Privacy Policy effective as of January 1, 2007.
SurveyU respondents complete surveys about social, political and commercial topics. The information respondents provide is absolutely confidential. We do not sell anything or disclose personal information to anyone at any time. When panelists register, we ask them basic questions solely for the purpose of verifying demographic information, campus location, area of study, gender and age. Individual information is not sold or shared with anyone else, except in aggregate form (such as "65 percent of those aged 21-25 have downloaded a song or video to their mobile phone.")
ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
SurveyU respects the privacy of all of its respondents. This Privacy Policy outlines what personally identifiable information is collected, how the information is used, with whom the information may be shared, and the security procedures in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under our control. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
To register with SurveyU, we require respondents to submit Personally Identifiable Information. Respondents are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personally Identifiable Information they submit to us.
Without registration to the SurveyU panel, the only information we may collect is Non-Personal Information through the use of Cookies or Web Beacons.
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movements around the site and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.
A.
Cookies
The information collected by Cookies allows us to monitor how many
people are using our website, how many people open our e-mails, and
determine for what purposes these actions are being taken. Cookies are
also used to facilitate a user's log-in, as navigation aides, and as
session timers, but not to retain Personal Information. Cookies used by
SurveyU are also used to restrict underage use of the tools. Most
browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject
Cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. We do not link
Non-Personal Information from Cookies to Personally Identifiable
Information without permission, and do not use Cookies to collect or
store Personal Information.
B.
Web Beacons
We also may use Web Beacons to collect Non-Personal Information about
the use of our website. The information collected by Web Beacons allows
us to monitor how many people are using our website, how many people
open our e-mails, and determine for what purposes these actions are
being taken. Our Web Beacons are not used to track activity outside of
our websites. We do not link Non-Personal Information from Web Beacons
to Personally Identifiable Information without permission and do not
use Web Beacons to collect or store Personal Information.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
A.
Registration
We collect Personally Identifiable Information, such as name, mobile
phone number and e-mail address, that our members provide to us when
they register as SurveyU panelists. We use the Personally Identifiable
Information to gather opinions on important topics, answer questions,
send e-mails about website maintenance and updates, place panelists in
the correct regional and academic programs and inform panelists of
significant changes to this Privacy Policy.
B.
Messages You Send to SurveyU
This Privacy Policy does not protect you when you send content,
business information, ideas, concepts or inventions to SurveyU by
e-mail or SMS. If you want to keep content or business information,
ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them
in an e-mail or SMS message. We try to answer messages within 48
business hours, but are not always able to do so.
C.
Children
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. SurveyU is not
designed or intended to attract children under the age of 14. We do not
collect Personally Identifiable Information from any person we actually
know is under the age of 14.
D.
Surveys Personally Identifiable Information
When participating in a survey, we may ask panelists to submit
Personally Identifiable Information. This Personally Identifiable
Information is used for research purposes, and is not used for sales
solicitations. When a survey is sponsored by a third party, Aggregate
Information of the survey results is reported to the sponsor.
Personally Identifiable Information collected through surveys will be
used only by SurveyU and its operations contractors, and will not be
given or sold to a third party without the panelist¹s consent.
E.
Surveys Responses
Aside from personally identifiable information, SurveyU may, in the
course of interacting with panel members, gather other types of
information ("Operating Information"). SurveyU panelists receive survey
invitations about once a month. These surveys will ask questions about
opinions and attitudes toward social issues, politics, products and
services.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, SurveyU will not disclose any Personally Identifiable or Personal information gathered on our websites. We will only release Personally Identifiable or Personal information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose Personally Identifiable or Personal information to a third party, we will attempt to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order. In addition, we may disclose Personal Information as described below.
A.
Aggregate Data
SurveyU and its research partners may provide Aggregate Information to
third parties. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the
number of users of our website and the activities they conduct while on
our site. We might also inform an interested policy group that "30% of
our users live east of the Mississippi" or that "25% of our users have
registered to vote online." Depending on the circumstances, we may or
may not charge third parties for this Aggregate Information. We require
parties with whom we share Aggregate Information to agree that they
will not attempt to make this information personally identifiable, such
as by combining it with other databases.
B.
Disclosure to SurveyU
SurveyU operations and
maintenance contractors sometimes have limited access to Personally
Identifiable Information in the course of providing products or
services to SurveyU. These contractors include vendors and suppliers
that provide us with technology, services, and/or content related to
better operation and maintenance of our website. Access to Personally
Identifiable Information by these contractors is limited to the
information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its
limited function for SurveyU. We also contractually require that our
operations and maintenance contractors 1) protect the privacy of
Personally Identifiable Information consistent with this Privacy
Policy, and 2) not use or disclose Personally Identifiable Information
for any purpose other than providing us with products and services.
DATA SECURITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Your Personal Information, Demographic Information, and Operating Information will generally be stored in SurveyU databases. SurveyU uses firewalls to protect information held in our servers, and requires all employees to abide by our Privacy Policy and be subject to disciplinary action if they violate it. SurveyU also backs-up our systems to protect the integrity of the Personally Identifiable and Personal information we collect.
Despite our efforts to protect the Personally Identifiable Information and Personal information of our panelists, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of information over the Internet will be intercepted. However, SurveyU will always be vigilant in minimizing such risk to the best of our ability.
CONTACTING SURVEYU
A.
Complaints
If you have a complaint or problem, please e-mail us at help@surveyu.com.
B.
Opting Out
Panelists may discontinue participation with SurveyU at any time by
emailing help@surveyu.com.
C.
Contact Us
Youth Pulse, Inc.
299 Broadway, Suite 1900
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (888) 292-8855 | Fax: (646) 219-4399
For inquiries about SurveyU, please e-mail: info@surveyu.com.