Nakatomi Research provides sampling solutions and technology for survey research, and providing clients with access to consumer and business-to-business respondents via internet, telephone (both fixed/landline and wireless/mobile), postal and multi-mode methodologies. Nakatomi serves a vast array of for-profit and not-for profit businesses, universities and governmental agencies and departments.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we collect, how we collect information, how we use the information, how we share or disclose the information, how we store the information, and your choices regarding the use and processing of the information.

We collect the following information of the following type:

1. Personally identifiable information (“PII”) which includes, without limitation, first and last names, email address, telephone number(s) (e.g., home, mobile, and business numbers), and residential address.
2. Business contact information, including, without limitation, company name, job title, and department.
3. Information on your employer or the company you represent.

1. Through telephone calls, email communications, and/or other forms of communication with you.
2. Through inquiries, from requests for bids or quotes from our website.
3. Information collected from third parties: Nakatomi may collect information, including, without limitation, PII and business contact information, from third parties, including, without limitation, information service bureaus, data brokers, social media platforms, and/or industry conference or event organizers or sponsors. We may use the information collected from such third parties for various purposes, including, without limitation, sending you emails or other communications as described herein. In the event you receive such communications you will have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us.

We may use the information you provide us whan you register to our panel to:

1. Provide, administer, and communicate with you about Nakatomi ’s services
2. Create, supplement, and update Nakatomi ´s directories and records for actual and/or potential suppliers, customers, and/or clients;
3. Protect against and prevent fraud, claims, liabilities, and to manage risk exposure;
4. Respond to inquiries and requests;
5. Operate, evaluate, conduct, and improve Nakatomi ’s business (including, without limitation, to conduct and complete transactions for Nakatomi ’s products and/or services, to improve Nakatomi’s current products and/or services, to develop new products and/or services, etc.);
6. Process and manage opt-out or unsubscribe requests;
7. Comply with applicable laws, regulations, codes, and industry standards and practices;
8. Conduct marketing and market research activities including, without limitation,: (a) contacting you to participate in customer satisfaction surveys or questionnaires via telephone, email, or otherwise, and (b) soliciting your opinions or feedback on Nakatomi ’s business activities, including, without limitation, current and future products and services;
9. Create and send targeted communications to you regarding you or your company’s transactions with Nakatomi and/or the profile for your company;
10. Respond to a subpoena or an order of a court or government agency;
11. Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, including, without limitation, in order to protect the safety of an individual or to protect Nakatomi ’s rights and/or property; and
12. Evaluate your interest in employment and contact you regarding possible employment opportunities with Nakatomi .

Nakatomi  does not sell and does not disclose your private information. We only take into account your opinion. The demographic and other information you provide us is only to address the right surveys according to your profile.

Nakatomi can emphatically state that all the data you provide to Nakatomi (registration, profile and survey responses) will be stored in the EU on highly secured servers in a market leading data storage facility.

Nakatomi maintains appropriate technical, administrative and physical safeguards to protect information, including, without limitation, PII, received or collected by Nakatomi . Nakatomi reviews, monitors and evaluates its privacy practices and protection systems on a regular basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, transmissions over the Internet and/or a mobile network are not one hundred percent (100%) secure and Nakatomi does not guarantee the security of such transmissions. Nakatomi is not responsible for any errors by individuals in submitting PII to Nakatomi .

If at any time you wish to be deleted from our database, you will have the ability to unsubscribe from our program and with that, all of your data will be permanently deleted. While we are very strict about your privacy, we are also very strict about our client’s privacy. As a member of our community you will have access to information about products that are not yet on the market. You are absolutely prohibited from blogging about any survey content, copying and distributing images or in any other way sharing specific information that may harm our clients.

If you have any questions about this policy please contact us at info@nakatomi-research.com