BOUNCE INSIGHTS – CORPORATE CLIENT PRIVACY STATEMENT:
Version: 2
Last updated: 24th October 2022
WHO WE ARE:
Bounce Marketing Ltd. (“Bounce Insights” “Company”, “we,” “us” or “our”) is an Irish company based in Dublin, Ireland. Bounce Insights is a consumer insights platform that aims to bring companies closer to their desired consumers, by allowing individuals who sign up to use our service (our “User” or “Users”) to respond to real-time questions and queries through targeted surveys, discussion boards, focus groups and other related research projects in return for a cash reward or other incentive. Bounce Insights is committed to preserving User rights under data protection legislation, specifically the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). All references in this Privacy Statement to Bounce Insights include Bounce Insights and its subsidiary and affiliated companies.
Bounce Insights are a data processor when processing your data as a Corporate Client on www.bounceinsights.com or dashboard.bounceinsights.com. As the entity that has commissioned us to create the survey which our Users participate in, you are considered the Data Controller under the data protection legislation. This is because you determine the purposes and means of processing the personal data related to our Users. As a Corporate Client, you create online research communities using our Services through which you collect information from users and use that data in accordance with your terms. Therefore, you are responsible for ensuring that information is kept secure.
If you are a User and want more information on how we process your personal data, please view our User Privacy Statement.
INTRODUCTION:
Bounce Insights take data protection compliance seriously. This Privacy Statement explains how we use and protect the information of our Corporate Clients. It applies to the personal data which you provide to us when you visit www.bounceinsights.com or engage in our Corporate Client services. This Statement covers data collected on our Site and Service using surveys, discussion boards, focus groups, video, text, and images. This Statement also covers how we may use your information to keep in touch with you and to contact you regarding future services you may be interested in.
This Statement describes the processing of personal data and other information by Bounce Insights in connection with Bounce Insight’s services (as defined herein). Bounce Insights’ services provide our Corporate Clients with the opportunity to create surveys, build bespoke communities for ongoing research needs to a given target market, and receive insights on our users’ interactions with the surveys, discussion boards, and focus groups that you may create. Registration with, use of, and access to Bounce Insights’ Services are subject to Bounce Insights’ Terms and Conditions.
Your use of Bounce Insights’ Services is based on the Terms of Service and Data Processing Addendum with us and therefore Bounce Insights processing of your personal data in connection with the Services and this Statement is subject to your acceptance of the terms within those agreements. This Statement applies to all of Bounce Insights’ survey research Panels, including, without limitation, Bounce Insights’ proprietary panels and any online Panels we create and conduct on behalf of our Corporate Clients (each a “Panel” and collectively the “Panels”).
This Statement does not cover, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, data, or other practices of any third parties (except as required by applicable law), such as any service providers.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE:
We collect personal data when you engage with us to use our Services. Information may be collected in various ways, including via your work email, inquiry forms, and registration forms. Bounce Insights collects additional data that you may submit voluntarily such as your professional information and feedback on why you have decided to use our Services.
We also collect your telephone number and copies of your correspondence with us (including email addresses and phone numbers) if you contact us. This allows us to facilitate your use of our Services and administer our contract with you.
LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA:
We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information under the GDPR;
Article 6(1)(b) GDPR: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests
Where we rely on our legitimate business interests to process your personal data, we have carried out a Legitimate Interests Assessment to ensure those interests are valid.
We do not process special categories of personal data (sensitive data) as set out under Article 9 GDPR. However, if we do decide to process special category data, this will always be done on the basis of your explicit consent under the GDPR;
Article 9(2)(a) GDPR: The data subject has given explicit consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.
If you decide to process special category data using our services, you are responsible for determining the legal bases for such processing and ensuring that the correct consents and privacy notices are provided to our users.
INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES:
We may also collect certain information automatically, such as information about:
Your device or computer and its capabilities, including, but not limited to, the operating system, IP address, device carrier, device type, time zone, network status, browser type, browser identifier, location, and other information that alone or in combination may be used to uniquely identify your device or computer; and
Your activities and interactions with Bounce Insights Services, including, without limitation, survey data and responses, and reward, incentive, and/or sweepstakes information.
We use this information to:
Assist in providing support to you should you have difficulty creating or accessing a survey.
Ensure that the survey is delivered in a form suited to the software your computer or mobile device is using.
Determine the source of mobile application installs and to establish advertising effectiveness.
For more information on our use of cookies, pixel trackers, and other deployed technologies to collect personal data for these purposes, please view our Cookie Policy.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION:
In addition to other purposes set forth in this Statement, we and our third-party service providers use your personal information (such as name, phone number and email address) collected through Bounce Insights Services to:
Respond to your inquiries and fulfil your requests
Send administrative information to you
Communicate with you regarding your account and use of our Services
Provide access to and use of the Services
Communicate with you regarding your creation of surveys
Comply with all legal obligations, including, without limitation, tax obligations
Administer and manage our corporate client contacts
Update our records
Identify whether you are complying with our terms of service
Comply with any data suppression obligations or requirements
Contact you regarding Services you may be interested in
Communicate with you regarding payment or invoicing
Verify your identity and for fraud detection and/or prevention purposes; and
As otherwise permitted under this Statement or as otherwise authorised by you.
We and our third-party service providers may use other information from the Services that is linked or reasonably linked to a particular computer or device to:
Operate, improve, analyse, and manage the Services, including improve the user experience
Ensure the Services function properly
Track your use of the Services to improve the design, functionality, and effectiveness of the Services
Measure and report on the success of advertising and marketing campaigns and content
Understand your navigation behaviour
Understand opportunities to develop new product
Diagnose server problems, administer the Services via your IP Address (a number automatically assigned to the computer or device that you are using by your internet service provider) and ensure the technical functioning of the Services
Provide you with personalised location-based services and content using your device’s physical location (where permitted by law) and
As we believe to be necessary or appropriate:
Under applicable law;
To comply with legal process and our legal obligations;
To respond to requests or requirements from public, law and government authorities (including national security and law enforcement requirements) and private parties;
To enforce our terms and conditions;
To protect our operations;
To protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others;
To allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and
To prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, fraudulent, illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, including abuse of our Services’ infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of information, among other things)
In some instances, we may combine information from the Services that is linked or reasonably linked to a particular computer or device with personal information. If we combine such information with personal information, the combined information will be treated by us as personal information as long as it is combined.
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA:
We will only store your data for as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our contracts with you, or for the fulfilment of survey opportunities that users have willingly agreed to in our Terms and Conditions when registering for our application. We will only store data that is necessary for these survey opportunities, in the form of targeting criteria for our survey clients.
ACCOUNT EXPIRATION:
Your account is deemed inactive if you do not login for a period of 6 months. Once your account is deemed inactive, we will send you an email reminding you to login within the next 2 weeks if you want to continue using your account. If you do not login within those 2 weeks, your account will be deleted.
COMMUNICATIONS YOU WILL RECEIVE:
When you register to our site and to use our Services, you will be prompted to enter your work email address. Our sales team will then contact you to help you get started on our platform. To ensure you are getting the most out of the platform, we will send you emails that will help familiarise you with our platform, provide support, and to get you fully set up. We may send marketing communications to you via email unless you opt-out to receive that content. You can opt-out to receiving those communications by selecting the unsubscribe button at the footer of any email you receive.
We may contact you to communicate with you as follows via email communications or other similar communication methods for the purpose of:
Helping you to get set up on our platform and to provide support
Assisting you in creating surveys
Communicating with you regarding your survey creation (past, present and/or future)
Communicating with you regarding potential promotions
Communication with you regarding our Services which may interest you
Sending you notices required to be provided under this Statement or required by law
Responding to inquiries received from you, and
Sending you communications to confirm your identity and for fraud detection and prevention purposes.
HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND AGGREGATE INFORMATION COLLECTED WITH THIRD PARTIES:
We may disclose personal information (such as name, phone number and email address) and aggregate information collected to third parties as follows:
Under applicable law or in response to a subpoena or an order of a court or government agency
To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims of an individual or Bounce Insights
To establish or exercise our legal rights
If we believe disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing
To protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of our company, our employees, our users, or others; or to enforce Panel terms of use or other agreements or policies
In connection with a corporate change such as a merger, our acquisition by another company, or a partial or total sale of our assets
To authorised third-party agents and/or vendors and subcontractors and clients, partners, who are providing services, including, without limitation, data append services, data validation services, fraud detection and/or prevention services, database-matching services, coding services, data segmentation services, and reward, and incentive related services, as well as market research partners that provide surveys
Tracking your survey activity and addressing survey quality issues
As otherwise permitted under this Statement.
We and our third-party service providers may share other information from the Services that is linked or reasonably linked to a particular computer or device:
Among our affiliates for the purposes described in this Statement (Bounce Insights is the party responsible for the management of the information jointly used by it and its affiliates)
With our third-party service providers who provide services that enhance our Services, including cloud storage vendors, marketing, analytics, and other services
With a third party in the event of any reorganisation, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings)
As we believe to be necessary or appropriate:
Under applicable law
To comply with legal process and our legal obligations
To respond to requests or requirements from public, law and government authorities (including national security and law enforcement requirements) and private parties
To enforce our terms and conditions
To protect our operations
To protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others
To allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and
To prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, fraudulent, illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity, including abuse of our Services’ infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of information, among other things).
We may also share and disclose other information that we collect, including aggregate information, as we consider necessary to develop and provide our Services, including in the ways described above in this section.
There may be areas of the Services (e.g., message boards, discussion rooms, and other online forums) in which you are able to post information that will be available to all other users of the Services. By choosing to use these areas, you understand and agree that anyone may access, use, and disclose any information that you post to those areas and as such, immediately upon posting, the materials or information you post shall be considered public information.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS:
As some of our third parties may reside outside of the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA), your personal data may be transferred, processed, and stored outside of the country in which you reside, including the United States. Where we transfer your data outside the EEA, we ensure to enter Standard Contractual Clauses or other similar safeguards with those third parties to protect any personal data shared. We will also carry out Transfer Impact Assessments for international data transfers, where required to do so.
For more information on our processes around international data transfers, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@bounceinsights.com.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES:
This Statement applies solely to the Services and this website, www.bounceinsights.com, and not to any other product or service. The Services and this website may contain links to certain third-party websites that we believe may offer services or useful information. In addition, when you navigate to a third-party survey website, you may be asked to provide information to that website. The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to those websites. We recommend that you carefully read the privacy policies of each site that you visit for information on their privacy, security, data collection and distribution policies. If you are unsure whether an app or website is controlled, affiliated, or managed by the Company, you should review the privacy policies at each linked app or website to determine how that site treats your personal information.
Because of the dynamic media capabilities of the App, it may not be clear which links are embedded in the App and which are embedded in third-party media and/or content. The Company cannot and does not guarantee the privacy policies and practices of any third party. The Company does not control, operate, or endorse any information, products, or services of any third-party apps or websites that may be reached through links from the App. Bounce Insights is providing these links only as a convenience to you. The use of any personal information provided by you to, or automatically collected from, a third party will be governed by that party’s privacy policies.
HOW YOUR PRIVACY IS PROTECTED:
We use the latest security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of data. Access to all user information is restricted. Web servers and databases are housed and maintained in secure locations and protected by firewalls. We pride ourselves on updating and maintaining our security and privacy practices to ensure that your personal information remains protected at all times.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN:
We adhere to applicable laws and industry codes pertaining to the protection of children’s privacy. Our Services are not designed or intended for use by any individual under the age of sixteen (16) and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of sixteen (16). If we become aware that we inadvertently collect personal data from anyone under this age threshold, we will promptly delete such personal data. Parents, guardians, or other persons with parental rights are encouraged to contact us, as set forth below, to discuss this Statement and their rights to access, review, correct, delete, or object to the processing of personal data of or about their child or children.
YOUR RIGHTS:
Under data protection legislation, you have certain rights regarding the data that we process in relation to you. These include:
Right to withdraw consent: individuals can withdraw consent to processing at any time where that is the legal basis for processing. The withdrawal of consent does not impact the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to be informed: organisations must tell individuals what data is being collected, how it’s being used, how long it will be kept and whether it will be shared with any third parties. This Statement provides that information to you.
Right of access: individuals have the right to request a copy of the information that an organisation holds on them.
Right of rectification: you have the right to correct data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to be forgotten: in certain circumstances, individuals can ask for the data an organisation holds on them to be erased from their records.
Right of portability: individuals can request that an organisation transfer any data that it holds regarding them to another company.
Right to restrict processing: individuals can request that an organisation limits the way it uses personal data.
Right to object: individuals have the right to challenge certain types of processing, such as direct marketing.
If you wish to exercise any of your above rights, please contact us at support@bounceinsights.com / dataprotection@bounceinsights.com.
Please note that if you submit a right to be forgotten request, we are required to retain a record of the phone number and email address associated with your account and the date the account was deleted. This is done to prevent the misuse of our Platform.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS:
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users of our App that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at dataprotection@bounceinsights.com
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION:
If you are not satisfied with how we are processing your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commission by clicking here. For more information on how to submit a complaint in writing or by telephone, please visit www.dataprotection.ie
CONTACTING US FOR QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS OR OPTING OUT:
If you have any questions or complaints regarding our privacy practices or this Statement, or if you want to withdraw consent, or exercise your rights to access, review, correct, delete, or object to the processing of personal data please contact us using the below information.
Email: dataprotection@bounceinsights.com
Post: 39/40 Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2, D02 X7H6
