1. Purpose
You are invited to participate in the Crowdsource application early access program (the “Program”) conducted by Google LLC (“Google”), located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (the “Agreement”). The purpose of the Program is: (a) developing and evaluating: (i) ranking algorithms; (ii) indexing signals; (iii); queries and natural language methods and speech models; (iv) performing analysis and statistics to understand usage patterns (including image, speech and audio patterns), quality, etc. (this may involve sharing the data with third party partners); and (b) other and future uses that relate to improving the quality of machine learning experiences at Google (“Purpose”).
2. Participation
2.1 Qualification. By participating in the Program you confirm: (a) you are not a resident of Illinois or Texas; (b) you are over eighteen (18) years old; (c) participating in the Program will not violate any agreement with a third party or create a conflict of interest; and (d) your employment will not prevent you from fulfilling the terms and obligations of this Agreement.
2.2 Voluntary Participation. Your participation is completely voluntary. If you choose not to participate or if you choose to withdraw, there will be no adverse consequences. If you wish to withdraw from this Program, see Section 9 (“Questions”) of this agreement. You may not benefit directly from this Program and you will not be compensated.
2.3 Software. As part of this Program, you will be provided access to the non-production version of the Crowdsource application (the “Application”). The Application is not a publicly released product and remains Google’s Confidential Information. Do not show the Application to anyone who might take pictures of it or blog about it. Do not take screenshots of the Application or blog about it yourself. Do not discuss the Application in public forums.
3. Program, Retention, Use, Sharing and Risks
3.1 Contributed Data. As part of the Program, you will be asked to use the Application which may collect and upload the following types of data to Google depending on your interaction with the Application (“Data”).
User ID tied to your Google Account
Video, photos, text, audio, or other data collected via the Application
Feedback provided from you about your experiences and usage of the Application
Metadata regarding your usage of the Application
3.2 Retention. The Data will be collected and used according to the applicable Google Privacy Policy available at https://privacy.google.com. If you would like to delete any of your Data you can visit this website to see ways to delete your Data.
3.3 Use. Data may be used for the Purpose. Google may: (a) remove personally identifying information to create an anonymized data set; (b) aggregate the Data with information from other participants in this Program or related Google studies; or (c) use any other reasonable method to disassociate the Data from the personally identifying information of Program participants. Google may retain, use, or share non-personally identifying or aggregate data without limitation for any purpose. For the avoidance of doubt, this use may include Google employees and vendors accessing your audio and usage metrics for the Application.
3.4 Data Transfer. You consent to Google processing Data outside the country or region where the data is originally collected or where you are located, including in countries where you may have fewer rights in respect of your information than you do in your country of residence. Data may be processed by Google LLC in the United States or Google affiliates and service providers acting on Google’s behalf outside of your country of residence.
3.5 Sharing with Third Parties. Google may share the Data with third parties such as affiliates and contractors who agree to meet our standards for protecting the information, including vendors who analyze and annotate the Data, including, but not limited to, recordings of your voice collected via the Application.
4. Termination and Requests for Deletion
4.1 Termination by Google. Google may terminate the Program or your participation in the Program at any time. In such event, you agree that Google is released from any and all obligations to you under this agreement.
4.2 Termination by You. Your participation is voluntary and you may choose to cease participation in this Program at any time. You can withdraw your consent to processing personal data at any time, so if you also wish to have your Data deleted, please see Section 9 of this agreement (“Questions”). If you request that your Data be deleted, Data that contains or is linked to your personally identifiable information will be deleted as soon as reasonably practicable, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable legislation or legal process.
Google may retain Data that has been disassociated from your personally identifiable information.
5. Confidentiality and Intellectual Property
5.1 Feedback. During your participation in the Program, you may provide comments, feedback, ideas, opinions, suggestions, data, or other information to Google (collectively “Feedback”). Feedback is separate from and not part of the Data. Google may use Feedback without restriction or compensation to you to develop and improve Google’s current or future products and services, but Google has no obligation to use your Feedback. You agree that you will not disclose any third-party information that you are otherwise obligated to maintain as confidential.
5.2 Google Confidential Information. This agreement and any information provided to you by Google during the Program are confidential (the “Confidential Information”). You may use Confidential Information only for participation in the Program and take care to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of such information. You may not photograph, record, or share any Confidential Information.
6. General Disclaimer. GOOGLE PROVIDES THE APPLICATION AND OTHER ITEMS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PROGRAM “AS IS”, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, AND DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
7. Limitation of Liability. GOOGLE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUES OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS TERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.2.
8. Miscellaneous. Unless applicable law requires otherwise: (a) this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflict-of-laws principles; and (b) the exclusive venue for any dispute relating to this agreement will be Santa Clara County, California. Any amendments must be in writing. Failure to enforce any provisions of this agreement will not constitute a waiver. Section 5 will survive any termination of this agreement. You can contact your local data protection authority if you have concerns regarding your rights under local law.
9. Questions. If you want to (i) delete your Data Crowdsource team collects during the Program, or (ii) withdraw from the Program, please contact this alias: crowdsource-community@google.com.
By clicking the “I Accept” button below, you understand and agree to the terms and conditions in this agreement and that you agree to participate in the Program.