CERC
Privacy Policy
Competitive Edge Research & Communication, Incorporated (“Company” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This privacy policy identifies the personal data that we collect about you at our website or through our services. It also describes how we use and protect such information, and the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal data. The use of information collected through our services shall be limited to the purpose of providing the service for which our client has engaged us.
Last modified: 3/6/2022
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This policy applies to information we collect on this website, through publicly available sources, via third parties and in person. It does not apply to information collected by us through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party. Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Through our research work, we collect information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, or any other identifier (“personal information”), information about you but individually does not identify you, and/or information about your internet connection and IP address filtering. We may collect additional personal data from respondents in our surveys (i.e., age, date of birth). This collected data is then disassociated from the individual personal information and used in aggregate, strictly for statistical, modeling and analysis purposes. We collect this information from you directly when you provide it to us online or over the phone, publicly available sources, such as voter lists, commercially available lists, third parties such as our clients’ customer or member lists.
How We Use Personal Information
We use personal information to invite individuals to participate in survey research, contact individuals to ask their opinion on various topics and conduct surveys, to confirm or gather demographic information to enhance our analysis, for statistical modeling purposes, to pay incentives for participation, in any other way we may describe at the time you provide the information, for any other purpose only with your consent.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We only disclose personal information that we collect for the purposes stated elsewhere in this policy or during our contact with you. We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide to us as described in this privacy policy to our clients, to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or with your consent. We make every effort to preserve user privacy. However, we may disclose personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to government or regulatory requests, to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Competitive Edge Research & Communication, our customers, or yourself. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection.
Rights to Access and Correct Your Information
You may send us an email at info@cerc.net to request access to, correct or delete any personal information you have provided us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. The following privacy rights may apply under applicable data protection legislation in relevant jurisdiction or local law. You may contact us for further information. Right to be informed: You can ask us to provide you with privacy information about how we use or process your personal information. Right of access: You can request us to confirm whether we process your personal information. You can also ask us to access your personal information. Right to rectification and erasure: You can ask us to correct your information in case we hold inaccurate or incomplete personal information. Right to Opt-Out: You can ask us at any time to opt-out of processing your personal information. You may also object to us processing your personal information for our legitimate interests and in certain other situations based on providing legitimate grounds to do so. Right to be notified of data breach: We will promptly inform you if a data breach (leading to the destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, your personal information) occurs which is likely to result in a high risk of adversely affecting your rights and freedoms. California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. If you have questions related to this, or regarding how the California Consumer Protection Act might apply to you, please email us at info@emcresearch.com.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers, compliant with privacy and data protection standards.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use CERC.net. By accessing or using CERC.net, you agree to this privacy policy. We will post any updates to our privacy policy on this page.
Contact Information
Questions regarding this privacy policy can be sent via email to info@cerc.net