Privacy Policy

01. Introduction

Scrutiny Pulse ("we", "us", "our") provides a premium global research panel connecting respondent profiles with clinical and market studies. We respect respondent privacy and protect your personal data. This Privacy Policy details the exact mechanics of how we collect, store, and utilize your personal information, as well as your local regulatory protections.

02. Scope

This policy governs all active respondent interactions with Scrutiny Pulse platforms including the portal entry points, user dashboard panels, survey routers, API links, email newsletters, and related verification mechanisms.

03. Personal Data We Collect

We leverage double opt-in controls to log direct and technical data points, ensuring high feasibility match rates:

• Profile credentials: Full name, telephone number, verified email address, physical location, native language, and password (hashed).
• Socio-demographic data: Employment indicators, household income brackets, purchase preferences, and specialized clinical certifications (for expert Healthcare panels).
• Scientific survey responses: Aggregate opinion metrics and responses to screeners. These values are stripped of identifiers and securely compiled into study indexes.
• Quality audits (optional): Professional credentials, medical licenses, or IDs, strictly loaded to verify specialized panel criteria. These files are deleted once validation clears.
• Technical metadata: IP coordinates, hardware configuration parameters, browser versions, and cookies to trigger active fraud prevention and route match processes.

04. Legal Basis for Processing

Our backend systems process personal details strictly under authorized compliance pillars:

• Explicit consent: Granted when you elect to join the panel, complete your demographic survey, or trigger study routers.
• Contractual obligation: Necessary to maintain your panel membership, track balances, and dispatch reward payouts.
• Legitimate interests: Deployed to run active fraud checks, optimize routing speeds, and block duplicated response files.

05. How We Use Your Data

Your personal data is strictly leveraged to orchestrate secure and efficient research operations:

• Matches matching profile templates with incoming target campaigns.
• Computes ledger points and coordinates reward transactions via PayPal, Bank, or UPI transfers.
• Safeguards the panel integrity through machine-learning checks.
• Sends critical security notifications and maintenance updates.

06. Data Retention

We maintain profile records as long as your account remains active. If you elect to close your profile or request erasure under regulatory provisions, we instantly delete or fully anonymize all direct demographic details within 30 days, unless needed to comply with fiscal accounting audits.

07. Disclosures & Security

We do not sell, trade, or distribute your identity parameters to advertisement networks. Structured data is shared solely with trusted verification services to authenticate clinical credentials, and endpoints coordinating your chosen payouts.

08. International Transfers

Because we match users with international clients, profile queries may bypass your local borders. However, we safeguard all global transfers using Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to guarantee equivalent data protection compliance, matching GDPR and CCPA frameworks.

09. Your Privacy Rights

Regardless of your physical residency, Scrutiny Pulse supports extensive participant data controls:

• Right to Access Request complete logs of what data points we hold.
• Right to Rectify Update stale details inside your panel settings.
• Right to Erasure Request permanent profile deletion instantly.
• Right to Object Withdraw active consent to profiling pathways.