With our long experience in conducting customer and stakeholder research, RKS Research & Consulting is committed to the protection of survey respondents’ privacy. In all of our surveys, we inform respondents at the outset about the nature of the study and how the data will be used. All participants in RKS surveys are assured that their responses and demographic information will remain confidential; all interview information is aggregated with other survey responses to protect the identities of individual participants.

Individual names and addresses are used only for designated research purposes and are never provided to third parties. When it is desirable to re-contact respondents at a later time to track changes in opinion, we obtain permission to retain contact information in confidence for this single use.

In addition, we can assure all survey participants that your personal information remains in the strictest confidence. Our own proprietary software, data coding, and storage procedures limit access to survey findings. All survey information is stored in a specially secured location.

RKS adheres to the standards and practices of the major market research industry associations. As part of our business procedures, we routinely review data security and participant privacy practices, making constant improvements in the interest of respondents’ privacy and peace of mind.