ath Power Consulting Corporation is a professional market research and consulting firm. We are committed to maintaining the privacy of our clients, employees, field representatives and shoppers. Your identity and the information you provide our offices are completely confidential. We do not release individual information about our any of our field representatives or mystery shoppers nor do we send unsolicited commercial Emails. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated.
The Information We Gather
ath Power Consulting Corporation gathers some personal and general consumer information about our shoppers and field representatives when they fill out the registration form and participate in research projects. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, social security number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services. We track this information so we can send opportunities that correspond to future market research projects and mystery shop studies or programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you about changes to our subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an online inquiry, or to contact you about your account with us. Information will also be used to facilitate or fulfill work that you may be asked to perform for us, have registered to do with us, or have already completed.
We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request. Agents and contractors of ath Power Consulting Corporation who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy, by for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for ath Power.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. You understand and agree that you are entering your personal information aware of and willing to accept risks associated with the provision of that information including but not limited to unauthorized or unintended disclosure of that information, and that you release and hold harmless, ath Power Consulting Corporation their officers, agents, employees, attorneys, managers and those acting on their behalf of and from all debts, demands, actions, cause of actions, suits, damages, and any and all claims, demands and liability whatsoever of any nature both in law and equity against each other which either party now has or has ever had to this date, including but not limited to, any claims arising in connection with the use or disclosure of your personal information by any third party not under the direct control of ath Power Consulting Corporation.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Our site may contain links to other sites whose information and security practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy policies, as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. All field representatives and mystery shoppers are required to use passwords and user names when registering with ath Power Consulting Corporation. While ath Power Consulting Corporation strives to protect your personal information, it cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the information you transmit to us, and if you choose to use our Site, you do so at your own risk. ath Power has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Only authorized employees have access to the information you provide us. There are strict rules on all authorized persons who have access either to the databases that store user information or to the servers that host our services. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, we make every effort to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Policies for Individuals Under 13
Special Note To Parents: We feel strongly about protecting the privacy of children. We encourage children to involve their parents in any interactive activity they participate in online. We will not knowingly collect or use any personal information from children we know to be under the age of 13 without obtaining express parental consent.
Illegal Use
Using ath Power Consulting Corporation's website and apex system to transmit any material (by email, instant messaging, posting or otherwise) that, intentionally or unintentionally, violates any applicable local, state, national, international law, or any rules or regulations promulgated hereunder is prohibited.
Associations
ath Power Consulting Corporation is a member of the American Banking Association (ABA), the Marketing Research Association (MRA) and the Mystery Shop Providers Association (MSPA). ath Power abides by the professional standards of these organizations and is in conformance with the Council of American Survey Research Organizations' (CASRO) Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research.