Privacy and cookies policy

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) specifies that Personal Data ("PD" or "personal information") is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. In other words, a piece of data - whatever its nature - becomes "PD" as soon as a link can be made between this data and an individual (identified or identifiable).

Two types of "PD" can be distinguished:

• "nominative" data: that is, one or more pieces of information that allow the identification of a person (for example: their login ID, their e-mail address, their telephone number, their first and last names, their postal address, etc.)
• "non-nominative" or "anonymous" data: that is, one or more pieces of information that do not allow the identification of a person, for example age (only the year and not the exact date), region, type of housing, etc.

There is a lot of "nominative" information that can be used to identify an individual. Apart from their first and last names, it includes: their login ID on a website, their e-mail address, their telephone number or their IP address. Sometimes, it is even the combination of several pieces of information that makes it possible to make them "nominative" and therefore to identify the person, such as, for example, their date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) combined with their postcode of birth or residence.

Furthermore, data collected from professionals (e.g. clients, prospects, suppliers, partners, etc.) are also considered as "PD" under the GDPR, as long as they relate to a natural person (an individual) and not to a legal person (a company). In short, only fully anonymised information that cannot be traced back to an identified or identifiable individual - even indirectly from an identifier - does not constitute "PD".

MIS Group, owner and publisher of our Rewarding Surveys website (preprod.rewardingsurveys.com/en/), has been specialising in the data collection for market research and scientific purposes since 2001.

As part of our activities, we support large national and international companies, small businesses, research and consultancy firms, public institutions and universities/business schools with their quantitative research (surveys) and qualitative research (online discussion forums, consumer meetings and face-to-face or online interviews, in-home product testing, etc.).

In addition, in order to have a pool of potential participants to solicit for this research, our company MIS GROUP has developed its own online consumer panel.

Our online registration form is designed in such a way as to guarantee all our members (panellists) a free, informed and secure Tripe opt-in registration:

• Free: you are in no way obliged to register on our site
• Informed: we provide you with all the information you need regarding the purposes and use of your data
• Secure: we guarantee that all our data processing and storage comply with the required security standards
• Triple opt-in: you must confirm your e-mail address before finalising your registration, we will then send you a confirmation e-mail, and you must accept our Terms and Conditions as well as our policies

The amount of personal information collected from our registration form is kept to an absolute minimum. All the information that you must enter in this form is essential for the activity of our Rewarding Surveys website and of our company MIS GROUP. It is collected on the legal basis of Consent and is intended to ensure the proper management of your account and your activity on our site and on the studies.

More specifically, this information will enable us to:

• to identify you when you log into your account
• to manage your account and your preferences
• to track your activity on our site and in the studies
• to make your Profile Questionnaires and studies accessible to you
• to contact you if needed (technical problem, relevant study, etc.)
• to manage the points you earn when you participate in studies

When you complete our 3-step registration form, you will be asked to provide the following personal information:

• Step 1 - E-mail address: it is mandatory, unique and must be confirmed. It is your main login ID on our site
• Step 2 - Password: it is mandatory, personal and confidential. It must contain at least 8 characters and include uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers
• Step 3 - Identity and postal address: your name, first name, date of birth, postal address, postcode and city are mandatory. This information allows us to identify you unambiguously and to send you your winnings if you win a contest
• Preferred language: you must indicate your preferred language (French or English)
• Acceptance of terms and conditions: you must check the boxes to accept our Terms and Conditions of Use (T&C), our Privacy Policy and our Cookies Policy, as well as consent to receiving notification e-mails

Here again, all the information that you must enter in our contact form is essential to ensure that your request is processed efficiently by our company MIS GROUP, and is collected on the legal basis of Consent.

If you don't have a Rewarding Surveys account or are not logged in, you can still contact our team via the "Contact" page.

When you fill in the contact form, you will be asked to provide the following personal information:

• E-mail address: it is mandatory so that we can reply to you
• Subject of your request: you must select from a predefined list (technical problem, report abuse, partnership, etc.)
• Your message: it is mandatory. This is where you describe your request
• Acceptance of terms and conditions: you must check the box to accept our Privacy Policy