1. Valis Research’s commitment to protecting your personal information

Valis Research is dedicated to safeguarding your personal data and privacy. We encourage you to carefully review this Data Protection Policy, which explains our data protection and privacy practices, how your personal data is collected online, and how it is used by Valis Research. This policy will always be accessible on our homepage and at the bottom of every page of this website. Valis Research strongly upholds the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, as well as compliance with both national and international privacy laws. We are committed to keeping all personal data confidential and limiting disclosure strictly in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations. This policy applies to all Valis Research activities involving the collection, processing, use, transmission, transfer, and storage of personal data, unless national legislation requires specific data protection rules.

2. How do we process your personal information?

Valis Research respects every individual’s right to privacy and to the protection of personal data. When processing your personal data, Valis Research follows these principles: 1. Processing data fairly, lawfully, and transparently; 2. Collecting data for specific, legitimate purposes and not using it in ways incompatible with those purposes; 3. Collecting data that is relevant and not excessive for the purposes for which it is gathered and used. Where possible and appropriate, we may anonymize personal data, depending on its nature and the associated risks; 4. Ensuring data is accurate and kept up to date when necessary, taking reasonable steps to correct or delete inaccurate or incomplete information; 5. Retaining personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and processed; 6. Processing personal data in line with the individual’s legal rights; 7. Implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure personal data against unauthorized access, unlawful processing, and accidental or unlawful loss, destruction, or damage; 8. Processing personal data only when lawful, including when explicit consent has been clearly provided.

3. Why do we collect your personal information?

Valis Research may collect personal data from you for the following purposes: • creating profiles; • responding to information requests; • managing newsletter subscriptions and distributing them; • processing job applications.

4. What data is collected?

Valis Research collects and uses your personal data with appropriate notice and, where required, your consent, after informing you properly. Personal data refers to any information about an identified or identifiable natural person (‘Data subject’). An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, particularly by reference to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or factors related to their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity. This Policy does not apply to anonymized personal data. Data is considered anonymized if individuals are no longer identifiable, or can only be identified with disproportionate effort in terms of time, cost, or work. If anonymized data becomes re-identifiable (for example, through pseudonyms allowing identification), then this Policy once again applies. It is always your choice whether to share personal data with us. However, if you choose not to, we may not be able to register you as a user or provide services. The types of personal data we may collect include: • your name, surname, age, company, email address, and phone number; • educational and employment background, as well as job-related information (for candidates); • your Valis Research user ID and password (if applicable); • your IP address.

5. How do we use your data?

We collect and use personal data for the following purposes: Browsing and Searching: When you visit the website or click on service links, we collect certain data to improve your browsing experience (e.g., country and language settings), enhance site efficiency, gather demographic insights, monitor activity levels, and evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising. Please see our Cookies Policy for more details. Newsletters and Promotional Emails: When you request newsletters, we collect your personal data to send you the requested information. Contact Information: If you contact us, we maintain a record of your communication, including personal data, in a file linked to you. This helps us provide better service if you reach out again. Recruitment: We process candidates’ personal data to manage recruitment activities. Your data will be retained only as long as necessary for the recruitment process or the purpose for which it was collected.

6. What do we do with your personal data?

If you provide personal data to us, whether directly or indirectly, we will: • never sell or rent it to third parties without your consent

• take commercially reasonable measures to protect personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction;
• not process personal data except: in aggregate form with other data so that individual identities cannot reasonably be determined (e.g., statistical analysis); as required by law, such as in response to a subpoena or search warrant; by outside auditors who have agreed to maintain confidentiality; as necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of Valis Research, its users, or others, which may include sharing information with other organizations or public authorities for identification, fraud prevention, and risk reduction purposes.