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Privacy Policy – Market Intelligence Web Site
This is a website of Market Intelligence, a subsidiary of Harte-Hanks, Inc., a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company that provides marketing services and shopper advertising opportunities to local, regional, national and international consumer and business-to-business marketers. Market Intelligence conducts valuable market research and compiles this information within Ci Technology Database – a leading source of technology-focused business information for more than 600,000 businesses worldwide. The Ci Technology Database, first established in 1969, is a well-respected source of business information, and is used by leading high-tech companies to understand technology implementation in the world's leading corporations and institutions. This privacy policy applies to the information Market Intelligence obtains via our research efforts, the research subjects we identify, and our website users. Notably, when working on behalf of our clients, Market Intelligence operates in accordance with the relevant client’s privacy policies. Thus, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected, stored, or utilized on behalf of our clients.
Contents
- Our Commitment To Privacy
- Categories Of Information That We Collect, and How We Use That Information
- Information Provided to Us, Stays With Us, Except for Intended Research and Marketing Purposes
- Market Intelligence Works To Keep Information Secure
- Market Intelligence, You, and Information Concerning You
- This Website Is Not Intended For Children
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Participation In The United States - European Union "Safe Harbor" Program
- How To Contact Us
- Privacy Policy Updates
Market Intelligence is committed to fair marketing practices, including respect for your privacy and marketing preferences. Among other things, Market Intelligence voluntarily supports marketing industry privacy standards, including the Direct Marketing Association's Online Privacy Principles, Guidelines for Ethical Business Practices, the DMA Privacy Promise to the American Consumer and the DMA Commitment to Consumer Choice (see www.the-dma.org). We also participate in the U.S. Department of Commerce - European Union "Safe Harbor" program, and we actively monitor and refine our practices in keeping with the various laws and regulations that govern the marketing industry’s privacy and data security practices.
Categories Of Information That We Collect, and How We Use That Information
Website Usage Information
For each visitor to our website, we may collect information concerning the usage of our website by that visitor, including the visitor’s Internet domain and/or IP address, information concerning the visitor’s browser, and other access-related information. We also may assemble aggregate information (i.e., information obtained by compiling information from many different visitors) as to which pages visitors access or visit on our Web site. This information is used to analyze our website's utility, and to enhance the areas and functionality within our site that appear to be of interest to various users.
Also, we may use "cookies" or similar tools, which are typically small pieces of information that are delivered and received by our website servers and stored by your internet browser on your computer's hard drive. The information stored and transmitted by these tools may be used to facilitate the functionality of our website, to learn about your preferences and internet session information, to provide a more relevant online experience, to study the efficacy of marketing campaigns, and for other legitimate website operation and marketing purposes (although we do not use any of this information for behavioral, targeted advertising purposes). For more information about the use of cookies and other similar technology, please visit a not-for-profit information site such as http://www.networkadvertising.org.
Personal Information
We receive and collect personally identifiable information – such as name, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and postal addresses – from individuals when they (i) submit inquiries or requests to us, (ii) become registered users of our website, (iii) participate in our research activities, (iv) sign up to receive newsletters or bulletins from us, or (v) choose to provide information to us for some other reason. Any personally identifiable information you provide may be used by us, our service providers, or our clients in connection with providing services to you and in order to process any requests or inquiries that you initiate. While you can choose not to provide your personal information, that decision may limit our ability to contact you and our ability to provide services to you. Also, please note that if you have provided us with a postal address, an e-mail address, or a telephone number, a representative from Market Intelligence, or from one of our clients, may contact you unless you have requested that we put you on one of our do-not-contact lists.
Research Information
By being part of this Ci Technology Database, your company's profile provides an accurate snapshot of your business's use of various technologies. This snapshot helps high-tech companies communicate more intelligently with your company's representatives, and to target product and service information appropriately. This profile also helps to reduce waste in communication, and to help technology marketers respect your time, and that of your business.
We want companies to welcome our calls, updating the database, since it helps keep the marketplace most informed. As participation in our database is completely voluntary, you have a choice not to receive such calls and we will honor your business choice not to receive our market research calls. In addition, you may choose that we contact you only in a particular manner, including as follows:
- We will honor your choice to reschedule an interview for a better time. We will return a call at a later time, at your choosing: either within a week or two, or within a few months' time, seeking a more convenient time for you to talk.
- We will honor your choice not to be called at all for future interviews, and will seek to speak to a colleague at your site instead.
- We will honor your business' choice or policy not to participate in such market research interviews at the site level. In some instances, where you direct, we will contact a corporate headquarters rather than you or a colleague at your divisional office or plant.
To express any such preferences, please contact us using the any of the methods listed below. We seek your help and understanding here, and appreciate your comments. Our goal is to keep the Ci Technology Database a well respected data source for both those businesses profiled in the database and those businesses that use the database for market research and marketing purposes.
Supplemental Information
We may obtain personally identifiable and other information about you from our parent, sister, and subsidiary companies and/or business partners and add it to information that you have previously provided to us in order to serve you better. From time to time, we may compare our contact lists to lists received from our parent, sister, and subsidiary companies or third party service providers to try to avoid sending you unwanted, unnecessary or duplicative messages. We may also utilize and incorporate information from other sources to update and supplement information concerning you. All such combined, updated, and supplemented information will be handled consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Other Matters
Please note that Market Intelligence does not currently use ad serving companies to place banner ads from other firms on our site, so there is no tracking by these third-party companies from any banner ads, bulletin boards or other interactive venues on this site.
Information Provided To Us, Stays with Us, Except for Intended Research and Marketing Purposes
The information we collect regarding you, or your company, may be shared with other organizations so that they may contact you regarding products or services that they think may be of interest to you. We also may share your information to process requests initiated by you. However, information provided about you or your company to Market Intelligence will not be sold, transferred, or traded to third parties if you instruct us not to share such information using an applicable Internet link or any of the contact methods below. Although our research data is collected, in part, for relevant industry marketing purposes, Market Intelligence seeks to honor any express “opt-in” or “opt-out” choices that you may make.
In order to operate our website and provide our services, we may provide personally identifiable, aggregate, and other information to third parties that provide services for us, including services such as shipping, payment processing, database management, and Internet services. We endeavor to require such third-party service providers to confirm that their privacy practices are consistent with this Privacy Policy. On occasion, we may also share personally identifiable and other information concerning you with our affiliates (such as a parent or sister company, or a subsidiary of our company) in furtherance of our operations (and those of our affiliates) as well as any requests that you may make (such as do-not-contact requests).
In the event of a merger or acquisition of our company, the sale of substantially all of its assets related to the operation of our website, or other change of corporate control, all information concerning website visitors and registered website users would be transferred to or controlled by the surviving or successor entity. Such information would remain subject to the principles and guidelines set forth in our Privacy Policy.
We also will transfer personal and non-personal information when we believe the transfer is necessary to comply with the law, to protect our rights and our safety, or to protect the rights and safety of anyone else. In addition, we may provide personally identifiable information to credit bureaus or collection agencies if we are permitted or required to do so by law.
Market Intelligence Works To Keep Information Secure
Market Intelligence follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal and other information covered by this Privacy Policy. We have training and other policies and procedures in place to cover and address the logical and physical security of our workplaces and the integrity and protection of electronic records stored in our systems and on our premises.
Unfortunately, no data security methodology is 100% safe, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. It is also important for you to protect yourself against unauthorized access to your information. Be sure to take simple steps, such as signing off and logging out after each use of a shared computer, keeping your passwords in a secure location, and not sharing your passwords with any third parties.
As with most websites, our website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. In addition, you may have linked to our website from another website that is not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other such websites, and this Privacy Policy applies only to information as described within this policy.
Market Intelligence You, and Information Concerning You
Upon your verifiable inquiry or request (using any of the contact methods below) concerning personally identifiable information pertaining to you, we will provide and/or correct such information that we may have in our database in reasonably obtainable form. You may also contact us (using any of the contact methods below) to express your preferences on how we communicate with you, or to request that you be removed from our database.
Please note that, as a provider of marketing services, Market Intelligence may hold information about you on behalf of another company that is a Market Intelligence client. As stated above, such information is handled under the privacy policies of our client, not this Privacy Policy.
This Website Is Not Intended For Children
Our website is not intended for children. In addition, if you are between the ages of 13 and 17, you may use our website only with the permission of a parent or guardian.
Participation In The United States - European Union “Safe Harbor” Program
Harte-Hanks, Inc. and its subsidiaries collect and process personal information in the United States. We are participants in the Safe Harbor program developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Union. We have certified that we adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles agreed upon by the American and European regulators. For more information about the Safe Harbor and to view our certification, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce's Safe Harbor website.
If you believe that we are not in compliance with the Safe Harbor principles, first contact us by any of the contact methods below. If you do not receive a prompt acknowledgment of your inquiry, or if your inquiry is not satisfactorily addressed, you can then contact the (U.S.) Direct Marketing Association (“DMA”) Safe Harbor Dispute Resolution Program. The DMA will then serve as a liaison to us to resolve your concerns in a timely manner. You can reach the DMA Safe Harbor Program at:
Safe Harbor Line
Direct Marketing Association
1615 L Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC
Telephone: USA
How To Contact Us
We can be contacted using any of the methods below in connection with the matters addressed in this Privacy Policy:
Traditional Mail:
Quality Manager
Harte-Hanks Ci Technology Database
9980 Huennekens Street
San Diego, CA
USA
E-mail:
Telephone: USA:
Privacy Policy Updates
If you choose to visit our website, your online visit and associated information is subject to our Privacy Policy and to the Terms and Conditions applicable to this website. This Privacy Policy (like the website Terms and Conditions) will be updated periodically to comply with the evolving legal framework and to conform to our current business practices. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have collected concerning you in connection with this website. You are encouraged to re-visit our Privacy Policy, as posted on the website, from time to time to check for updates. Again, if you have any questions or concern about our privacy practices, please contact us.
Last Revised: November, 2008
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