Privacy Policy

This privacy statement applies to Inmersol, specializing in the development and management of online panels.

Inmersol has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and to inform panel members about our practices regarding personal information collected when they join and participate in our surveys. The following paragraphs disclose our information gathering and dissemination practices.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, feel free to contact us.

Personal information

Personal information is any information that identifies you, the panel member, or research participant. This can include name, email, phone number, mailing address and, in some instance your member ID.

How is this information collected?

Basic personal and demographic information such as name, age, gender and email address are collected when respondents sign up and register to join the panel. Additional profile information is collected when a person becomes a member of the panel. This is necessary so that we can invite you to participate in surveys that fit your background and lifestyle. Completing your profile information ensures that you are not invited to surveys that you’re not qualified for. Of course, we never collect any personal information without your consent.

How do you use this information?

Inmersol does not sell, rent, lease or loan personal information collected from its members. Your name is never disclosed to our clients and your responses are always kept confidential. We use personal information strictly for research purposes only. Your email address will only be used to invite you to participate in online surveys. Demographic and profile information are used to analyze your opinion, behavior, attitude and other characteristics on a particular study. This data is used in aggregate with other participants. Unless required or authorized by law, your personal information is never disclosed to a client or third party.

About cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your browser to enable record keeping. Inmersol uses session cookies. Session ID cookies allow you to navigate our site with ease and the convenience of not having to enter certain information like username/password over and over again. However, session ID cookies expire after you close your browser. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

NOTE: If you have cookies disabled in your browser settings, you may still navigate through our site, but you might encounter some difficulty taking our surveys.

Surveys

Members have the opportunity to participate in surveys, by responding to an email invitation sent from Inmersol. Survey participation is purely voluntary. These surveys cover a wide range of topics and the information collected is not tied to a respondent’s personal information. Each survey invitation contains a link to the study, topic of the study, incentive and deadline information. Panelists are not penalized for non-participation. However, you might get a survey reminder if you do not respond. If you do not wish to participate, simply ignore the invitation and reminders, or contact us, so that we can remove you from that sample.

Sweepstakes/Drawings

Inmersol occasionally offers its members the opportunity to enter into a drawing for a chance to win cash or other prizes. In the event that the prize won cannot be distributed electronically, the winner(s) agree to provide Inmersol with an email and mailing address. This information will only be used for notification only and to mail the prize to the winner.

A list of prize winners will be posted on our web site (winners page), pending notification and approval from the winner.

Update/Correct, Delete information

The Inmersol web site provides panel members with a designated area to update, correct and delete demographic and personal information provided to us during the registration process. This information can be changed on your member's home page here.

Cancel membership

Please remember that your participation in this panel is completely voluntary. While we hope you will continue to remain a member of the panel, if you wish to cancel your membership with us, simply log in to your member account and select “cancel membership.” At the completion of this process, you will no longer receive survey invitations from us and your information will be removed from our database. Please allow up to 48 hours for this transaction to take effect.

Security

As a member of the Inmersol panel, you can be sure that we employ strict measures to safeguard your personal information. Access to your personal information is limited to a few authorized personnel, who use this information for quality control and analysis only. Our data is saved on secured servers and can be accessed via strict password policy.

Children’s privacy

Inmersol does not collect demographic or personal information from individuals who are under 13 years of age, without proper permission from a parent or legal guardian of this individual.

Links

The Inmersol web site may occasionally contain links to other sites. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

Notification of Changes

In the event of any changes in our privacy statement or practice, panel members will be notified immediately. We will also make every effort to inform you by posting a disclaimer on every page of our web site, announcing these changes.

If we decide to use your personal information in a manner different from that stated at the time of your registration, we will notify you within 30 days of such change.

Questions

If you are interested in learning more about our company, please visit us at our web site at www.inmersol.com. For questions regarding this privacy statement, please contact us.