Terms of Service

Introduction

This is general terms and conditions which are governed by Quiet Opinions apply to the Panellists/ Respondent for the purpose of participating in Market Research surveys and related activities. All panelists/respondents must comply with the details of the terms and conditions are outlined below.

Definitions

"Panel" refers to the proprietary database where the details of Panellists are maintained. "Panellists" refers to an individual who is part of the Panel and has agreed to participate in the surveys, opinion polls etc. momentarily. "Respondent" refers to any individual/member/panellists who participates in the market research surveys, opinion polls etc. "Fieldwork" refers to the market research survey activity that is conducted where respondents participate to provide answers/ opinions to the questions based on various aspects in conjunction with the survey objective. "Client" refers to any individual or organization who commissions the project from the company. "Company" refers to Quiet Opinions

Standard Commitments

All Panelists/ Respondents must adhere to the following:

Must not create any false profile in the Panel.

Must not use or sell any information or survey findings to any third party directly or any indirect means.

Must not misuse right to use intellectual proprietary of the panel network & the security.

Must not post or encourage any content that is harmful or unsolicited.

Must not encourage other members to create any conflict with the terms

Panel Management

Quiet Opinions panels are recruited through a variety of methods such as web, phone, email etc. to ensure effective participation based the pre-qualifying criteria’s and are used exclusively for market research survey purpose and members are rewarded for their participation as a token of appreciation as per the project objective, length and of course the complexity. All panel members have complete access to their membership accounts at anytime that leverages them to edit, modify, update or delete their information. Members are asked to review and update their membership accounts once a year. Our panels are screened periodically while reviewing their active participation in the past and the types of surveys in which they participated. Any inactive members for a period of 6 months or more are deleted from the panels. Panel members have limitations on their participation with a maximum of two surveys per month. Additionally, panel members are excluded from all other samples for a period of two weeks after they meet the set limit in a month. This is to avoid redundancy of the member’s participation while maintaining the quality of participation. All our samples are designed as per the demographic segments and they are pulled depending on the survey objectives, quotas and other pre-qualifying criteria. They are tracked on a regular basis to ensure optimum functioning of the panel. Quiet Opinions carefully monitors the survey topics/ category by the region/market. This is to ensure that panelists who participate in a study on a particular product category are automatically excluded for six months from participating in a study for the same category. Members/ Panellist may terminate from the panel anytime with/ without notice by the Panellist and/or by Quiet Opinions.

Intellectual Proprietary, Confidentiality & Liability

All materials/content without any limitation related to survey, design, photograph, videos, trade names etc. in the survey/panel/company websites are subject to the rights of intellectual property but not limited to copyrights/trademarks are controlled by the owner unless otherwise noted. All owners including survey/panel authority or third party owner of any material/content are subject to protect the information/ content and shall adhere to the general laws of privacy, and shall not cause any damage to the property under any form. Panellists/ Respondents must adhere to the privacy of any such information and shall not disclose to any third party concerning the company, panel owner etc. and maintain confidentiality in accordance with the privacy right of the company. In accordance with the terms and conditions, Panellists/Respondents/Members/Users express their wilful agreement to the participation in panel/survey/market research activities in company sites at their whole sole risks and discretion. Company shall not be liable for any loss arising through any members regardless of the panel or otherwise via any connections. The company's liability is strictly restricted to the services provided not otherwise.

Force Majeure

Company shall not be liable for failure for fulfilling any obligations directly or indirectly, caused by conditions that are beyond reasonable control. These terms and conditions are governed by the law of the company. The company holds the right to amend any change/modify the terms at any time. Any dispute/ disagreement/ termination/ violation related to the terms shall be addressed to the company and settled with mutual negotiations.