Does ARI distribute unsolicited e-mail to recruit respondents for marketing surveys?
No. ARI only contacts individuals when they have a reasonable expectation that they will receive e-mail contact for participation in market research. The Council of American Survey Research Organizations states that such an agreement can be assumed when all of the following conditions exist: (1) A substantive pre-existing relationship exists between the individuals contacted and the research organization, the client or the list owners contracting the research, (2) Individuals have a reasonable expectation, based on the pre-existing relationship, that they may be contacted for research, (3) Individuals are offered the choice to be removed from future e-mail contact in each invitation and (4) The invitation list excludes all individuals who have previously taken the appropriate and timely steps to request the list owner to remove them.
