Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Southern Research, 2000 9th Ave S, Birmingham, AL, Alabama 35205, United States of America (the), email: marketing@southernresearch.org, phone: 205-581-2000 on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website (https://southernresearch.org). By accessing or using the website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the website.

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the website. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the website after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

Southern Research respects your privacy and generally collects no personally identifiable information about you unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us. Southern Research does not actively share personal information about website visitors. Personal information provided by visitors, such as e-mail addresses or information submitted via online forms, is used by Southern Research to assist individual visitors as necessary. This assistance may involve redirecting an inquiry or comment to another individual or unit better suited to provide resolution.

How We Use Your Information:

We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:  Marketing/ Promotional, Targeted advertising

If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

How We Share Your Information:

Southern Research analyzes its web server log files to collect summary information about visitors to its website. We also subscribe to Google Analytics, which uses cookies to collect anonymous traffic data. This information is analyzed by Southern Research and by Google Analytics to generate summary statistics for purposes such as guiding design considerations, determining successful site segments, determining problem areas and tracking marketing activities. We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:

Ad service

Marketing agencies

Analytics

We require such third party’s to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.

We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the website violates any third-party rights. If the website or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.

Your Rights: 

Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at marketing@southernresearch.org. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

You may opt-out of direct marketing communications or the profiling we carry out for marketing purposes by writing to us at marketing@southernresearch.org.

Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

Cookies Etc. 

To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

 Security: 

The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Grievance / Data Protection Officer: 

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Southern Research, 2000 9th Ave S, Birmingham, AL, email: marketing@southernresearch.org. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.

Changes to our policy:

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change.

Questions and feedback:

We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. Visit our Contact Us page to send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any other issue.

Online Policy Only:

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

If you have any questions, please contact us at

Corporate Office Mailing Address

P.O. 55305

Birmingham, AL 35255-5305

205-581-2000

Your Consent:

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.