Allegiance, Inc. Privacy Policy

Last Updated on 12/18/2006

Allegiance, Inc. is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program.  TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user's trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.  This privacy statement covers the Web site www.allegiance.com .  Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact:
Greg Heaps
Allegiance, Inc.
10713 South Jordan Gateway, Ste. 120
South Jordan, UT 84095
801-617-8000

If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily address, you should click to contact TRUSTe. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.

Allegiance, Inc.™ appreciates your confidence in us as a web portal and anonymous communication service. In attempt to ensure your confidentiality and privacy, we have developed controls to keep your information from outside parties. Security encryption of your information using the latest in technology is utilized to help keep your information anonymous and confidential.  This privacy policy covers all information collected on allegiance.com including information that is collected on the CustomerVoice, EmployeeVoice, ActiveSurvey, MysteryShopper, PartnerVoice, and, SilentWhistle branded pages.

Information Collection & Use
Visitors to the site may request more information by filling out a form.  Forms on the site include: a contact us form, a schedule a demo form, a request more information form, a partner request form, a pricing request form, or a talk to an expert form.  The same information is requested regardless of which form is filled out.  The standard information request forms are: First name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Company, and Number of Employees. The information that is collected through these forms is used soley to contact the visitor to resolve questions and comments that they might have. 

Information Sharing and Disclosure
We DO NOT Share or Disclose Personally Identifiable Information with Third Parties.

Testimonials
Testimonials are posted on our site. We obtain permission from the individual or company prior to posting their testimonial.  If you would like a testimonial removed at any time please contact us at:
Greg Heaps
Allegiance, Inc.
10713 South Jordan Gateway, Ste. 120
South Jordan, UT 84095
801-617-8000

Cookies
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Allegiance Inc on allegiance.com only. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use  cookies on this site. We do link the information we store in cookies to personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

We use persistent cookies.  A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file. More information on cookies can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie. We set a persistent cookie to track which search engine you came from, which keyword you typed in, what page you first landed on - on our site, which form you submitted - if applicable, and which pay per click ad you clicked on - if applicable.  If you reject cookies, you may still use our site.

Partners
Allegiance, Inc. does not share your information with any partner companies, unless given your deliberate permission in writing. We will not sell your information to any newsletter or mailing list companies to access your information including name, address, email, telephone, company name, title, position or otherwise.

Children
Allegiance, Inc. is a family-friendly company and does not publish information that is not suitable for children or minors. Examples of pornography, offensive language, graphic pictures, or violence are not published on Allegiance, Inc..

Your Account Access
Usernames and passwords are stored in our databases for use in our reporting system. This information is kept securely and solely on our private servers and is only used to assist you in accessing your account as a client, and facilitating communication. User information is stored only when the user voluntarily gives this information for use by a client company. No information is released outside of the Allegiance, Inc. system.

Access to Personally Identifiable Information
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may [correct, update, delete or deactivate it] by emailing our Customer Support at support@allegiance.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.
Support Department
Allegiance, Inc.
10713 South Jordan Gateway, Ste. 120
South Jordan, UT 84095
801-617-8000

Security
The security of your personal information is important to us.  We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.  No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however.  Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.  If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at support@allegiance.com.

Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

Terms
No party other than Allegiance, Inc. is allowed to access information stored on our servers. Doing so is a violation of federal and state law. Allegiance, Inc. has taken caution by placing security measures and firewalls on all network servers in an attempt to prevent outside parties from accessing private information. In the event of a breach of security or attempted breach of security, Allegiance, Inc. will press charges to the fullest extent to those parties illegally accessing information on our servers, both civilly and criminally.

Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.  If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.