Privacy Policy

We Take Privacy Seriously

Protecting your private information is our priority and we respect every individual who participates in research studies. This Statement of Privacy is a commitment to your privacy and applies to engageindepth.com, Engage In Depth, and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Engage In Depth include engageindepth.com and Engage In Depth. The Engage In Depth website is a market research site. By using the Engage In Depth website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

This policy may be updated periodically, so please be sure to bookmark and refer back to this page.

General go-to-know information:

-We will not directly sell any products or services to you.

-We do not sell or distribute our participant’s information or participant lists.

-Your decision to partake in a study is 100% voluntary.

-You may fully opt out of our database at any time and request deletion of your Personal Information.


Collection of your Personal Information

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering sweepstakes or contests sponsored by us or one of our partners. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Some common information we collect is the following: First and last name, home address, work address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, and IP address. This allows us to be able to contact you, qualify you for research, conduct thorough research studies for our clients, and validate your information to issue your payment.

 

Collection of your Non-Personal Information

Non-personal information is electronic data that does not contain any information that can be used to identify a specific individual. Some examples of non-personal data are geographic location, general demographic information, weather data, stock prices, etc. Much of a company’s strategy, research, and innovation are driven by these types of data collection. By participating in a study you are consenting to the use of non-personal information.

 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Engage In Depth does not sell, rent, trade or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Engage In Depth may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, research studies, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. By agreeing to participate, you are consenting to your information being used for these purposes.

All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Engage In Depth, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Engage In Depth may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with the legal process served on Engage In Depth or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Engage In Depth; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Engage In Depth, or the public. Please note that we do reserve the right to transfer your provided information to our successors in the event of a business sale or merger.


Tracking User Behavior

Engage In Depth may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Engage In Depth, in order to determine what Engage In Depth services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Engage In Depth to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

 

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Engage In Depth. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Engage In Depth website.

 

Use of Cookies

The Engage In Depth website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Engage In Depth pages, or register with Engage In Depth site or services, a cookie helps Engage In Depth to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. When you return to the same Engage In Depth website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Engage In Depth features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Engage In Depth services or websites you visit.


Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

 

Security of Your Personal Information

Engage In Depth secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Engage In Depth uses the following methods for this purpose:

  • SSL Protocol

When personal is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

 

Children Under Thirteen

Engage In Depth does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. We require parental consent before the individual under the age of 13 may participate in any form of research.


Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.To request deletion or ask a question regarding your information, please email us at info@engageindepth.com.


E-mail Communications

From time to time, Engage In Depth may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Engage In Depth or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Engage In Depth, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link.


External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.


Changes to this Statement

Engage In Depth reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.


What is PII?

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is any data that could potentially identify a specific individual, otherwise referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Personal Information.” Protecting PII is essential to our participants, and in order to do so we follow up-to-date standard practices and comply with legal requirements such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Child Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA), and other relevant regulations. All PII is voluntarily provided by the participant and shall be lawfully and ethically stored by Engage In Depth or a trusted, contracted vendor who also upholds these requirements.

Engage In Depth collects PII using the following tools and methods:

  1. Opt-in Online Registration – We maintain a secure online site used for individuals to provide and update their information.
  2. Opt-in Online Surveys & Landing Pages – We use online surveys and landing pages to collect information.
  3. Email – We communicate via email and may collect and/or update Personal Information via email exchange.
  4. Telephone – We communicate via telephone and may collect, and/or update Personal Information via telephone conversation.
  5. Text and SMS – We communicate via text and may collect, and/or updates Personal Information via SMS and text message-based communications.
  6. Social Media – We do not collect your information on social media sites. However, we may post links to online surveys or landing pages within social media that do collect information.



Engaging with Engage In Depth

Upon reviewing our privacy policy, we hope that you will feel comfortable and safe participating with us and allowing us to serve our customers while maintaining the integrity of safeguarding your personal information. We are the sole owners of our market research company and do not sell your information to outside vendors or third parties. We always strive to deliver our clients the most qualified candidates for their specific research by utilizing your name, profile, interests, specializations, demographic data, ethnicity, lifestyle, values, and more. We do not collect any personal information that is not voluntarily provided by you. Registering your profile does not automatically guarantee participation or payment, but it will ensure that you are in our database and available for an opportunity to participate. All participants are here voluntarily and may decide to opt out at any time.

We only use our participant’s information to conduct legitimate research studies and to determine whether or not a participant qualifies for a specific study. To ensure our privacy policy is upheld within our own company, all employees are required to sign confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements before they join.


Contact Information

Engage In Depth welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you have questions about the policy, wish to opt out of the database or believe that Engage In Depth has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Engage In Depth at:

Engage In Depth
2510 Urbana Pike, Suite 103
Ijamsville, Maryland 21754

Email Address:
info@engageindepth.com

Telephone number:
240.206.6000

Effective as of February 2, 2023.