Privacy Policy
Info-stop.com respects the confidentiality of all client transactions. Materials, conversations, actions, plans and all other business related activities shared by the client with info-stop.com and its associates are kept in the strictest confidence. A legally binding non-disclosure agreement is signed by each of our associates prior to any research they conduct on behalf of a client. The duration of the confidentiality agreement is permanent. All research is performed in an ethical manner and in accordance with the Code of Ethics published by the Association of Independent Information Professionals.
An Independent Information Professional is an entrepreneur who has demonstrated continuing expertise in the art of finding and organizing information. Each provides information services on a contractual basis to more than one client and serves as an objective intermediary between the client and the information world. An Information Professional bears the following responsibilities:
- Uphold the profession's reputation for honesty, competence, and confidentiality.
- Give clients the most current and accurate information possible within the budget and time frames provided by the clients.
- Help clients understand the sources of information used and the degree of reliability which can be expected from those sources.
- Accept only those projects which are legal and are not detrimental to our profession.
- Respect client confidentiality.
- Recognize intellectual property rights, licensing agreements and other contractual agreements with vendors, and to explain to clients what their obligations may be to these agreements.
- Maintain a professional relationship with libraries and comply with all their rules of access.
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Approved by the membership May 5, 1989, at the Third National Conference and Annual Meeting, Lowell, MA. Amended by the membership April 22, 1990, at the Fourth National Conference and Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Amended by the membership April 18, 1997, at the Eleventh National Conference and Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Amended by the membership April 24, 1999, at the Thirteenth National Conference and Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA. Amended by the membership April 20, 2002, at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
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