UserScout respects your privacy and is committed in ensuring that your data is well protected. This Privacy Policy explains how we use the information we collect about you and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy. The data storage, databases and the UserScout website is wholly owned by Munshi Labs Pte. Ltd. By visiting the website of UserScout and/or by becoming a member you accept the provisions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy please refrain from using or accessing the website.
To be registered members of the UserScout website, you are required to provide us with your email and an accompanying password for verification. Project organizers are not required to provide any additional information. Billing information will only be collected and processed by the third party application PayPal. Project participants are required to provide additional personal information which includes but not limited to your name, age, sex and demographics in order to qualify for the projects.
We also do collect non-personal data which includes without limitation Internet Protocol addresses, browser information, device type and operating systems in order to aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of verification and monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services. This includes providing such aggregate information to third parties for this purposes. These statistics and aggregated data will not include information that can be used to identify any individual.
All personal information submitted through the UserScout website is voluntary. You should not provide information you are uncomfortable with sharing through the website. You are however advised to provide complete and truthful information to qualify yourselves for a wider range of projects and to give you a better profile score. While you are not required to submit any information to our website, if you do not provide the requested information, you may not be able to access or use some of the features and functions of our website and we may not be able to provide you with certain services. Personal information is collected when you submit information through the signing-in process, updating your profile and through participating in projects.
UserScout offers you the ability to sync your UserScout profile information with your Facebook profile information. This allows you to populate your profiles with relevant information to better recommend you projects. If you are not logged into Facebook, when you use the Site’s Facebook connection functions, you will be prompted to enter your Facebook credentials or to sign up for Facebook. By proceeding through any of these scenarios, you grant UserScout permission to access your Facebook profile information and to use it in accordance with the Facebook terms of use and this Privacy Statement. Please refer to the privacy settings in your Facebook account to manage the performance of your Facebook account.
UserScout offers you the ability to sync your UserScout profile information with your LinkedIn profile information. This allows you to populate your profiles with relevant information to better recommend you projects. If you are not logged into LinkedIn, when you use the Site’s LinkedIn connection functions, you will be prompted to enter your LinkedIn credentials or to sign up for LinkedIn. By proceeding through any of these scenarios, you grant UserScout permission to access your LinkedIn profile information and to use it in accordance with the LinkedIn terms of use and this Privacy Statement. Please refer to the privacy settings in your LinkedIn account to manage the performance of your LinkedIn account.
Information collected is primarily used in the pre-filtering and screening process in order to provide relevant users for the projects. Such information will also be used to recommend you projects that fit your profile information. It is also used to inform you of our campaigns and to communicate with you on any matter relating to the conduct of your account or the use of the website in general. Relevant information can be used by us, our agents and/or sub-contractors to process your applications, to answer your requests and questions.
Your information may be used or shared for the purpose of providing you with any requested information or services; may be used by the us to send information about additional services; may be shared with or sold to any successor to or purchaser of part or all of the assets of the business; and may be shared with third parties that the website operator believes may offer goods or services of interest to you. By accepting the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, you explicitly agree to receive this information.
Third party project organizers have the right to access only the information contributed through their projects and information you have explicitly expressed permission for their access. Users are advised to take caution when providing information to third party project creators. Additional information on the users such as username, user score and participation history (project category, date and status outcome) will also be accessible to the project organizer. This is to enable the project organizers to make an informed decision when selecting users for their projects. Project organizers to not have access to the profile of the users.
UserScout enables you to refer friends to UserScout. If you wish to refer friends to UserScout, please use the sharing icons or our referral systems, which you can share directly with others via email, social media websites, or other communications methods. UserScout does not collect Personal Information about the persons with whom you share your link until the persons click the link and engage directly with UserScout.
You retain all the rights to you information. At any time will you be able to add, edit or delete information about yourself. You are able to terminate your accounts at any time by writing to us. If you choose to terminate your account, please do note that we may retain residual information in our backups and/or archived copies of our database.
UserScout has put in place various security procedures to protect your information. However, please be advised that the internet is not a secure medium. You can access your Personally Identifiable Information on our Website through a password and your email address. This password is encrypted. UserScout protects your personal information by requiring the use of a browser software program that supports industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption with 128-bit key lengths. We also keep your information confidential. The internal procedures of UserScout cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.
"Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive. Each website that you visit can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser preferences allow it. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on our Website. In addition, a number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit websites anonymously.
Cookies or other technology help us to provide customized services and information. We use cookies to tell us how and when pages in our Website are visited, what our users' technology preferences are and whether our Website is functioning properly. Additionally, you may encounter cookies or other similar devices on our Website that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. Privacy Preferences: This Website may contain information, including P3P privacy policies ("Privacy Preference Information"), intended to work with your selected privacy preferences. While we have tried to make such Privacy Preference Information included within this Website conform to this full-text of this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy is the definitive statement of the privacy policies and practices for this Website. If this is a password-protected site, then this Website may use cookies or other technology to help us authenticate you, store and recognize your configuration and user attributes, facilitate your navigation and entitlements throughout the Website and customize its content so that the information made available is more likely to be of interest to you.
If this business is sold or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.
By submitting your information you expressly consent to the use of that information as set out in this privacy policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and we how we use it at all times. Continued use of our website will signify that you agree to any such changes.
Please be advised that UserScout is not responsible for any information that is provided to third party websites linked or not linked to our website. Such is provided at your own risk and subject to the terms of service and/or privacy policy (if any) of such third party website.
We welcome your views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an email to contact [at] UserScout [dot] com.