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PRIVACY POLICY FOR GENERAL USE

 

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at SPI Researchers LLP.  We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy.  If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at info@spiresearchers.com.

 

When you visit our website, www.spiresearchers.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information.  We take your privacy very seriously.  In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy.  We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.  We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important.  If there are any times in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.

 

SPI Researchers has adopted this privacy policy to establish and maintain an adequate level of personal data privacy protection.  This policy applies to the processing of personal data that SPI Researchers obtains from clients and consumer located in the European Union and Switzerland.​

 

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (such as www.spiresearchers.com) and/or any related services, sales, marking, or events (we refer to them collectively) in this privacy policy as the “Sites”).

 

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  1. What information do we collect?

  2. How do we use your information?

  3. Will your information be shared with anyone?

  4. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

  5. How long do we keep your information?

  6. How do we keep your information safe?

  7. Do we collect information from minors?

  8. What are your privacy rights?

  9. Do California residents have specific privacy rights?

  10. Do we make updates to the policy?

  11. How can you contact us about this policy?

 

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT

 

Personal information you disclose to us.

 

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, and payment information.

 

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering at the Sites expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Sites, or otherwise contact us.

 

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Sites, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

 

Name and Contact Data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar data.

 

Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information sued for authentication and account access.

 

Payment Data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number) and the security code associated with your payment instrument.  All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact payment processor directly to respond to your questions.

 

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information. 

 

Information collected from other sources.

 

In short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.

 

We may obtain information about you and from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include social media profile information, marketing leads, and other search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).

 

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

 

In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

 

We use personal information collected via our Sites for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests ("Business Purposes"), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you ("Contractual"), with your consent ("Consent"), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations ("Legal Reasons"). We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

 

  • To facilitate account creation and login process with your Consent. If you choose to link your account with us to a third party account *(such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and login process

  • To send administrative information to you for Business Purposes. We may use your personal information to send you product, service, and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies  

  • Fulfill and manage your orders for Contractual reasons. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Sites

  • For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Sites, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

 

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?   

 

In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

 

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

 

  • Compliance with Laws.   We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

  • Vital Interests and Legal Rights.   We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved

  • Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers.   We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Site, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Site over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes

  • Business Transfers.   We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, the sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company

  • With your Consent.   We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent

 

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

 

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

 

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

 

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case www.spiresearchers.com) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites

 

Why do we use cookies?

 

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties

 

Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes.

 

This is described in more detail below.

 

The specific types of first-party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit7.

 

Essential website cookies

 

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

 

Who serves these cookies?:

www.spiresearchers.com

www.wix.com

www.sitebooster.com

 

How to refuse: Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Websites to you, you cannot refuse them. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, however, as described below under the heading “How can I control cookies”. 

 

Performance and functionality cookies

 

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable

 

Who serves these cookies?:

www.spiresearchers.com

www.wix.com

www.sitebooster.com

 

How to refuse: To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading. “How can I control cookies”.

 

Social networking cookies

 

These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Websites through third-party, social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes too

 

Who serves these cookies?:

www.facebook.com

www.twitter.com

www.linkedin.com

 

How to refuse: To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading. “How can I control cookies”.

 

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

 

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning

 

 

Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

 

Our Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel and the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time.

 

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

 

Do you serve targeted advertising?

 

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

 

How can I control cookies?

 

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website through your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information

In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.com

 

 

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?  

 

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

 

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 2 years past the termination of the user's account.

 

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

 

6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE

 

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

 

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Site is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

 

7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?     

 

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

 

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Sites. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at info@spiresearchers.com.

 

8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

 

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

 

SPI Researchers commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. If you are a resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to complain to your local EU Data Protection Authority.  You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

 

 

If you are a resident of Switzerland and believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).  You can find their contact details here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/contact.html.

 

Account Information

 

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can

 

  • Contact us using the contact information provided

 

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

 

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site. To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our site visit: http://www.aboutads.info/choices

 

Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we will still need to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account. To otherwise opt-out, you may

 

9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?     

 

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

 

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below

 

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems

 

10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?     

 

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws  

 

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information

 

11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY

 

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may call us at 254-694-5878, email us at info@spiresearchers.com, or send a message by post to:

 

SPI Researchers LLP

Attn: Privacy Policy Compliance

765 NW Summercrest Boulevard

Suite 101

Burleson, TX 76028

Tel: 254-694-5878
Fax: 254-694-5907
Email: info@spiresearchers.com

 

 

 

Updated 10.22.2018

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