IDC's Enterprise Panel Privacy Statement
At IDC, we are committed to protecting your privacy. IDC adheres to the CASRO (Council of American Survey Research Organizations) Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research. We use the information we collect through our Enterprise Panel for market research purposes only and will not share or reveal individual responses to survey questions with any third-parties.
You will not be spammed by IDC
This is an opt-in research program. You will periodically be sent e-mail communications from IDC inviting you to participate in surveys, as well as occasional member service e-mails (new research postings, program announcements, etc.). If you no longer want to receive these e-mail communications, you may cancel your Enterprise Panel membership by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.
If you were invited to join the Enterprise Panel by IDG or an IDG subsidiary, you were offered the opportunity to register with IDG or an IDG subsidiary. IDC then shared only your contact and registration information with IDG. If you no longer want to receive email communications from IDG, please click the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of the IDG emails.
Your personal information is held confidentially
Your personal information is treated confidentially and not shared with any third-party. Your individual responses to survey questions will never be released in conjunction with your personal information. In general, your survey responses are grouped, or aggregated, with other respondents and analysis and results are presented in summary for the group.
Surveys
IDC will regularly invite you to participate in our online surveys. The information requested in these surveys may include, but is not limited to, your opinions, purchase history, and purchase intent regarding business products and services. You are not required to participate in any survey if you do not wish to; it is entirely up to your discretion. The information collected by these surveys is used in connection with IDC market research and is treated confidentially as described above.
Contests/Raffles
From time to time, IDC may sponsor sweepstakes and contests on this site and as a result, may request information from you for participation purposes. Your participation in these contests is completely voluntary and you have the choice of whether to disclose this information. Such information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Supplemental Information
This site may supplement the information you provide with statistical information that is received from third parties. We use this information to target our e-mail communications with members more appropriately and to conduct market research.
IDC's Use of Cookies
A cookie is simply a small text file containing information about the user that is placed by a Web site on the user's hard drive. IDC's panel partner, Kinesis Survey Technologies, uses cookies in certain limited instances, to ensure that survey respondents only enter a survey a specified number of times and/or are presented with the appropriate starting point, should they drop off and resume a survey. Cookies are not used for any additional purpose. Kinesis also collects information, such as type of browser used in taking the survey and mode of survey-taking (web or wireless). These data are used only for purposes of trouble-shooting in the event of respondent difficulties, and in similar purposes related to support.
Other Web Sites
This site may contain links to other Internet sites that are not operated or controlled by IDC. We cannot control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
Non-Electronic Communications with You
In addition, we occasionally may employ other companies to perform welcome gift or reward fulfillment mailings on our behalf. They may have access to the personal information needed to fulfill their functions, but may not use it for any other purposes.
How to Edit or Correct Your Personal Information
To report changes in your personal information, please notify us at via email at info@idcenterprisepanel.com.
Changes in the Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting an amended version of the statement on IDC’s Enterprise Panel Web site. Please refer to this policy regularly.
Our Promise to You
We promise that we will never willfully sell, trade, rent, disclose, or make available your identity, e-mail address, phone number, or home address to any outside third party without receiving your authorization to do so, or unless we believe in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary: to comply with the law or any legal process; to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or suspected fraud; to establish, protect and/or defend our rights and property; or to protect against violations, misuse or unauthorized use of IDC’s research.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us by e-mail at info@idcenterprisepanel.com.
