The
Entrepreneurs Panel Privacy Policy Statement
The
information you provide to The Entrepreneurs Panel will be shared with The Entrepreneurs
Panel management organisations (i.e. PFA
Research Ltd and [Other Company Ltd]). The Entrepreneurs Panel management
organisations will not edit, share or disclose any personal information about
you without your prior consent. In the course of your membership of The Entrepreneurs
Panel, The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations may acquire personal
data and information about you which you have provided in the course of registering
with The Entrepreneurs Panel or participating in The Entrepreneurs Panel activities.
This information may include your name, home address, email address, telephone
number and other generic information provided in relation to your participation
in The Entrepreneurs Panel activities. This information will be treated in accordance
with the Data Protection Act 1998 and also in accordance with the Market Research
Society Code of Conduct (see http://www.mrs.org.uk/code.htm.)
In this regard, The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations undertake only
to use the data you supply to us according to the following conditions:
1.1
We will not rent or sell any data which may personally identify you to any third
party.
1.2
You will never receive communications from any third party as a result of your
registration with The Entrepreneurs Panel or participating in The Entrepreneurs
Panel research activities, unless you specifically opt to do so.
1.3
Your data may be disclosed to clients for research purposes. Such data will
only be supplied in anonymised, non-attributable form such that no party external
to The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations could use the data to personally
identify you, or to contact you by any means.
1.4
Your anonymised data may be disclosed to business associates, marketers or advertisers
for the promotion of The Entrepreneurs Panel services. For example, we may disclose
to a client the percentage distribution of the gender of The Entrepreneurs Panel
membership. Such data will be supplied in anonymised, non-attributable form
such that no third party could use the data to personally identify you, or to
contact you by any means.
1.5
Research results may also be released into the public domain. This is typically
in aggregate form and will not result in the disclosure of any personal identifying
information.
1.6
The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations will clearly state why we are
collecting personal information and how it will be used. At your request we
will allow you to inspect and edit any personal data relating to you (for which
we may make a small charge).
1.7
The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations undertake to store your personal
data securely. The accessing and processing of personal data by The Entrepreneurs
Panel designated personnel will be restricted to business requirements including
(but not necessarily limited to) research data analysis communications with
The Entrepreneurs Panel membership, and addressing queries, technical problems
or complaints.
1.8
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any login information
issued to you by The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations (e.g. username
and password, if applicable).
1.9
The Entrepreneurs Panel membership cannot ensure that private communication
and other identifiable personal data will never be disclosed in ways not described
in this section. For example (without limiting the foregoing) The Entrepreneurs
Panel management organisations may be forced to disclose the data to a government
agency lawfully requesting the same or to any court acting in pursuance of its
powers. We reserve the right to and you hereby agree to allow us to disclose
any information about you to law enforcement, government officials or to any
court or court officials as we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate.
1.10
Nothing in this Agreement relating to the confidentiality of information shall
prevent or hinder The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations from complying
with their legal obligations as to disclosure or otherwise under the Data Protection
Act 1988.
1.11
By becoming an Entrepreneurs Panel Member you agree to allow The Entrepreneurs
Panel management organisations to communicate with you in relation to your membership
of The Entrepreneurs Panel and opportunities to participate in The Entrepreneurs
Panel activities. These include but are not necessarily limited to communications
relating to Entrepreneurs Panel polls, other forms of research undertaken by
The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations, The Entrepreneurs Panel research
results, The Entrepreneurs Panel newsletters, changes which may affect your
participation in The Entrepreneurs Panel activities, benefits and prizes offered,
and other communications pertaining to your membership (e.g. account queries
and / or complaints). Communications will typically take place via email though
may from time to time involve postal, fax or telephone contact. The Entrepreneurs
Panel management organisations will always use e-mail and all other forms of
communication methods responsibly.
1.12
Like many other commercial websites we may use cookies (a text file placed in
the browser directory of your computer's hard drive and designed such that any
website other than the one that set up the cookie cannot read the cookie.) Typically,
cookies will be used by The Entrepreneurs Panel survey web sites to prevent
multiple submissions of online surveys, though may from time to time be used
to enable The Entrepreneurs Panel management organisations' websites to recognise
personally identifiable information you have voluntarily provided and may be
used to present you with custom web pages.
1.13
The Entrepreneurs Panel websites and websites of The Entrepreneurs Panel management
organisations may contain links to other sites and vice versa. This privacy
policy applies solely to information protected by The Entrepreneurs Panel management
organisations on The Entrepreneurs Panel website.
1.14
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If you have any comments
or questions regarding this policy please feel free to contact us at info@entrepreneurspanel.co.uk