Futurescape Global Ltd Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, “we” means Futurescape Global Ltd (Futurescape).

As a member of the Futurescape Research Panel we are committed to maintaining your privacy and anonymity. When you join the Futurescape Research Panel your personal information and responses are treated as completely confidential.

When we run research projects and ask for your opinion your responses are aggregated prior to our end clients viewing the results. This way, we don’t link your contact details to your responses and your anonymity is preserved.

How will we use the information you and other panelists provide us?

We use this information to perform market research, and to prepare reports and analyses. We may combine the data you provide us with research tools and information from other sources. Occasionally, we partner with or subcontract with other companies and individuals, and they may have access to personally identifiable information about you, but only as needed to perform their functions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Notice, we also may disclose personally identifiable information to any third party when disclosure is required by law, or desirable to permit us to exercise our legal rights or take action regarding illegal activities or to protect the safety of any person. If all or part of our company is sold, merged, or otherwise transferred to another entity, we may transfer personally identifiable information as part of that transaction.

We will not make any personal information of our panel members available to anyone without permission, except in the rare instances required by law. This includes your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

How do we collect personal information?

By participating on our panel, you specifically authorize us to accept preference and consumption information about you either directly from you or from outside sources, even if the collection or disclosure of such information otherwise would be inconsistent with those sources' privacy policies or obligations. Outside data sources may include, for example, the providers of the products and services you purchase or use, retail "loyalty" programs, and organizations that collect data online. We may periodically telephone you, and may periodically send you surveys or other correspondence and collect information from you via e-mail.

Your participation is always voluntary.

You may contact us if at any time you would like to see the information we hold about you, or to ask us to correct or update this information, or to ask us to delete all personal data that we hold about you, or to stop your participation in our panel.

Data security and transfer.

We may store your survey responses and the personal details we hold about you for as long as needed for the purposes indicated in this policy, which may be indefinitely. We may store this data in your home country, or we may transfer it to other countries. This data will be controlled by, and will be accessible electronically only to select members of the staff. We have in place certain security measures to protect personal data while controlled by us (for example, firewalls), but the storage and communication of personal data cannot always be completely secure.  Also, we cannot and do not guarantee that data transferred to third parties will be protected against intentional or accidental misuse or loss.

We may change this Notice.

This Notice supersedes and replaces any other statement we may have made to you about our collection and use of personal information. We reserve the right to update and make changes to this notice. You may view the currently effective notice at any time online at www.futurescape.co.nz or you may request a copy by mail or telephone by contacting us as directed below. Unless the Notice states otherwise, any change reflected in the currently effective notice will apply to all information we have collected about you. Your continued participation in our panel and research projects after the effective date of any changes will constitute your acceptance of all of the changes.

Finally, as is the case with any information you provide to any business operating in New Zealand, information provided to the Futurescape Research Panel is subject to disclosure if we receive a judicial or other Government subpoena, warrant or order.

Any enquiries regarding this Privacy Statement can be sent to admin@futurescape.co.nz.