Study Privacy Notice

Effective November 6, 2026

This notice explains how Talon Group Consulting ("we," "our" or "us") handles your information when you take part in The Hidden Readiness Gap study. It adds to our general Privacy Policy. If the two differ, this notice applies to the study.

Who runs the study

Talon Group Consulting, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Aditi Sharma, Founder and Principal, is responsible for the study. Contact: info@talongroup.consulting.

What we collect

• Identity details: your name and email address. If you sign in with LinkedIn, LinkedIn shares your name, email address, profile photo and a member ID with us. We store your name, email and member ID.
• Professional details: your company, job title and function, and, if you provide it, your LinkedIn profile URL.
• Your answers: your responses to the survey questions, including any written comments.
• Study records: how you reached the survey (for example, a personal invitation or a LinkedIn post), when you started and finished, and your choices about follow-up contact, participant materials and the newsletter.

Please do not include patient information, trade secrets or confidential details about your organization's products, plans or data in your answers.

How we use it

• To run the study, prevent duplicate or fraudulent responses and confirm participants' professional details.
• To group responses for analysis. Responses are analyzed by participant group, such as senior leaders and other perspectives.
• To send you a confirmation and the participant materials you are eligible to receive.
• To prepare a personal comparison report for eligible participants, showing your own answers alongside aggregated results from other participants.
• To contact you about a follow-up research conversation, only if you say yes.
• To contact you about our advisory services, only if you give that permission.
• To send Talon Catalyst, our newsletter, only if you subscribe.

Taking part does not subscribe you to marketing or authorize sales outreach. We do not sell or rent your information.

How findings are published

We publish findings only in aggregate. Published findings will not identify you or your company without your permission. Any quotation is anonymized and edited to remove identifying details.

Comparison reports show other participants' answers only in aggregate, and only for groups large enough that no individual or company can be identified.

Who we share it with

We share your information only with service providers that help us run the study: survey hosting, sign-in, workflow automation, database, email, AI tools, newsletter delivery and website hosting.

How long we keep it

We keep identifiable study information until 24 months after the study closes, then delete it or remove the details that identify you. We may keep anonymized answers for longer to compare results over time.

Your choices

• Taking part is voluntary. You can skip optional questions and stop at any time.
• You can ask to see, correct or delete your information.
• You can withdraw your response until the full report is published. After that, your answers remain only in aggregated findings that do not identify you.
• You can unsubscribe from Talon Catalyst at any time using the link in any issue.

To make a request, email info@talongroup.consulting. We will reply within 30 days.

Participants in the UK and the European Economic Area

We rely on your consent to collect your answers and on our legitimate interest in running accurate research to confirm participants' details. You can withdraw consent at any time, and you can complain to your local data protection authority.

Changes

If we change this notice in a way that affects how we use your information, we will update the date above and tell participants by email.