Overview
SurveyMonster.net has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website. The information you provide will not be shared other than as outlined in this privacy policy and we will maintain the highest standards of security and integrity for our members. Please carefully read our privacy policy details and terms & agreements.
1. What information does SurveyMonster.net collect from you?
In order to better provide you with numerous services, SurveyMonster.net collects two types of information about its visitors: Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience while using our site.
Personally Identifiable Information: This refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. Personal information is requested when you order membership of SurveyMonster.net For example, this information might include your name, e-mail address, payment information.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information: This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. This information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. For example, this information may include the Web site's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address.
2. What do we do with your information?
The information collected by SurveyMonster.net is used for the purpose of collecting statistical data to ensure that we are offering the types of offers that you want. Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience while using our site.
3. With whom do we share your information?
SurveyMonster.net will not release any personal information to third party other than as outlined in this privacy policy. Members grant SurveyMonster.net the right to use this information internally without restrictions for the purposes of, but not limited to, research, marketing, and content development. We may share your personally identifiable information with our own internal mailing platforms and partner's sites. Where we believe it to be appropriate (in our sole discretion), we will ask our marketing partners not to disclose or use your personal information for purposes other than to provide services to you or SurveyMonster.net. You may also receive special promotions that will be sent out by our marketing partners. You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g. email address, etc.) during these promotions or through newsgroups, such information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages.
4. Email Communication
We may from time to time send you e-mail or other communications regarding current promotions, specials and new additions to the SurveyMonster.net site, important changes in our program, Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy etc. With your registered membership, you may receive special surveys, newsletter, reward incentives and offers sent from SurveyMonster.net
5. Email Opt-Out
You can anytime stop receiving any further communications from Surveymonster, by going to the Unsubscribe page which is clearly visible on the footer of all the pages of the site and in all the emails you receive from surveymonster.net or by directly going to https://surveymonster.net/unsubscribe. You will also get unsubscribed from surveymonster if you hit the SPAM button on your email. No further emails are ever sent to you, once you get unsubscribed.
6. How can you update or correct your Personally Identifiable Information?
We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the personal information that you have provided to us. During the registered membership process you can review, change, or delete the information that you have submitted. You may change any of your personal information in your account online at any time. We encourage you to promptly update your information if it changes.
7. What security precautions are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?
In order to most efficiently serve you, established third party banking, processing agents and distribution institutions handle credit card transactions and order fulfillment. They receive the information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other payment information and to process and ship your order.
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. The data is backed up on regular basis on site and a copy is kept off site. SurveyMonster.net reviews its security measures on a regular basis by utilizing the various technologies being developed and updating password access as necessary.
8. A special note about children's privacy
You must be at least 18 years old to have our permission to use this site. Our policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about visitors under 18 years of age. If you are the parent or guardian of a minor under 18 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us by email so that we may delete the minor's information.
9. You should carefully review privacy policies of any third party sites accessible from SurveyMonster.net
Other sites accessible through our web site have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices. Please consult each site's privacy policy. SurveyMonster.net is not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. Please be aware that this site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of those web sites linked to SurveyMonster.net. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Additionally, other companies that place advertising on our site may collect information about you when you view or click on their advertising through the use of cookies. We cannot control this collection of information. You should contact these advertisers directly if you have any questions about their use of the information that they collect.
On behalf of various sponsors, SurveyMonster.net provides sponsored links to third-party web sites. If you click on a sponsored link or banner ad, a "window" or "frame" containing a third-party's web site may appear in the foreground with the SurveyMonster.net web site in the background. Unless you are on SurveyMonster's web site, anytime that you have moved to a window, you should assume that your personal information is being collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the windowed site's privacy policy (if any).
10. Transfer Assignment
SurveyMonster.net reserves the right to assign the ownership of the site, databases, intellectual property and all information contained within the Web site upon sale or acquisition to another entity. Members will be notified of such sale or acquisition by email and it will be posted on the site.
11. Privacy Policy Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Web site.
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12. California User Consumer Rights.
In accordance with California Civil Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, STE 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at 916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov
Californian consumers have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA) AB 375. For us to comply with some of these rights, we must be able to reasonably verify a consumer's identity. These rights include:
1. the right of Californians to know what personal information is being collected about them
2. the right of Californians to know whether their personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom
3. the right of Californians to say no to the sale of their personal information
4. the right of Californians to access their personal information
5. The right to data portability. Californians have the right to request their personal information that they provided to us and use them for their own purposes. We will provide Californians their personal information within 30 days of their request
6. the right of Californians of the deletion of their personal information
7. the right of Californians of equal service, price, and not being discriminated against even if they exercise their privacy rights
8. one or more designated means for Californian consumers to submit requests under the CACPA including (at minimum) a toll-free telephone number, and if the business maintains an Internet website, a website address
9. the right of Californians to designate an authorized agent to make a request on their behalf. When designating an authorized agent, you must provide a valid power of attorney, the requester's valid government issued identification, and the authorized agent's valid government issued identification.
These rights include the right to request what personal information we collect and disclose about consumers.
If you wish to make a CCPA privacy rights request, please contact us at : https://www.surveymonster.net/contact telling us that you do not want to have any of your personal information sold.
Please include enough personal information so that we can reasonably verify your identification.
13. You Have the Right Not to Have Your Personal Information Sold
You have the right to request that we do not sell any of your personal information. Personal information for this section means a natural person's first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements when the name and data elements are not encrypted: social security number, driver's license number, driver authorization card number, or identification card number. Account number, credit card number, or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to the person's financial account. A medical identification number or a health insurance identification number. A username, unique identifier, or electronic mail address in combination with a password, access code, or security question and answer that would permit access to an online account. If you wish to make this request, please use the form available at https://www.surveymonster.net/contact telling us that you do not want to have any of your personal information sold. Please include enough personal information so that we can reasonably verify your identification.
14. Categories of Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular CA User or device ("personal information"). In particular, we have collected the following categories of personal information from CA Users within the last twelve (12) months:
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers. | A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, telephone number, or other similar identifiers. | YES |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code ยง 1798.80(e)). | A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, postal address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or State identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. | YES |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. | Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). | YES |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, information on a CA User's interaction with a website, application or advertisement. | YES |
Personal information does not include:
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above (including (a) full name; (b) e-mail address; (c) mailing address; (c) daytime and/or cellular telephone numbers; and (d) date of birth) from the following categories of sources (with the specific categories of personal information indicated in parenthesis):
Use of Personal Information
We may use or disclose the personal information that we collect (including (a) full name; (b) e-mail address; (c) mailing address; (c) daytime and/or cellular telephone numbers; and (d) date of birth) for one or more of the following business purposes (with the specific categories of personal information indicated in parenthesis):
We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you with notice.
Sharing Personal Information
Subject to your right to opt-out of such sharing/sale, we may share, rent and/or sell your personal information (including (a) full name; (b) e-mail address; (c) mailing address; (c) daytime and/or cellular telephone numbers; and (d) date of birth): (a) with/to third parties for marketing purposes; and (b) for each of the other business purposes set forth above.
When we disclose personal information to a third party service provider or other entity, we enter into a contractual relationship that describes the purpose for which such third party may use the personal information and requires that third party to both keep the personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose other than the performance of its services under the applicable contract. Please note, we do not collect information from CA Users that we actually know are less than eighteen (18) years of age and we do not share or sell the personal information of CA Users that we actually know are less than eighteen (18) years of age. Without limiting the foregoing, we have not shared or sold the personal information of CA Users that we actually know are less than sixteen (16) years of age in the preceding twelve (12) months.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:
| Category A. | Identifiers. |
| Category B. | California Customer Records personal information categories. |
| Category C. | Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. |
| Category F. | Internet or other similar network activities. |
We disclose your personal information (including (a) full name; (b) e-mail address; (c) mailing address; (c) daytime and/or cellular telephone numbers; and (d) date of birth) for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties (with the specific categories of personal information indicated in parenthesis):
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have sold the following categories of personal information to third parties:
| Category A. | Identifiers. |
| Category B. | California Customer Records personal information categories. |
| Category C. | Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. |
| Category F. | Internet or other similar network activities. |
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have sold the above referenced categories of personal information to the third parties who purchase and/or license your personal information for marketing purposes, as well as the third parties who provide the products and/or services featured on the Site.
