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Updated 05/17/2007
Valtera Corporation (Valtera) maintains strict confidentiality and security standards throughout all phases of survey, selection and assessment processes and is a participant in the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor. This document overviews Valtera's privacy policies and practices.
Client Relationship
Valtera does not disclose any project details to any third party without prior written approval. All project material is kept confidential including survey content, survey data results, participant information, and all communications with the client. All staff members agree in writing to strict confidentiality requirements.
Safe Harbor
Valtera is dedicated to meeting all Safe Harbor requirements as they relate to the collection and use of personal information collected and/or received either on its website or from a client organization for use in reporting or analyzing survey and assessment results.
Safe Harbor Principles
Notice
Employees of client organizations are directed to our site through various methods, including email and paper invitations. The following standards apply to all data Valtera collects:
- Survey data collected on our website or sent to us through a client contact will be used for the purpose of reporting back respondent opinions on various topics of interest to the client organization. With permission of the client organization, data may also be used for research purposes.
- Personal data collected or transferred for survey purposes will be kept confidential. It may at times be shared with third parties working on our behalf if they agree to the same standards contained in this privacy statement. It will not be shared with any other third parties except as required by law.
- Personal data collected for assessment purposes will be shared with our client, the prospective employer. This personal information may at times be disclosed to third parties working on our behalf and these third parties shall be bound by the same confidentiality standards contained in this privacy statement.
- Survey data are usually summarized in aggregate form, but in all cases the minimum number of respondents required for reporting results will always be posted and adhered to. Demographic information may be used to provide further insight into the data.
Inquiries should be directed to:
Valtera Corporation
1701 Golf Road, Tower 2, Suite 1100
Rolling Meadows, IL. 60008
For more information on our corporation, please send an email to inquiries@valtera.com. Please include your name, company name, address, phone number, email and any questions you have.
Choice
Valtera does not disclose any personal information, whether collected through its websites or transferred from a client contact, to any other third parties except as required by law or as authorized by the client. Please refer to Onward Transfer (below) for information regarding transfer of data to companies working on our behalf. We may also be directed to transfer data to additional vendors as directed by the client organization.
Onward Transfer
Valtera will not transfer personal information to any third party working on our behalf unless the third party agrees to be bound by the same principles and standards Valtera upholds. Prior to the disclosure of data to any third party working on our behalf, Valtera requires said third party execute a written Confidentiality and Non-disclosure Agreement (CNDA) . The CNDA sets forth the confidential nature of data collected and transferred and restricts the third party working on our behalf from releasing information to any other parties without Valtera’s express written permission.
In some cases, Valtera may be directed to transfer data to additional vendors as directed by the client organization.
Security
Valtera takes the following security precautions when storing/using personal information:
- All employees sign a confidentiality agreement when they begin their employment at Valtera.
- All employees go through training aimed at making sure they fully understand the confidential nature of the data they are using.
- Valtera takes strict precautions to ensure that no unauthorized individuals have access to Valtera facilities.
- Valtera is monitored by security on a 24x7 basis.
- The servers that house our web surveys reside in a restricted access facility. Firewalls separate the data from the website and the internet.
- To help ensure confidentiality, all passwords used on the website are randomly generated by Valtera's systems.
Data Integrity
Data Integrity is of the utmost importance to Valtera. Any survey used to collect data on the Valtera systems has gone through extensive testing before survey launch to verify the data is being collected and reported correctly. Any files sent to Valtera by a client contact are checked for reasonableness to the extent possible. Ultimate responsibility for the reliability of data sent by a client contact lies with the client.
Access
Personal demographic information is provided to Valtera by some of our clients. Employees should contact their HR department to verify and update their personal information if not correct. Any data entered by a respondent is assumed to be correct. Individuals can change their answers prior to submitting a survey, but once a survey is submitted, the information collected is assumed to be correct.
Enforcement
Valtera acknowledges that enforcement of the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles is key to our commitment of privacy. Any complaints should be sent to the mailing address or email address above (see Notice). Valtera promises to fully investigate any and all complaints, and take appropriate action where necessary if violations of the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles are found. Any inquiries or complaints will be responded to in a timely manner, and a member of our staff will follow up on all issues to make sure they are handled appropriately. In the event that Valtera and the client cannot come to an agreement to resolve a dispute regarding HR data that is subject to this Privacy Policy, Valtera agrees to have the EU Data Protection Authorities serve as the recourse mechanism. For unresolved complaints regarding other types of data (non-HR data), either the EU Data Protection Authorities or the American Arbitration Association will be used as the independent recourse mechanism.
Legal Notice
All textual, graphical and other content appearing on this World Wide Web site (''Web Site''), unless otherwise noted, are the property of VALTERA CORPORATION (''Company'').
Copyright Valtera 2006, All Rights Reserved
You may view, copy, print and use content contained on this Web Site solely for your own personal use and provided that: (1) the content available from this Web Site is used for informational and non-commercial purposes only; (2) no text, graphics or other content available from this Web Site is modified in any way; (3) no graphics available from this Web Site are used, copied or distributed separate from accompanying text; (4) no content available from this Web Site may be used for any purpose which is offensive or which disparages, damages or otherwise negatively reflects upon Company, its products, its employees or its management. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or other grant of right to use any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property of Company or any third party, except as expressly provided herein.
THIS WEB SITE MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO WORLD WIDE WEB SITES OF OTHER ENTITIES. THESE OTHER ENTITIES ARE NOT AGENTS OF COMPANY. COMPANY DOES NOT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENTS, AVAILABILITY, OPERATION OR PERFORMANCE OF WEB SITES OF OTHER ENTITIES, OR ANY OTHER SITES, TO WHICH THIS WEB SITE MAY BE LINKED OR FROM WHICH THIS WEB SITE MAY BE ACCESSED.
Reference to any product, process, publication, service, or offering of any third party by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply the endorsement or recommendation of such by Company.
Should any user of this Web Site send any feedback or data, such as ideas, comments, suggestions or questions regarding any Company product or service or the content of this Web Site, such information shall be deemed to be nonconfidential, and Company shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation. Further, Company shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques.
This Web Site may be accessed by users internationally and may contain references or cross references to Company products, programs and services that are not available or are prohibited in your country. Such references do not imply that Company intends to make available in your country such products, programs or services or that such products may lawfully be used in your country. Company reserves the right without prior notice to change specifications at any time without incurring any obligations.
Similar to other commercial web sites, our Site utilizes a standard technology called ''cookies'' and web server logs to collect information about how our Site is used.
A. What Are Cookies?
''Cookies'' are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a web site. They are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's web browser on the user's hard drive. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include information such as the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at the Site, and the web sites visited just before and just after our Site. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that web site by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
B. How We Use Information We Collect from Cookies.
We use web site browser software tools such as cookies and web server logs to gather information about our Site users' browsing activities in order to constantly improve our Site and better serve our customers. This information assists us to design and arrange our web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually improve our Site to better meet the needs of our customers and prospective customers. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual e-mail address or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you.
This Web Site may be unavailable from time to time due to mechanical, telecommunication, software, hardware and third-party vendor failures. Company cannot predict or control when such downtime may occur and cannot control the duration of such downtime.
Reasonable efforts are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and related materials provided by Company on this Web Site, but Company is not responsible for misprints, out-of-date information, technical or pricing inaccuracies, typographical or other errors appearing on this Web Site, the Web Sites of any other Company or on any other Web Site. Information and related materials are subject to change without notice. This Web Site and all information and related materials it contains are provided ''AS IS.'' Company makes no representation or warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, currency, or adequacy of, or the suitability, functionality, availability, or operation of this Web Site or the information or materials on this Web Site may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date, or may not meet your needs and requirements. COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES OR MERCHANT ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE AND INFORMATION, GRAPHICS AND MATERIALS CONTAINED HEREIN.
IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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