and prevent fraud or duplicate participation.
- Record agreements, manage consent preferences, and address complaints.
- Comply with legal requirements and protect legal rights.
- Send opportunity invitations or promotional communications where permitted by law and consistent with your choices.
3. How We Share Information
We may share relevant information with:
- Service providers supporting hosting, forms, surveys, communications, payments, security, and professional services, subject to appropriate protections.
- Project clients or research partners to administer opportunities and provide project results. The opportunity notice will explain who receives the information, why, and whether responses will identify you.
- Authorities or other parties when legally required or reasonably necessary to address fraud, protect safety, or establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
- Parties to a business transaction, such as a merger or sale, subject to appropriate safeguards and applicable notice requirements.
- Other recipients you authorize, for the purposes explained when permission is requested.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, security, preferences, and analytics or advertising where enabled. Our cookie notice or settings explain the technologies used and available choices.
Where required, we obtain consent before using optional tracking technologies. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.
5. Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services, administer projects and payments, and meet legal, accounting, security, and dispute-resolution requirements.
Retention periods depend on the type of information, its purpose, and applicable obligations. When information is no longer needed, we delete or de-identify it, subject to lawful retention and backup procedures.
6. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. No internet transmission or storage system is completely secure.
7. Your Choices and Privacy Rights
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails using the link provided or contact us to update your preferences. We may still send necessary communications about your inquiries, participation, or payments.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are intended for adults aged 18 and older. If you believe a minor has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
9. Third-Party Services
Our Services may link to websites or platforms operated by other providers. Their privacy notices explain their practices. We remain responsible for information we handle and for service providers acting on our behalf, as required by law.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy and revise the date above. We will provide additional notice of material changes and obtain consent where required.