PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy covers personally identifiable information that The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) collects when you are on the The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) site, and when you answer The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) Surveys. This policy also covers any personally identifiable information that The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) business partners share with The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG).  This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) does not own or control or to people that The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) does not employ or manage, including without limitation, any The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) affiliates or business partners.

Information Collection and Use

The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) collects personally identifiable information when you register for a The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) account, when you are answering a The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) survey and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes. The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) may also receive personally identifiable information from our business partners, and business clients.

When you register with The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG), we ask for your name, email address, birth date, gender, postal code, occupation, industry, and personal interests. Once you register with The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us, but when you are answering a Survey your profile and opinions aren’t directly associated.

The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) cookie information and the page you requested.
The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) uses information for the following general purposes: to create a specific sample in order to send you Surveys, and to pick a winner to our monthly draw.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone.
The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) will not share personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people unless:

We have your consent to share this information;

We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested;

We need to share the information with companies who work on behalf of The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) to provide a product or service to you. Please know that whenever we share your personal information with these trusted business partners, these work under confidentiality agreements. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us.);

We reasonably believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required or permitted by law;

We respond to warrants, subpoenas, court orders or legal process or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; or

We find that your actions on our web sites violate the The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) Terms of Service or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.

We may transfer information about you if The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
When you register for a The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) account, your registration information and other data will be transmitted to the United States and/or other countries for processing and storage by The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) and its affiliates and may be subject to the legal jurisdiction of these countries.

Cookies

The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) may set and access The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) cookies on your computer. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) cookies.

Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences

You have the right to access, verify and update your The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) Account Information and preferences at any time.

You may request deletion of your The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) account by visiting our Account Deletion page, verifying your password once more and confirming your choice to terminate the account. Please click here to read about what information may possibly remain in our archived records after your account has been deleted.

Confidentiality and Security

We limit access to personal information about you to employees who, as part of their job, we believe need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you.

We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal information.

In the event that you believe your personal safety is at risk, or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, provincial or local law enforcement agencies directly.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) account or by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.

Questions or Suggestions

If you have questions or suggestions, or wish to contact our Privacy Officer, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Last updated May 7, 2010 

LEGAL NOTICE

The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) cannot be held responsible for the misuse of information found on its Web site and neither controls nor takes responsibility for representations that could be made by a third party that links itself to this Web site by a hyperlink.

In addition, visiting the The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) Web site does not imply de facto any professional or business relationship between The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) and the visitor. Lastly, unless indicated otherwise, any Web sites claiming to be associated with The Research Intelligence Group (TRiG) do so without authorization unless otherwise indicated.