Information Collection and Use
When you register on NRC Picker Web sites, or for NRC Picker events, or purchase products, we ask you for personal information. We use this information to provide you with the best advice and highest-quality service as well as with offers that we think are relevant to you. We may also contact you regarding a Web site problem or other customer service-related issues.
NRC Picker does not market to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children on NRC Picker Web sites.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
NRC Picker does not sell, share or rent personal information about you collected on Company Web sites outside the NRC Picker family of companies.
How to Unsubscribe
If you no longer want to receive email communications from NRC Picker, you may unsubscribe by clicking the "Unsubscribe" button at the top or bottom of each email NRC Picker sends.
Registration
In order to use many features of NRC Picker Web sites, you may be asked to complete a registration form. During registration, you are required to provide contact information which is used to determine whether you are a subscriber or the authorized employee of a subscriber.
Alerts
When you sign up for email Alerts from NRC Picker Web sites, you are asked to provide your email address and to select topics to be included in the Alerts. Other information may also be necessary depending on the type of Alert requested.
If you want to stop receiving Alerts from National Research Corporation Web sites, please send an email via our Contact page.
Purchases and Fulfillment
When you place an order or register for an event sponsored by NRC Picker, we may request additional information such as credit card number and expiration date. This information is used for confirmation and billing purposes. The contact information you provide is used to service the order. Also, when you register for an event, we may request additional information about your hotel, meal and other travel preferences. This information is used only for the specific event.
NRC Picker uses third-party service providers such as credit card processing companies, shipping companies, mailing houses and event coordinators together with other service providers as required to satisfy client requests.
When you register for a sponsored event, we provide necessary information to hotels and to facilities hosting events. These parties are allowed to use personal information only to provide services relevant to the event.
Usage Tracking
We monitor how you use our Web sites including search terms you enter, pages visited and documents viewed. If you are a registered user, this information is stored with your registration information. This information is used solely for purposes of enabling us to provide you with a personalized Web site experience. Aggregated (not personally identifiable) forms of this data may also be used in order to help us understand areas for future research and to identify future features and functions to develop for the Web sites.
This data may also be used by NRC Picker, in the aggregate, to identify appropriate product offerings and subscription plans.
This same data is also used by NRC Picker clients to help them understand how their subscriptions are being used by their employees and in this case, is personally identifiable to the specific client.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of computer code that enables Web servers to "identify" visitors. Each time you initiate a session on NRC Picker Web sites, a cookie is set in order to identify you and determine your access privileges. Cookies do not store any of the information you provide to the site. They are simply identifiers.
You have the ability to delete cookie files from your hard drive at any time. However, you should know that cookies may be necessary to provide you with access to much of the content and many of the features of NRC Picker Web sites. We use cookie technology to enable registered users to move quickly and securely through access-controlled areas of the sites. Cookie technology also enables registered users to take advantage of certain useful features on the sites, including "remember my password."
Surveys
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include, but is not limited to, contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Survey information will be used for purposes of NRC Picker research and/or monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Links to Other Sites
NRC Picker Web sites contain links to other Web sites. Please be aware that NRC Picker is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our sites and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by NRC Picker Web sites.
Third Party Service Providers
NRC Picker contracts with a third party to assist us in managing certain functions on our Web site, such as processing credit card payments, order fulfillment, shipment and hosting. Third party service providers are contractually prevented from using the information received from NRC Picker for any purpose other than those dictated by NRC Picker.
Security
NRC Picker uses industry standard practices to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, including "firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. NRC Picker and its third party service providers treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. If you have any questions about the security at our Web sites, please send an email via our Contact page.
Reviewing or changing your Personally Identifiable Information
If your personal information changes, you may update it at any time. Additionally, at your request, we will deactivate your account, contact information, billing information, shipping information, and financial information. To make this request, please send an email via our Contact page. Such information will be deactivated as soon as reasonably possible based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable law.
Legal Requests
NRC Picker cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability.
Notification of Policy Changes
We will notify you about significant changes to our Privacy Policy by placing a prominent notice on our Web sites. In some instances, we may send a notice to the primary email address specified in your user profile.
Contact NRC Picker
NRC Picker takes its responsibility to protect your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information very seriously. There may be questions that you may have about this Privacy Policy, or you may feel that you have privacy concerns relating to NRC Picker's use of your personal information. In order to address your privacy concerns, NRC Picker have Privacy Compliance Representatives who can assist with respect to privacy matters. They can be contacted filling out the form on our Contact page or by writing us at the address below. Additionally, if you would like to be taken off our marketing lists, please send an email via our Contact page.
Privacy Officer
NRC Picker
1245 Q Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
United States of America