Attention! Esearch members(Fight for your rights)

**Frank2004** · 09-01-2004, 09:12 PM

Last month,I did a survey for Esearch.Tonight,I was Shocked to receive an email from them

"You recently took a survey for IT decision makers viewing/commenting on a Sprint ad. The survey offered $25 to qualified completed respondents and the client is needing some respondent verification for incentive payments. So that we can confirm identity and qualification for payment, please respond to this email making sure to include the message in its entirety with the following information:
Your full name:
The company for which you work/are an IT decision maker:
A corporate telephone number:
Your complete mailing address including street address, city, state and zip code

With this information we will be able to process the payment.

They have No rights to Do So! Here is their Privacy Statement:
Panelist contact information is never disclosed to clients of Esearch without the prior consent of the individual.

Now what they are asking for r totally against their own rules!

Let's fight for our rights!

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**toxicity** · 09-01-2004, 10:09 PM

that doesnt mean they provide that info to the client. In all likelihood, esearch is the one that verifies your info and informs their client that it is legitimate.

**agg28** · 09-01-2004, 10:13 PM

Hmmm...I took that survey but did not receive that email.

**Frank2004** · 09-01-2004, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by agg28

Hmmm...I took that survey but did not receive that email.

Did you receive your payment?

**agg28** · 09-01-2004, 10:34 PM

No, I have not received it yet. I emailed Janet yesterday, because in the original survey invite, it stated that payment would be received by August 31. She said that they were waiting for the deposit to clear through Paypal and then payments would be made. So I figured it would probably arrive by Friday.

**Frank2004** · 09-01-2004, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by toxicity

that doesnt mean they provide that info to the client. In all likelihood, esearch is the one that verifies your info and informs their client that it is legitimate.

Why do you ask for so much personal information?
Our clients are typically looking for very specific business or IT professionals. We need to do our best to find those respondents. We sort our data so that we only send a survey those most likely to qualify for the interview. If you are uncomfortable providing that information, that's fine. The only required field is your email address. However, by providing less information, you will not be selected for as many surveys.

***lassss*** · 09-02-2004, 10:20 AM

I am sure with all the abuse they get (like people who just fill out the survey even tho that is not their field), they only want to verify that you indeed are in the IT field. I don't see anything wrong with it.

**tsquared** · 09-02-2004, 10:33 AM

I got an email from a company a few months back just like this one and emailed them the company i worked for and told them exactly what i did and they said that was cool they just could not tell from my companies description that i was in the IT field.

**agg28** · 09-02-2004, 12:31 PM

Just received payment for this study.

**blue4me** · 09-02-2004, 01:06 PM

I received payment for that study today also. That was the second $25 IT study I took with them. I have never had a problem being paid (though twice they've been a couple of days late).

**gruslave** · 09-03-2004, 08:27 AM

I got my payment yesterday, no problem. They are always prompt in payment. Plus i won

$25

from them. The email was sent August 23, but i just checked my email. My email provider deletes my emails every 30 of inactivity so if i hadn't logged in, i guess, i wouldn't have gotten tha.

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