PRIVACY POLICY

Fieldcats, Inc. is committed to the protection and safeguarding of personal data collected from “Persons” identified as (a) consumers, (b) patients relating to health information and (c) business individuals or entities relating to business information.

Privacy is an especially important issue for marketing research and opinion research since we are in contact with consumers, patients and business persons on a daily basis. In this regard, we often obtain confidential information from such Persons. (“Personally Identifiable Information or PII”). In order to protect the company and our Respondents and comply with legal requirements such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the Child Online Privacy and Protection Act (“COPPA”) and other relevant statutes and regulations, it is important to us that we are aware of and comply with our Privacy Policy when handling PII.

PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION
In order to protect Consumer, Health Information and Business Information privacy, Fieldcats, Inc. adheres to the following policies:

• All PII obtained shall be lawfully collected, compiled, stored, allowed access to, processed and utilized by Fieldcats, Inc.
• Participation in all research projects is voluntary and Persons may opt out of any research project, at any time. In addition, consent will be obtained prior to the collection of PII that will be recorded.
• All PII obtained shall be treated confidentially, shall be used for research purposes only and shall not be disclosed to any person not employed by Fieldcats, Inc., except with consent, as required by law or by court order.
• All PII obtained shall not be disclosed to any client other than for lawful research purposes. In this regard, in general, clients will not receive (a) the last name or telephone number of any recruited Respondent for any research study; (b) any original screeners or sign-out sheets containing any last names or telephone numbers. Further, clients are bound by Fieldcats Inc.’s Privacy Policy and any such information shared with clients will be used for marketing research and opinion research purposes only.
• Fieldcats, Inc. adheres to the policy laws of all countries in which we manage research.
• Fieldcats, Inc. will not transfer personal data to a country or territory outside the country of Persons origin unless that territory or country ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects.
• Fieldcats, Inc. adheres to research industry Codes and Standards relating to the USA
• Fieldcats, Inc. complies with all pertinent Federal and State laws governing privacy, including but not limited to the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

CONTACTING FIELDCATS REGARDING PRIVACY
If anyone wishes to either request access to personal information we may hold or requests his/her personal information to be removed from our records, we can be contacted at info@fieldcats.com

For questions or concerns relating to privacy, we can be contacted at info@fieldcats.com

Fieldcats, Inc.
609 Raging River Road
Cedar Park, IL 78613