You have arrived at this web page by clicking a link at the bottom of a survey or survey system powered by SurveyShack technology.

The aim of this page is to make you aware of our various efforts to protect you whenever you visit site(s) generated by our systems.

SurveyShack is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998 and as such are bound to meeting it’s obligations under the Act. Full details are available at: http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk. SurveyShack are fully committed to following (and often exceed) best practices in the areas of visitor privacy, security and the accessibility of the web pages our technology produces.

Information collected and stored automatically:

When you visit a web page produced by our technology, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information will in no way identify you personally. We automatically collect and store information such as:

• Your IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you browse the web) which your computer uses to access the pages our technology produces
• The operating system and type of browser used to access the pages
• The date and time of the access
• The pages you visit.

This information is used to help make our technology more useful to visitors and learn about the types of technology being used. There is no tracking or recording of information about individuals and their visits.

Retention of Information:

We destroy the information we collect when the purpose for which it was provided has been fulfilled unless we are required to keep it longer by statute or official policy. Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of the Data Protection Act.

Security:

For security purposes and to ensure that our systems remain available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorised attempts to disrupt our systems, or otherwise cause damage. If such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials.

Cookies:

“Cookies” are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session (“session cookies”) or saved on a user’s hard drive in order to identify the computer, or information about that computer the next time you visit. This is necessary for various reasons such as to allow users to continue filling in questionnaires if they only part complete them.

Accessibility:

SurveyShack is committed to making all web pages generated by our technology accessible to all visitors in accordance with the W3C Web Content guidelines.