Roll Call’s Privacy Policy

Roll Call Group is committed to protecting the privacy of rollcall.com, rcjobs.com, gallerywatch.com, congressnow.com and briefingroom.rollcall.com subscribers. This statement outlines our privacy and data protection policy.


Collection of Data | Security | Cookies | Updating Your Information


Collection and Use of User Details

Personal details of Users of rollcall.com will be collected and processed upon registration to our website.

All personal information is collected with the knowledge of Roll Call Group customers via the website’s registration.

This information is collected for the following purposes:

• To notify customers when the newsletter has been updated and special news items are posted
• To notify customers of special features, new products and items of relevance
• To notify users of promotional activities both within Roll Call Group and across The Economist Group of companies.

User information is retained for in-house research to:

• Improve our understanding of customer needs and product development
• Build marketing profiles
• Aid strategic development
• Manage our relationship with advertisers

All results of such research and analysis will be anonymised or aggregated information and will not reveal any personal facts about individual customers.

Roll Call Group is an Economist Group business. The Economist operates offices worldwide. Steps have been taken to ensure that consistently high standards of data protection are adhered to in all regional offices for all the forms of processing mentioned above.

User Choices

All registration and order forms provide users with a series of choices as regards to further promotional activity, forms of communication and third-party processing.

When filling out the registration form on rollcall.com, users should indicate whether they are receptive to the use of e-mail to inform them of news updates and further rollcall.com promotional literature. If you wish to be kept informed of further rollcall.com services as well as technical/functional developments related to our website and online services then you should check the e-mail opt-in box.

You may also indicate whether you wish to receive such information from other Economist Group businesses.

Roll Call Group will occasionally allow other similar but reputable organizations to contact you. If you do not wish to hear from these companies, please check the appropriate box on the order/registration form to opt-out of such activity.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which is placed on the user’s hard drive following a visit to rollcall.com. This file subsequently allows the user to move quickly and easily around our site by keeping a record of your previous visit(s). The cookie retains the user name and IP address as well as anonymised statistics on users’ demographic profiles for general research and statistics about our site. We do not associate this information with any personal data about our visitors.

Cookies can be deleted from a PC’s hard drive at any time by the user. Further information on the use of cookies can be found on cookiecentral.com.

Security Policy or Security Guarantee

Roll Call Group will maintain appropriate measures to ensure that users’ personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered with the Roll Call Group server environment.

Occasions will arise when customer information is passed outside Roll Call Group to other data processors i.e. fulfillment bureau, database consultants, etc. but they will only act upon instruction from Roll Call Group in order to perform the services required.

Transfer of Personal Data Overseas

The Internet is a global environment. Using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis, both within and outside the European Economic Area. Therefore, by browsing the rollcall.com sites and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way. By agreeing to our transfer of your data to third party organizations for them to send you details of products and services offered (as detailed above) you are deemed to provide your consent to any transfer of your data to organizations based outside the European Economic Area.

Updating Customer Details

It is important to Roll Call Group that we have your correct contact information so that you don’t miss out on further correspondence or experience problems with the delivery of products. You may make changes to your personal data at any time by using your name and password to log in to rollcall.com and changing your information.


Should you have any questions or concerns, you may also call us at
202/824-6800 or toll free 800/289-9331 or e-mail Circulation.

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