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Terms and Conditions

Please review the following Terms & Conditions carefully before accessing or participating in any research activities conducted through this EMA (Ecological Momentary Assessment) platform. Your use of the platform constitutes acknowledgment and acceptance of these terms.

Voluntary Participation

By accessing or participating in research activities through this platform, you acknowledge that your participation is entirely voluntary. All research engagement is subject to the informed consent procedures established by the overseeing research team, institution, or study sponsor. You retain the right to decline participation or withdraw from a study at any time, in accordance with the withdrawal provisions outlined in the applicable consent documentation, without penalty or loss of entitled benefits.

Research-Use Limitation

This platform is designed exclusively for research and data-collection purposes. It does not provide medical diagnosis, clinical treatment, psychological counseling, crisis intervention, or emergency services of any kind. Any prompts, notifications, feedback, or automated messages generated within the system are deployed strictly as components of structured research methodologies and protocols. Such content must not be interpreted as medical, psychological, or professional advice.

Participants requiring medical or mental health support should seek care from qualified healthcare providers or appropriate emergency services.

Participant Responsibilities

Participants are responsible for providing responses that are accurate, complete, and truthful to the best of their knowledge. The scientific validity and reliability of research findings depend on data integrity.

Submission of inaccurate, fabricated, incomplete, or intentionally misleading information may compromise study outcomes. Accordingly, the overseeing research team reserves the right to exclude datasets that do not meet predefined quality, completeness, or protocol-compliance thresholds. Exclusion criteria are determined in advance in alignment with approved research methodologies.

Data Privacy & Governance

All data collected through the platform will be processed in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection regulations, institutional review board (IRB) approvals, and internal data governance frameworks.

Depending on the study design and regulatory requirements:

  • Data may be anonymized or de-identified prior to analysis
  • Direct identifiers may be removed or encrypted
  • Aggregated findings may be used for scientific publication or reporting
  • Data handling practices are implemented to safeguard participant confidentiality while enabling legitimate research use.

System Access & Acceptable Use

Access to researcher dashboards, administrative controls, and dataset exports is restricted exclusively to authorized personnel operating under institutional approval.

The following activities are strictly prohibited:

  • Unauthorized system access or credential sharing
  • Data scraping, bulk extraction, or automated harvesting
  • Reverse engineering, code manipulation, or platform intrusion attempts
  • Misuse of research tools or participant data

Violations may result in access termination, institutional reporting, and potential legal action where applicable.

Modifications to Terms

These Terms & Conditions may be updated periodically to reflect changes in regulatory requirements, institutional policies, operational practices, or research protocols. Updates will be posted within the platform environment or associated study interfaces.

Continued access to or participation in the platform following the publication of revised terms constitutes acceptance of those updates.

Contact & Participant Rights

If you have questions regarding study participation, informed consent, data handling practices, or your rights as a research participant, you are advised to contact the responsible research institution or study team directly using the contact information provided in your study materials or consent documentation.

Your rights, safety, and confidentiality remain central to all research conducted through this platform.