This Maritz Research Privacy Statement (the "Statement") applies only to personal data (as defined below) that Maritz (as defined below) receives from Switzerland and/or the European Union ("EU") on or after November 1, 2003.
Maritz adheres to the Safe Harbor Agreement concerning the transfer of personal data from Switzerland and/or the EU to the United States. Accordingly, Maritz follows the Safe Harbor Principles published by the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Principles") with respect to all such data, and this Statement complies with such Principles. Compliance with the Principles may be limited, however, in certain cases to the extent necessary to meet national security, public interest or law enforcement requirements. All Maritz personnel with access to personal data are obligated to familiarize themselves and comply with provisions of this Statement.
"Personal data" means data that is (a) transferred to the United States from Switzerland and/or the EU (b) is about, or relates to, an identified or identifiable individual, (c) can be linked to that individual, and (d) is recorded. Personal data may include, among other things, an individual's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or social security or national health insurance or an equivalent number. For further clarity, the term "personal data" does not include data that pertains to a specific individual, but from which that individual cannot reasonably be identified. Unless otherwise indicated, references herein to personal data include sensitive personal data (as defined below).
"Sensitive personal data" is a subset of personal data that indicates an individual's medical or health condition, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, union membership, sexual orientation, or actual or alleged criminal activity.
"Company" or "Maritz" refers to Maritz Holdings Inc., its U.S. subsidiaries and divisions, including but not limited to the following: Maritz Research Inc., Maritz Travel Company and Maritz Motivation Solutions Inc.
Our marketing research studies collect data for research purposes only. The information you provide is used for research analysis and we analyze the answers in aggregate. Your cooperation is absolutely voluntary; you may withdraw from a marketing research study at any time. No personal information will be sought without prior consent. We may ask for contact information in the event we need to verify or validate your answers. We also may ask you to provide demographical information about you, your household or business.
Information you provide in response to or in connection with a survey, whether collected through this Web site or through traditional market research tools, is and will be provided to our client(s) and/or other entities and/or the public as part of cumulative market research information or statistical data in the ordinary course but without identifying you individually directly or indirectly.
Other Use of Information
As described above, as a general rule, we will not disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties. Maritz Research may send personally identifiable information about you, including your email address, to other companies or people when:
A cookie is a small string of text that a Web site can send to your browser to assist in distinguishing your browser from a previous visitor by saving and remembering any preferences that may have been set while browsing the particular site. Currently Maritz Research uses cookies only for session-state management and has no current plan to use cookies for any other purpose.
We will revise this policy statement accordingly if we elect to begin using cookie technology for any other purpose, so you may wish to check this policy periodically for updates.
In efforts to protect and ensure the integrity of survey results, Maritz Research may from time to time use digital fingerprinting technologies. In general, digital fingerprinting technologies assign a unique identifier or "Machine-ID" to a user's computer to identify and track the computer's survey activity. Maritz Research will not use digital fingerprinting technology to collect personal information, or track the online activities of the user of a computer; and will not disrupt or interfere with the use or control of a computer or alter, modify or change the settings or functionality of a computer. The technology will analyze publicly available information and data obtained from the computer's web browser and from other publicly available data points, including without limitation the technical settings of the computer, the characteristics of the computer, and the computer's IP address, to create a unique identifier assigned to the computer. The unique identifiers are typically alpha-numeric IDs and after creating the unique identifier, Maritz Research does not retain the information analyzed by the technology to create the unique identifier.
Maritz Research does not knowingly solicit data from children and we do not knowingly market to children. Children are not eligible to use the Web site.
You are provided the opportunity to opt-out or remove yourself from any study for which you are contacted. Each online study provides an email address to contact for support or to remove your name from the contact list.
Your information submitted to us will be stored on our servers. Our Internet hardware is maintained in a secure environment, designed to be accessed only by authorized personnel.
As we continue to modify our Web site and take advantage of developing technologies, this Privacy Policy will most likely change. Therefore, we encourage you to refer to this Privacy Policy on an ongoing basis. This Privacy Statement applies to all content found within this Web site.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact:
Maritz Research Privacy Officer
Maritz Research
1355 N. Highway Drive
Fenton, MO 63099
Email: PrivacyOfficer@maritz.com