We at Prolegis consider protecting our users’ privacy and security a core principle. We will never sell personal information that could be associated with a particular user.
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use, and share your personal information. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us in the event you have a complaint.
We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we may be subject to various laws in the United States.
| We, us, our | Prolegis, LLC |
| Personal information | Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual |
| Categories of Personal Information | Specific Types of Personal Information Collected |
| Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers) | User’s real name, email address, and Internet Protocol address |
| Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. | User’s real name. |
| Commercial information (e.g., records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies) | None |
| Biometric information | None |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement) | Browsing history and search history on Prolegis.com |
| Geolocation data | Physical location of user to the specificity of city |
| Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information | None |
| Professional or employment-related information | No additional information beyond that reflected in email address |
| Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes | We make inferences based on the above to create user profiles enabling Prolegis to provide information that will be most relevant to specific users. |
This personal information is required to provide services to you. In some cases, if you do not provide personal information we ask for, it may delay or prevent us from providing services to you.
The table below explains what we use (process) your personal information for and our reasons for doing so:
| What we use your personal information for | Our reasons |
| To provide services to you | For the performance of a superior public policy research experience |
| To prevent and detect fraud against you or Prolegis, LLC | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to minimize fraud that could be damaging for us and for you |
| Ensuring business policies are adhered to, e.g. policies covering security and internet use | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to make sure we are following our own internal procedures so we can deliver the best service to you |
| Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training and quality control | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for |
| Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to protect trade secrets and other commercially valuable information To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Statistical analysis to help us manage our business, e.g. in relation to our user base, service offerings, and other efficiency measures | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best research experience service for you |
| Preventing unauthorized access and modifications to systems |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to prevent and detect criminal activity that could be damaging for us and for you To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Updating user records |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g. making sure that we can keep in touch with our users about existing services and new offerings |
| Ensuring safe working practices, staff administration and assessments |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g. to make sure we are following our own internal procedures and working efficiently so we can deliver the best service to you |
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Marketing our services to: existing and former users, advertisers and content providers; third parties who have previously expressed an interest in our services; third parties with whom we have had no previous dealings. |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to promote our services to existing and former users, advertisers and content providers |
| External audits and quality checks |
For our legitimate interests or a those of a third party, i.e. to demonstrate we operate at the highest standards To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information for promotional purposes (see above “How and why we use your personal information”). This means we do not usually need your consent to send you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.
We will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and never sell OR share it with other organizations for marketing purposes.
You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by:
We may ask you to confirm or update your preferences if you instruct us to provide further services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
We only allow our service providers to handle your personal information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal information. Whenever possible we impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to ensure they can only use your personal information to provide services to us and to you. We may also share personal information with external auditors.
We may disclose and exchange information with law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
We may also need to share some personal information with other parties, such as potential buyers of some or all of our business or during a re-structuring.
We will typically anonymize any information we share, but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations.
We will not share your personal information with any other third party.
In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed for a business purpose to one or more third parties the following categories of personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a user:
We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of personal information.
When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it.
If you choose to contact directly, you will need to provide us with:
Any personal information we collect from you to verify your identity in connection with your request will be used solely for the purposes of verification.
We may change this privacy notice from time to time–when we do, we will inform you via a notice on our website or other means of contact such as email.