KYRIOS collects and uses Your personal data or business contact information such as Your name, address, postcode, gender, occupation, age, date of birth, email address, telephone number, company name, job title, and department only when we require it for the purposes of:
- Inviting You to participate in research, confirming the details of research You have agreed to take part in, and thereafter conducting the research with You;
- Conducting the research and for validating answers / views that You have given in a recent research that we conducted, for quality assurance / verification purposes;
- Updating and ensuring that Our records of Your personal data are correct (applicable if You are part of an ongoing community / network / panel with KYRIOS);
- Notifying You and for providing You with incentives / prizes / gifts for taking part in a research;
- Discussing Your profile if You've applied for a position in Our organization;
- Pursuing Our research objective, we use relevant data subjects' / research participant's personal data to connect with them to enquire about their interest in participating in Our research studies. So, the first connect is on the basis of 'legitimate interest' as per GDPR regulations related to processing. Here the respondents have a choice to refuse participation. Once the respondents agree to participate in the research, we proceed and take their consent in a more structured manner.
The information we collect can contain Your personal opinions as well as personal data such as name, address, postcode, gender, occupation, age, date of birth, email address, telephone number etc. We may occasionally collect sensitive personal data such as political views. Where relevant to the research being undertaken, we may collect business contact information, such as company name, job title, and department. In addition, for online surveys we will record Your IP address, type of browser, OS You are using, Your screen size and other basic metrics.
We do not do any unnoticed processing of data from Your system. We will only collect and use personal data in accordance with this policy to the extent deemed reasonably necessary to serve Our legitimate business purposes, and we will maintain safeguards to ensure the security, integrity, accuracy and privacy of the information You have provided.
KYRIOS makes reasonable efforts to keep personal data in its possession or control, which is used on an ongoing basis, accurate, complete, current and relevant, based on the most recent information available to us. We rely on You to help us keep Your personal data accurate, complete and current by answering Our questions correctly.
The Company also uses information collected from and about You for other variety of purposes, including (but not limited) to:
- Processing and responding to Your queries and providing You with customer support;
- Sending You communications that You have requested or that may be of interest to You;
- Allowing You to participate in interactive features offered by Our Website;
- Other information that You voluntarily choose to provide to Us (such as information shared by You with Us through emails or letters). This includes registering to use the Website, subscribing to services, newsletters and alerts, or registering for a conference etc. or for further information.
We will process Your personal data for the purposes mentioned above based on Your prior consent, to the extent such consent is mandatory under applicable laws.
We may transfer Your personal data to Our service providers, professional advisors, public and governmental authorities or third parties in connection with a (potential) corporate or commercial transaction. Such third parties may be located in other countries. Before We do so, We shall take the necessary steps to ensure that Your personal data will be given adequate protection as required by relevant data privacy laws and KYRIOS's internal policies.