Cint and Rep Data Strengthen Alliance to Enhance Global Research Quality and Trust
Cint selects Rep Data’s Research Defender as an ongoing quality technology partner, while Rep Data expands its sample partnership with Cint to strengthen global reach and collaboration
NEW YORK – November 12, 2025 – Cint, a global leader in research and measurement technology, today announced a renewed partnership with Rep Data, a leader in market research fraud defense. Rep Data is expanding its sample partnership with Cint, capitalizing on Cint’s unmatched global reach and speed to dramatically scale respondent delivery for its clients. Concurrently, following a competitive RFP process, Cint has selected Rep Data’s Research Defender as one of its core partners for quality and fraud prevention.
This strategic alliance is critical to achieving the industry’s shared mission of advancing data integrity, improving trust, and setting industry standards. Key benefits of the partnership include:
- Leadership in Quality: Cint’s partnership with Research Defender expands its arsenal of survey protection tools to detect fraud and manage quality, setting industry standards for data integrity and trust.
- Enhanced Independence and Strength: Cint’s evaluation process validates Research Defender’s strength and independence as a critical technology partner.
- Expanded Global Reach: Rep Data will significantly scale respondent delivery by utilizing Cint’s global platform.
- Improved Industry Standards: The collaboration fosters transparency and cooperation in respondent quality.
“This partnership is a testament to Cint’s global scale and commitment to defining and upholding the highest standards of research quality,” said Patrick Comer, CEO at Cint. “We are continuously evaluating partners, and by aligning with Rep Data and Research Defender, we reinforce our shared responsibility to protect data integrity and strengthen trust across the insights ecosystem.”
“Research Defender is the strongest anti-fraud engine in the industry, and Cint's rigorous selection process validates that,” said Pat Stokes, CEO of Rep Data. “Partnering with Cint allows Rep Data to scale that strength globally to researchers, reaching more studies and stopping more bad data before it starts. We’re also deepening our sample partnership to deliver trusted insights with greater reach and efficiency."
This alliance champions a collaborative approach to quality improvement, recognizing that continuous innovation in fraud prevention and cross-supply chain cooperation are essential for the future of research. The partnership maintains the independent operational flexibility of both companies, emphasizing a shared belief in collective progress for the industry.
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About Research Defender
With a goal to help the sample and market research industry create a clean, healthy, and efficient ecosystem, Research Defender has created a secure platform to help our clients take control of their traffic and the quality of their product. Research Defender facilitates high-quality and efficient transactions across the online research ecosystem for both buyers and sellers of sample.
About Rep Data
Rep Data provides full-service data collection solutions for primary researchers, helping expedite data collection for primary quantitative research studies, with a hyper-focus on data quality and consistent execution. The company’s mission is to be a reliable, repeatable data collection partner for approximately 500 clients, including market research agencies, management consultancies, Fortune 500 corporations, advertising agencies, brand strategy consultancies, universities, communications agencies, public relations firms, and more.
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