SurveyDonut.com helps all types of companies make better business decisions through the use of information. SurveyDonut.com asks its visitors to join a panel of willing respondents to test products and services and/or share opinions about them. The information we gather from you may be used for the purposes of outside research and/or internal analysis.
SurveyDonut.com is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to its Site. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, as a visitor to SurveyDonut.com, what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit www.SurveyDonut.com (“Site”), how we may use that information, and whether we disclose it to anyone. This privacy policy applies only to information collected from you online, not offline. This privacy policy applies only to SurveyDonut.com, its subsidiaries and affiliates, the Site, and other websites owned by SurveyDonut.com, but not to other companies or organizations. web sites to which we link.
If SurveyDonut.com decides to change any of its privacy policies, the changes will be posted here in this area so that you will always know the information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. We reserve the right, at our discretion to change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please make sure to check this page periodically for any changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not visit the Site.
Information About All SurveyDonut.com Visitors
SurveyDonut.com collects certain information from and about its visitors in four ways – directly from you, from third parties, from our Web server logs, and with cookies.
User-Supplied Information: There are several areas on the Site where we collect personal information from you on a voluntary basis. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable and that is not otherwise publicly available, such as your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number. We will also encourage you to supply demographic information, as well as information regarding your interests and hobbies, which information we will use to pre-qualify panel members for survey opportunities that may be of interest to them. We may collect this information at the following times: (i) when you register to join a survey panel or to receive communications from this Site and other SurveyDonut.com owned websites; (ii) when you seek information or apply for products or services offered through this Site and other SurveyDonut.com owned websites; (iii) when you enter promotions or sweepstakes offered by this Site or other SurveyDonut.com owned websites; and (iv) when you provide personal information to us through feedback or forums hosted on this Site or other SurveyDonut.com owned websites.
Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third parties, such as service providers, for tracking purposes. We may add the information we receive about you to your existing account.
Server Log Information: When you visit an Internet Web site, you disclose certain information about yourself, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the time of your visit, and the referring location (e.g., the site or page that offered a link to an SurveyDonut.com page). Like many other sites, SurveyDonut.com records this basic information about visits to its Site.
Cookies and IP Addresses: In order to offer and provide customized, personal service, SurveyDonut.com may use cookies to store and help track your information. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive that contains information about the user. These cookies are relatively standard and do not collect personally identifiable information. Nor do we combine information collected through cookies with other personally identifiable information to tell us who you are or even what your username or e-mail address is. If for any reason you wish not to take advantage of cookies, you may have your browser not accept them, although this may disable or render unusable some of the features of the SurveyDonut.com website.
Clear GIFs: Clear GIFs are small graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, used to track the online movements of web users. Unlike cookies, GIFs are embedded on web pages and cannot be seen by visitors to a website. You should remember that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, such as on message boards, through e-mail, discussion groups, or in chat areas, your information can be collected and used by others. Although SurveyDonut.com tries to protect your personal information, SurveyDonut.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords you set up and/or any account information.
How and When Information is Used
We use information in different ways, depending on the type of information:
User-Supplied Information: SurveyDonut.com collects demographic and personal information for a variety of business purposes, which include the building of online survey panels. Collected data is used in aggregate by leading survey research consultancies throughout North America and the World to improve consumer products and services worldwide. SurveyDonut.com may share visitor personally identifiable information with its partners, sponsors, advertisers, service providers, and markets, as well as any other entities that SurveyDonut.com believes are able to provide visitors with special offers and opportunities. SurveyDonut.com may also share visitor personal information in aggregate form with select companies that wish to reach a particular visitor demographic (e.g., male consumers between the ages of 35 and 55 with an average household income over $100,000). This information allows these entities to provide relevant offers to specific visitors. Lastly, we also may use the information you provide for purposes such as personalization and verification, and to improve our internal operations.
Web Server Logs: This information helps us identify which areas of our site are of interest to our visitors. SurveyDonut.com collects the Internet [Protocol] (IP) addresses of its visitors for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to advertisers.
Cookies: We use them to let you use our services more easily and to let us keep track of certain statistical information that helps us improve our Site. Cookies also allow us to save preferences for you so that you will not have to re-enter them the next time you visit.
Clear GIFs: SurveyDonut.com does not use clear GIFs on this site, but we may use them on e-mails we have sent to determine if they have been opened, or permit certain third-party suppliers to use them on panel referrals obtained through their sites. Essentially, these clear GIFs allow us to determine the effectiveness of certain communications.
SurveyDonut.com advises everyone who receives visitor personal information to support this Privacy Policy. SurveyDonut.com has no control over such party’s information handling practices and is not responsible for any failure of such party to adhere to this Privacy Policy.
Access to Provided Information
SurveyDonut.com wants to keep the information you provide as up-to-date as possible. If you wish to change or update any information you have provided, please visit the Site where you will be prompted to enter your user id and password. You will then have the opportunity to update your information.
Legal Compliance
SurveyDonut.com may disclose visitor personal information in order to: (i) comply with applicable laws; (ii) respond to government inquiries; (iii) comply with valid legal processes; and (iv) protect the rights or property of SurveyDonut.com, the Site, or visitors to the Site.
Minors
THIS SITE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY INDIVIDUALS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE. ACCORDINGLY, SurveyDonut.com DOES NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT, USE, OR DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE.
Opting-Out
If you wish to withdraw from a panel you can sign in and click unsubscribe on the member page or click on the opt-out link within any survey invitation.
If you wish to no longer receive e-mail communications from SurveyDonut.com, please let us know by clicking on the unsubscribe link in our e-mails. Our e-mail database is continually updated. However, you may continue to receive e-mail communications from us for up to ten business days from the time we receive your unsubscribe request. Please note that SurveyDonut.com can only control its own mailing list and policies. Third-party advertisers that maintain their own mailing lists may send communications that advertise our services, and you may need to contact those parties directly in order to stop receiving their e-mail communications.
Advertisements & Pop-Up Windows
Occasionally, you may receive advertisements for SurveyDonut.com from third parties. These advertisements are served by the third-party website that you have visited or directly from this Web Site or other websites owned by SurveyDonut.com. Additionally, such advertisements may be placed by third-party servers or ad networks. We maintain relationships with a number of third-party ad networks. You may find more information on the website of either the individual ad network or the Network Advertising Initiative.
Third-Party Links
When you visit a website to which SurveyDonut.com provides a link, please be aware that you will be interacting with a third party that operates under its own privacy policy. If you choose to obtain services through a third-party site, the data collected by the third party is governed by that third party’s privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any other service provider from whom you request services.
Framing
In some cases, we may use third-party vendors to operate the portion of the Site. Although the particular section of the website may have a similar appearance as the Site, information submitted through these outside third parties are not subject to this privacy policy unless otherwise stated.
California Privacy Rights
This paragraph applies only to California residents. SurveyDonut.com may, from time to time, share your personally identifiable information with unaffiliated third parties for their direct marketing purposes. As a California resident, you have a legal right to request and receive in writing or by email the names and addresses of all such third parties who received your personally identifiable information during the previous calendar year and a list of the types of personally identifiable information disclosed to such third parties. To request such information, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
Generally
WHILE SurveyDonut.com STRIVES TO SELECT THIRD PARTY PARTNERS WHO HAVE OR SHARE THE SAME STANDARDS IN REGARDS TO PRIVACY POLICIES COMPARABLE TO ITS OWN THE USER AGREES THAT WITH RESPECT TO THOSE THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WEB SITES SurveyDonut.com LINKS TO, SurveyDonut.com DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING THE SAME, NOR WILL SurveyDonut.com BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE USER OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT MAY BE SOLD, LICENSED, DISTRIBUTED OR PROMOTED BY SUCH THIRD PARTIES OR ON SUCH WEBSITES, OR FOR ANY CONTENT ON SUCH WEBSITES. SurveyDonut.com ENCOURAGES VISITORS OF THESE WEBSITES TO REVIEW THE PRIVACY POLICIES POSTED ON THESE SITES.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, while we strive to protect your personal information, SurveyDonut.com cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, or to or from our online products or services. You transmit all such information at your own risk. However, once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our servers.
