Poll Everywhere Privacy Policy
By using the polleverywhere.com web site (“Service”), a service of Condense, Inc. (“Condense”), you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Privacy Policy”).
Condense collects the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer (such as survey information and/or site registrations). The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web pages and the quality of our service, and is not shared with or sold to other organizations for commercial purposes, except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
It is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.
We transfer information about you if Condense or Poll Everywhere is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Condense will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Information Gathering and Usage
When you register for Poll Everywhere we ask for information such as your name, company name, email address, billing address, credit card information. Members who sign up for the free account are not required to enter a credit card. Condense uses collected information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, and research. When you vote via text message on a Poll Everywhere poll, we receive your mobile phone number in order to enable certain features such as the option to block multiple votes. We will not release your mobile phone number or other personally identifying information to the poll owner unless you give us permission to.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are required to use the Poll Everywhere service.
We use cookies to record current session information, but do not use permanent cookies. You are required to log-in to your Poll Everywhere Project Site after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.
Data Storage
Condense uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run Poll Everywhere. Although Condense owns the code, databases, and all rights to the Poll Everywhere application, you retain all rights to your data.
Disclosure
Condense may disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the Terms of Service.
Changes
Condense may periodically update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your Poll Everywhere primary account holder account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.
Questions
Any questions about this Privacy Policy should be addressed to questions at polleverywhere dot com