Privacy & data protection

Your data...

Progressive is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of respondents, clients and employees. We meet the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, the Market Research Society (MRS) Code of Conduct, and the quality standard ISO 20252. We have robust procedures in place to ensure that all data is processed and stored securely.

Survey privacy policy...

Privacy statement
Progressive is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We have robust procedures in place to ensure that any data that you provide is processed and stored securely. We will never pass your data on to any third parties without your express consent. Progressive is committed to meeting the requirements of the following laws and codes:

• UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

• Data Protection Act 2018

• The Market Research Society (MRS) Code of Conduct

• ISO 20252.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us will be processed. Please read the following carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Why we collect and process personal data
Progressive is a market research agency. We conduct research on behalf of a wide range of public and private sector organisations. We may have collected data from you as part of a face-to-face or telephone survey. We may also have contacted you to invite you to take part in an online or postal research survey, or to validate the information you provided via a face-to-face or telephone survey.

We may have received your contact details (e.g. email address, telephone number, postal address) from an organisation that holds this information and wishes to invite you to take part in research. For example, this may be an organisation that you are a customer of (utility supplier, bank, retailer, etc.), an organisation which you receive information from (you have signed up to receive information by email or by post) or an organisation that you are a member of. You may have provided your personal details as part of a survey you took part in face-to-face, by telephone, by post or online.

The legal basis for processing data collected from you is either:
• You have agreed to take part in a survey administered by Progressive;
• The organisation that commissioned the research has a legitimate interest in analysing and/or processing data you have provided to it; or
• The research has been commissioned as it is necessary for the performance of tasks carried out by a public sector organisation acting in the public interest.

When we invite you to take part in a survey, we will explain why the data is being collected and how it will be processed. This will allow you to decide whether you wish to give your consent by taking part in the survey.

Personal data we may collect from you
The personal data that we collect and process about you may include:

• Information on your age, gender, ethnicity or other personal details, collected as part of a research survey (you do not have to answer these questions if you prefer not to)
• Your contact details (address, phone number, email), to enable us to conduct quality checks and administer prize draws, etc.
• Data on your opinions, behaviours and experiences in relation to the topics within the survey.

How we use personal data
We will only use personal data held about you to:
• Conduct quality checks relating to the work of our survey interviewers
• Contact you in relation to prize draws you have entered
• Contact you about taking part in further research, if you have agreed to this
• Analyse our aggregated research results (analysis and reports will always be anonymised and you will never be identified in any research reports).

Your personal details will be removed from the research data and securely deleted within one month of the end of the research study, unless otherwise stated in the survey introduction or invitation. For qualitative recruitment, respondent details will be kept for six months, to ensure individuals are not re‑recruited for other projects within this timeframe.

Keeping your data secure
We invest appropriate resources to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not 100% secure and we cannot be held responsible for unauthorised or unintended access that is beyond our control.

Once we have received your personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access. All our employees sign a confidentiality agreement and are trained on our data security compliance procedures. We only authorise data access to employees who need it to carry out their job responsibilities.

Who we share the information with
We will never sell or lease your data to any third parties. From time to time we may transfer your data to another company that performs functions on our behalf. This could include, for example, a printer to print letters for a postal survey. They will not be able to use your data for any purpose other than the specific function required. They must also follow the requirements of this policy and the General Data Protection Regulation.

Access to your personal data
The General Data Protection Regulation gives you the right to withdraw consent to process your personal data or to see what data we hold about you. We will delete your personal data one month after the completion of the research project. If you wish to withdraw consent to process your data or wish to see your data before it has been deleted, please let us know by contacting us at the email or postal address below or by completing the form below.

Progressive Partnership Ltd
Q Court
3 Quality Street
Edinburgh
EH4 5BP
[email protected]

You also have the right to report any concerns you may have about how we collect and process personal information to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). For more information visit the ICO website

Website privacy policy...

Terms of use, user data, cookie usage & content disclaimer

This policy governs the data gathered by or supplied to this website [progressivepartnership.co.uk/] and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners [Progressive Partnership Ltd].

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the data controller, in relation to data gathered via this website, is Progressive Partnership Ltd.

This policy may be amended or added to as and where necessary. We, the website owners, pledge to observe our lawful obligations in relation to the storage and processing of personal data held by us and will remain within the confines otherwise agreed by you.

Information we may collect

In order to process any enquiry, we must collect personal data from you. The personal data we collect may include name, contact details and, for job applications, your CV. Information may be provided to government / public authorities as required by law.

Non-personal anonymised data relating to the usage of this website will also be collected via third party analytics services and used to better understand the user journey through our site and help us improve the way in which we communicate information to users. This data contains no personal details and is not identifiable in relation to individual users.

Cookies

Cookies are short text files, saved within a user’s browser, that contain data relating to a user’s ‘session’ (visit) and their interactions and usage of the website.

This website uses cookies for a variety of purposes including essential functional aspects of the site. Non-essential cookies are also used, where consent has been granted, to store tracking IDs which enable us to analyse user behaviour via third party analytics services and to remarket our content via third party networks and social media platforms.

Cookie consent

In compliance with the GDPR, this site requires user consent prior to the use of non-essential cookies.

What cookies are in use?

Essential site functionality
A number of key site elements require the use of cookies in order to function. No personal information is stored, saved or collected within these cookies.

How do I change my cookies setting?

You can find information on changing the cookie settings within your browser by using the links below. Please note we are not responsible for the content on external websites.

Internet Explorer cookies information
Chrome cookies information
Firefox cookies information
Safari cookies information
Opera cookies information

Contact & communication

Users providing their personal details via this site are agreeing to the processing of their data to achieve the stated goal or purpose of their contact. This may require the sharing of data with external parties where outside services are required to fulfil that objective.

This website and its owners may use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer that may be deemed relevant to the purpose of your contact or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted.

Your personal information will be retained until such time as it is no longer required.

Owing to the global nature of the internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred and stored on servers within countries outside the European Economic Area that do not have similar protection in place regarding your personal data and its use as set out in this policy. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers.

Should you wish to submit a freedom of information request or a request to be forgotten, please email [email protected] where your request will be dealt with.

External links

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking on external web links listed on a website.

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or any distress caused by visiting any external links noted within this site.

Social media platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are subject to the privacy policies held by each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account. Any such tracking is subject to that website’s own privacy policy.

Access to your personal data...

GDPR gives you the right to withdraw consent to process your personal data or to see what data we hold about you. We will delete research participants’ personal data one month after the completion of the project. If you wish to withdraw consent to process your data or wish to see your data before it has been deleted, please fill out the following form…

GDPR Form
First & Last name
If you have it

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