For Domestic and Global InformationThis policy defines the commitment of J. Reckner Associates to protect the privacy of Personal Information that is collected or used in the course of conducting J. Reckner Associates business. On a global basis, J. Reckner Associates will, and will cause its affiliates to, establish and maintain business procedures that are consistent with this policy. We respect the privacy rights of individuals. J. Reckner Associates will respect the legal requirements that exist regarding the privacy of Personal Information and is committed to complying with all applicable law. J. Reckner Associates will, from time to time, review its Personal Information collection, use, and disclosure practices in order to assure compliance with laws and regulations. We give notice of all Personal Information Collection. J. Reckner Associates will give notice when Personal Information is collected or when any collected information is later to be provided to third parties. All notices will explain the need for the information and describe how the information will be used. Personal Information will not be used to directly market any products or services to identifiable persons unless that possibility has been disclosed in advance and the opportunity not to participate has been given. We explain the consequences of collecting and processing. J. Reckner Associates will state the consequences of any decision by individuals not to provide Personal Information requested by J. Reckner Associates. We get explicit consent for sensitive information/opt-in J. Reckner Associates will maintain procedures to assure that information about children or other categories of sensitive information is only collected with explicit consent and is protected against improper use, consistent with applicable law. We process and distribute information consistent with notice. J. Reckner Associates will collect and use Personal Information consistently with the notices that have been provided. However, J. Reckner Associates may decide to remove identifiable features from collected Personal Information and the resulting information may then be used for statistical, historic, scientific or other purposes, consistent with applicable law. We provide information security J. Reckner Associates will maintain the security of Personal Information, and protect the integrity of such information, with a commercially reasonable degree of care. We provide individuals a way to access and correct their information. J. Reckner Associates will maintain procedures consistent with applicable law for individuals to gain access to their collected Personal Information and, when appropriate, correct any information that is inaccurate or incomplete, change their individual consent level, or have their Personal Information deleted. We require others who process J. Reckner Associates data to comply with the J. Reckner Associates policy. J. Reckner Associates will contractually require others who acquire or provide Personal Information from or to J. Reckner Associates, including those engaged to provide support services, at a minimum, to adopt and comply with the principles and objectives of this policy. We provide a way to verify compliance and process complaints. J. Reckner Associates will publish the procedures for verifying compliance and responding to complaints regarding potential deviations from its established procedures for protecting Personal Information. In addition to J. Reckner Associates’ internal Privacy Compliance Officer, the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO), of which J. Reckner Associates is a member, is another resource for questions about verification and complaint processing. We will disclose Personal Information when required by Law or court order. J. Reckner Associates will under certain circumstances permitted or required by law or court order, collect, use, and/or disclose Personal Information pursuant to procedures that do not require giving notice or conducting related activities (for example, in connection with law enforcement investigations). We will align our Human Resource processes with the J. Reckner Associates policy. J. Reckner Associates will align its Human Resources processes, policies, practices, and guidelines (for information that is collected or used relating to former, current, or prospective employees) to comply with this Policy. We retain the flexibility to change this policy. J. Reckner Associates will, and reserves the right to, modify and update this policy or its related business practices at any time. J. Reckner Associates will NOT apply changes to this policy retroactively to information J. Reckner Associates has previously collected. If you are concerned about our use of your Personal Information, please contact us at info@reckner.com, with the subject line, "privacy" and you may also contact CASRO at info@casro.org. |