Invite Research Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how information about you is collected, used and disclosed by Invite Research ("IR," “we” or “us”) when you access our websites (the “Website”) or view or interact with our polling units, videos, surveys, ads or other technology (the “Technology”) whether on our Website or on third-party websites, mobile sites or applications.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time.  If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you an email notification).  We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us.  For example, we may collect information you choose to provide if you fill out a form or survey on our Website or via our Technology, request information, send us an email,  or otherwise communicate with us.  The types of information we collect in this manner may include personal information, such as your name, email address and other contact or identifying information, if you choose to provide such information. 

Information We Collect Automatically  

When you access or interact with our Website or Technology, we may automatically collect information about you, including:

  • Log Information:  We may log information about your interactions with our Website and Technology, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.

  • Device Information:  We may collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to interact with our Website or Technology, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers and mobile network information.

  • Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:  We use various technologies to collect and analyze information, and this may include sending cookies to your computer or mobile device.  Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that helps us to collect information about your use of the Technology and our Website and other websites and content.  Cookies may be set when you access or interact with our Website or Technology or when you access or click on third party websites,  advertisements or content.  The information collected by these cookies may be used by us and our clients or partners for purposes such as analyzing, measuring and tracking data, determining the popularity of certain content, delivering advertising, surveys, and other content targeted to your interests or based on your online activities, to improve our Website and Technology, and better understand your online activity.  .  We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels").  Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Website, Technology or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, track your activity, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon.   Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default.  If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow third parties to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and to provide analytics services.  These entities may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Website and Technology as well as third-party websites and content, including your IP address, web browser, pages and ads viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information.  This information may be used by us and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests or based on your online activities, and better understand your online activity.  For more information about Internet-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices.

For example, we may use Google Analytics for Display Advertising and Remarketing with Google Analytics or other remarketing tools to advertise online. This enables third-party vendors, including Google, to show our ads on sites across the Internet.  Such third-party vendors, including Google, may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Website and other sites and your interaction with our Technology.  If you don’t want your data collected with Google Analytics, you can opt out by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page and installing the add-on for your browser.  You can also customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Preferences Manager. 

Information We Collect From Other Sources

We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Website and Technology. 

Use of Information

We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide, maintain and improve our Website and Technology;

  • Respond to your comments, questions and requests and provide customer service and administrative alerts and messages;

  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Website and Technology;

  • Personalize and improve our Website and Technology and provide advertisements, surveys, polls, and other content or features that match user profiles or interests or that are based on user activities;

  • Process and deliver contest entries and rewards;

  • Link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and

  • Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected.

IR is based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law.  By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing and transfer of information in and to the U.S. and other countries.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

  • On an aggregated or anonymized basis with our clients, partners and other third parties;

  • With vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;

  • When we believe in good faith that we are lawfully authorized or required to do so or that doing so is reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with the law or legal processes or respond to lawful requests, claims or legal authorities, including responding to lawful subpoenas, warrants, or court orders;;

  • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of IR or others;

  • In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company; and

  • With your consent or at your direction, including if we notify you through our Website, the Technology or otherwise that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information.

Security

IR takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:  info@inviteresearch.com