These Research Terms and Conditions (referred to as the "Research Terms") together with the Pipedrive Privacy Notice available at pipedrive.com/en/privacy ("Privacy Notice") set forth the terms of an Agreement by which You (the "Participant") and Pipedrive Inc., with registered office at 530 Fifth Avenue, 8th floor, Suite 802, New York, NY 10036, US ("Pipedrive"), may participate in any Pipedrive Research Session. You must be at least 18 years of age in order to become a Participant. Pipedrive reserves the right to change these Research Session Terms at any time without notice.
These Research Terms are effective upon scheduling a call, or proceeding to the testing tool via the link contained in the email, website pop-up, or in-app pop-up, which you received from Pipedrive, and govern the Participant's engagement in a Research Session together with the Pipedrive Privacy Notice.
A Research Session refers to the gathering of feedback from the Participant relating to Pipedrive and its competitors' products and services, which may consist of testing, completing a series of tasks, reviewing prototypes, answering a survey or questions, performing an interview and related activities as specified by Pipedrive ("Research Session"). The Research Session may help Pipedrive to generate ideas concerning the enhancement of the end-user experience, which may ultimately benefit a wider Pipedrive customer base. Such Research Session shall be conducted either by means of the telephone, through an online interface like Google Meet, or through a third-party online testing platform.
The Participant acknowledges that Pipedrive may need to gather and process the following personal data from them in order for the Participant to take part in any Research Session: first name, surname, email address, and video recording of you and your voice. Your personal data will only be processed for the purposes of carrying out the Research Session, the assessment of the Research Session and sending of a Reward if applicable for undertaking the Research Session. The personal data you provide to Pipedrive will be processed in accordance with the Pipedrive Privacy Notice, available at https://www.pipedrive.com/en/privacy.
The Participant acknowledges that if a Research Session involves interacting with the Participant's Pipedrive account, data from their account may appear in session recordings.
Session recordings will be kept only as long as necessary to analyze research results and will be securely deleted afterward.
The Participant hereby agrees that Pipedrive shall have absolute right, title, and interest over your feedback or any other intellectual property created under these Research Terms concerning the Participant. The Participant shall at no point of time make any claim in relation to any intellectual property right(s) derived out of the Research Terms.
You agree to protect and keep confidential all information relating to the Research Sessions that you participate in, whether in hardcopy, electronic or oral format (“Confidential Information”). You shall not, except to the extent permitted by these Terms, use or disclose such Confidential Information. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, the specific terms of or activity related to your participation in a Research Session, and the feedback, information, or responses you provide or receive in connection with a Research Session.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may disclose Confidential Information to the extent compelled by law or the order of a court or other governmental body, provided that you notify Pipedrive promptly and in writing (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonably cooperate with Pipedrive in any lawful action to contest or limit the scope of such required disclosure.
You acknowledge that any actual or threatened breach of these confidentiality provisions may cause irreparable harm to Pipedrive, the extent of which may be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, you agree that, in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity, Pipedrive will be entitled to seek an immediate injunction against any breach or threatened breach of these confidentiality provisions without the posting of any bond and without proof of actual damages.
For certain Research Sessions, in return for their participation the Participant may be offered a reward of their choice from a variety available on Tremendous (the “Reward”). If a Reward is to be provided this will be communicated to the Participant, prior to proceeding with the Research Session. Reward amounts will automatically be converted into the local currency of the Participant, depending on the Participant's chosen country or location. Each eligible Participant will receive an email from Tremendous with instructions on how to claim their Reward. Participants via Respondent.io will receive their Reward as outlined in their Participant Terms with Respondent.io. No cash, or Reward substitution is permitted.
You are solely responsible for understanding and evaluating any potential tax liability related to Rewards paid in connection with Research Sessions and for determining any potential income reporting pursuant to the requirements of local, state, federal or other applicable law. Pipedrive is not responsible in any way for your failure to report taxable income or remit any taxes that may be due to any taxing authority.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. All disputes arising from this Agreement will be resolved by the applicable courts of the City of New York, New York.
The relationship between Pipedrive and the Participant is independent in nature, and the Participant shall not claim to be a partner, employee, agent, or joint venture partner of or with Pipedrive, nor claim any benefits available to the personnel of Pipedrive under / before any law or forum.
If any part of the Research Terms are determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed to be superseded by the valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Interview Terms shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, these Research Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire terms between the Participant and Pipedrive and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the Participant and Pipedrive with respect to the Research Session. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by the Participant or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.