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Internet Privacy Policy at Olson Research Associates, Inc. |
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Effective Date: 02/26/2020 |
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The Federal Trade Commission has published numerous documents on electronic commerce and privacy on the internet. Click here for "Computers & the Internet: Privacy & Security". |
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Information Collection and Use |
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Olson Research Associates is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this policy. Olson Research Associates collects information from our users at several different points on our website. Use of email addresses |
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For A/L
Benchmarks® customers For Guests |
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We post customer testimonials on the Website.
These testimonials may include the customer's
name. We obtain our customer's consent prior to
posting testimonials. Any personally
identifiable information a customer elects to
disclose within their testimonial or in a blog
(which requires log in using an open ID such as
Facebook, Twitter, or registering an account)
comment is publically available and can be used
to send you unsolicited messages for which Olson
Research is not responsible. |
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We at Olson Research Associates Inc. and our partners use technologies such as cookies or similar
technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website,
and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Users can control the use of
cookies at the individual browser level. |
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We automatically gather visitor information on our secure customer web site only.
We do not log or store visitor information on our public web site.
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We will share your personal information with third parties only in
the ways that are described in this privacy policy.
We do not share any information we obtain (via our web site or otherwise) with any third parties for their promotional purposes. Where necessary for maintenance, we may provide access to information on our Website to the third party agent hosting the site on our behalf in providing better service to our users. This third party agent has no authorization to access or use any personally identifiable information we provide for their own promotional purposes. We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as shipping your order or offering customer service. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us. |
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This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Olson Research Associates, Inc., are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this Web site. |
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Newsletter and Industry Report |
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We publish a monthly newsletter and a quarterly Industry Report. All customers and guests can choose to receive an email notice each time these publications become available at our web site. Please see our choice and opt-out below. | |||||
Site and Service Updates |
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We also send our users (customers & guests) site and service announcement updates. We don't allow users to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about our web site services and considered a part of your use of our service. Users can, however, elect not to receive product information. We also communicate with our users (both customers & guests) via email or phone to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account. Please see our choice and opt-out below. |
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This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, their information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as customer code or regulatory identifiers), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our sign-in form or any customer services page, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to
To learn more about SSL, follow this link: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SSL.html . You can verify the authenticity of our server's security with Starfield Technologies by clicking on the image at the right: While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to webadmin@olsonresearch.com. |
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Correcting and Updating Personal Information |
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Upon request Olson Research Associates Inc. will provide you with information about
whether we hold any of your personal information. If your
personally identifiable information changes
(such as a zip code or phone number), or if you
no longer desire our web site services, we will
endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or
remove personally identifiable information that you have provided to
us. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
This can be done at our web site's account
information page, by emailing our Web
administrator, or by contacting us via postal
mail, telephone or fax. Please see "Contacting
the Web Site" below.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. |
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Choice/Opt-out |
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You are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For example, our account information page has an 'opt-out' mechanism so you can be excluded from receiving email containing our marketing material. You have similar control of email subscriptions to our monthly newsletter and quarterly Industry Report. You can change this information yourself at our web site's account information page, by selecting the 'unsubscribe' link present in each email we send out, or you can request the changes by contacting our Web administrator via email, postal mail, telephone or fax. Please see "Contacting the Web Site" below. | |||||
Notification of Changes |
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If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected or if we make any material change, we would notify you by way of an email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. You would have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. We would use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. | |||||
In certain situations, Olson Research Associates Inc. may be required to disclose personal data in response to
lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy we may need to disclose personally identifiable
information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith
belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current
judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on
our Web site.
If Olson Research Associates Inc. is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personally identifiable information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personally identifiable information. |
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Contacting the Web Site |
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If you have any questions
about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or
your dealings with this Web site, you may contact our Web
Administrator:
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