As a KNOTs Europe Opinion Club member, your participation is very important to us and we value all the information you provide to us.
You will see this reflected in our strict code of ethics below:
Your co-operation is always voluntary
1) KNOTs will avoid infringing on the privacy of KNOTs members. Your co-operation will be voluntary at all times.
No personal information, in addition to that already available, will be sought from or about you without your prior knowledge and agreement.
2) We will always inform you about the nature and the scope of the research. You have the right, at any stage of the survey, or afterwards, to ask for cancellation of some or all of the records of your survey, and we will comply with any such request, when reasonable.
Our identity will always be disclosed
3) In all the communication we send to our members, we’ll always clearly state our identity and our contact address.
Your right to anonymity will be safeguarded
4) Your anonymity will always be preserved unless you have given your informed consent to the contrary.
Data security
5) We take every precaution to protect data security. We also take reasonable measures to ensure that any confidential information provided by you, as a KNOTs Europe Opinion Club member, is protected against unauthorised access (e.g. by a firewall).
6) The KNOTs Europe Opinion Club protects your privacy using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Encryption. Our web server supports SSL security technology. All information transmitted over the network by SSL compatible browser systems is encrypted.
Surveying children and young people
7) We observe all relevant laws specifically related to children and young people, although we recognise that the infallible identification of children and young people is not possible on the Internet at this time. You are eligible for membership if you are over 16 years. From members younger than 18 years, we require the permission from their parents or caretakers before participation to any survey.
Unsolicited e-mail
8) We will not send unsolicited e-mail messages to you if you have communicated that you don't wish to receive such messages relating to research projects or to any follow-up resulting directly from it.
We will reduce any inconvenience or irritation such an e-mail might cause to you by clearly stating its purpose in the subject heading and we’ll try to keep the total message as brief as possible.
(Privacy and Security Principles, based on ESOMAR - European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research - Guidelines for Conducting Research Online)
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