Privacy Policy

Thank you for participating in this market research study.

Our privacy standards meet the standards ESOMAR (ESOMAR is the global voice of the data, research and insights community).

For our U.S. respondents, this policy also explains how we collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information. It also describes how to exercise your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. We call those laws collectively the “U.S. Privacy Laws.”

The information you provide will be used only for research purposes. We do not give out your personal information to any organization*. Unless otherwise specified, the responses you provide as part of the research (including but not limited to surveys, in-depth interviews, or focus groups) will be combined with others and all personal identifiers are removed.

We do not use surveys or interviews to sell anything. We are not direct marketers or telemarketers.

You have the right to terminate a survey or interview at any point, with no questions asked. If you tell us that you do not want to be contacted for any future research, we add your name to a “do not contact” list to ensure you will not be contacted by us again.

* The only exceptions when we may disclose personal Information to third parties are as follows:

• To a client of Sentis who commissioned the project, who is contractually bound to keep the personal information confidential and use it only for research or statistical purposes (in accordance with the guidelines of the Insights Association, ESOMAR and with CRIC Code of Conduct and Good Practice)
• To a third party engaged by Sentis to perform functions on its behalf, these parties are restricted from using personal information in any way other than to provide services to Sentis.
• Participants explicitly consent to sharing their personal information with a third party for a specified purpose
• If one of the following rare occurrences arises (Note that we would consult with our attorney first before responding to any of these requests for information):
  • The information is subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, orders or for similar legal or regulatory requirements, except for privileged information.
  • Disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with suspected or actual illegal activity.
  • There is a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

How can you exercise your rights?

Depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights:

• Right to Know: The right to request that we disclose to you the Personal Information we collect, use, or disclose, and information about our data practices.
• Right to Request Correction: The right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information that we maintain about you.
• Right to Request Deletion: The right to request that we delete your Personal Information that we have collected from or about you.
• Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising: The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information obtained from your activities on non-affiliated websites or online applications for the purposes of targeted advertising.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights.

If you have any privacy questions or want to submit a request to exercise your rights, please contact privacyofficer@sentisresearch.com.