Privacy
Shopper Privacy Statement
Updated January 1, 2006
Introduction:
While information is the cornerstone of our ability to provide superior
service to our clients, our most important asset is our Shoppers' trust.
Since 1972, respecting and protecting your privacy has been vital
to our business. At Shop'n Chek® Worldwide, we understand
your concerns about privacy and have created this Privacy Statement
in order to demonstrate our strong commitment to the privacy of our
Mystery Shoppers and the personal information that they share with
us. This Privacy Statement tells you the type(s) of information we
collect, how it is handled and with whom it is shared. As we continue
to develop our website and take advantage of technologies to improve
the services we provide, this policy will most likely change. Therefore,
we encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis.
What do we do with your shopper information?
We treat all the information collected at this site as highly confidential.
We will never, give or sell confidential or personal information
(including your e-mail address) about our shoppers to any third party
except as required by law. Keeping secure the personal information
you have shared with us is a top priority for everyone at Shop'n
Chek.
What kind of information do we have, and where did we get it?
Most of the information that we have came directly from you. When
submitting your Application, or Contractor Information Sheet, you
gave us information such as your name, address, and Social Security
number. We also keep historical information about your mystery shopping
assignments such as the types of assignments you have completed.
Occasionally we may ask for your participation in surveys and obtain
additional personal information from you regarding your buying habits,
shopping preferences and other personal information related to the
surveys. Participation in these surveys will always be optional as
this information may be shared with others. Only the survey results
and broad demographic information with be shared, not any of your
personally identifiable information.
How do we protect your personal information?
Only a limited number of trusted Shop'n Chek employees who
need the information to perform a specific job are granted access
to personally identifiable information. Each of these employees has
signed a binding Confidentiality Agreement and Non-Disclosure Agreement
as a condition of their employment with Shop'n Chek. To log in to
our proprietary system that contains information about you, our employees
must enter a registered password and are granted permission to enter
the system only after receiving training on how to handle personal
information. The servers where we store personally identifiable information
are kept in a secure, locked environment with restricted access safe
behind our corporate firewalls. We have established physical, electronic,
and procedural safeguards to protect your information. Should your
relationship with Shop'n Chek end; your information will remain
protected in accordance with our privacy practices as outlined in
this Privacy Statement.
Changes in Personal Information:
Shop'n Chek's website will allow Shop'n Chek Mystery
Shoppers options for changing, modifying or deleting personally identifiable
information previously submitted to Shop'n Chek. Options will include
an e-mail address which can be used to request one of our employees
to make the change in the database as well as a method for the Mystery
Shopper to personally change the information in our database; it
will be the Shopper's option as to which method to choose.
Children:
Shop'n Chek's website is not intended for children and
all Shop'n Chek Mystery Shoppers must be over 20 years old. Shop'n
Chek realizes that children are active on the Internet but we do
not knowingly collect any information from children. There are tools
available from online services and software manufacturers that can
prevent children from disclosing name, address, and other personal
information online without parental permission.
E-Mail Communications::
Our software does not encrypt e-mail messages. E-mail messages traveling
through the Internet are subject to viewing, alteration, and copying
by potentially anyone on the Internet. Please keep in mind that transmitting
information via e-mail over the Internet is never completely secure
and thus any information submitted may be intercepted, collected,
used or disclosed by others. If you are concerned about the security
of your communication(s), we encourage you to send your correspondence
through the United States Postal Service or use the telephone to
speak directly to us. We are not responsible for the security or
confidentiality of communications you send to us through the Internet
using e-mail messages.
Use of Cookies:
A "cookie" is a small amount of text that a website can
send to the browser on your hard drive to assist in distinguishing
your browser from a previous visitor by saving and remembering any
preferences that may have been set while visiting a particular site.
The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and most major websites
use them. Although most web browsers automatically accept cookies,
you can change your browser to erase cookies from your computer hard
drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is
stored. This gives you the chance to decide whether or not to accept
it.
We want to assure visitors to the Shop'n Chek website that accepting
a cookie does not give us access to information stored on their computer,
or provide us with any information about the user, nor does a cookie
take up any significant space on a user's hard drive. At Shop'n
Chek we do not currently use cookies on a regular basis, but we may
decide to begin using this technology in the future on a very limited
basis. We will revise this policy statement accordingly if we elect
to begin using this technology on a regular and routine basis, so
you may wish to check this policy periodically for updates
Collection of Information:
When you browse on Shop'n Chek's website at www.Shopnchekshopper.com,
your e-mail address is not automatically collected. Our web server
automatically gathers and logs the following information about your
visit: your Internet domain name and IP address, the type of browser
and operating system used to access our site, the pages you visit
and the date and time of your visit. IP addresses are not linked
to personally identifiable information. We use this information primarily
to learn about the number of people who visit our site and the technology
used, to assist in developing changes to our website, to improve
the content of our website and for business planning purposes.
What can you do to help maintain the security of information when accessing
Shop'n Chek over the Internet?
- Utilize the latest, generally proven (not a test or "beta" release)
version of Netscape or Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
- Keep your Shopper ID and Password confidential.
- Make sure others are not watching you enter your Shopper ID or
password on your keyboard.
- Never use the option that will allow your ID or password to be
saved on your computer
- Do not leave your computer unattended while logged onto our website.
After you have finished accessing the information you need, exit
the Shopper Website. This helps ensure that no one can access your
information if you leave your computer on.
Notification of Changes::
This privacy statement was last updated on January 1, 2006. If we
significantly change or modify our privacy policies, we will post
notification to all users on our Shopper Message Board for a period
of at least one week (7 days).
Privacy Policy Contact:
Anyone with questions concerning the use of personal information
by Shop'n Chek? Worldwide or security on our website may contact:
Ellyn H. Fill efill@shopnchek.com (800) 669-6526 x3084 Post Office
Box 740045 Atlanta, GA 30374
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