Terms & Conditions

These terms cover use of this website and the request-access and contact forms it provides, and the responsibilities of partner organizations for research we carry out on their behalf. By submitting a form or using the Studio, you agree to the terms below.

Eligibility

Free access to the Studio is intended for registered charities, non-profit organizations, and other legally recognized non-profit entities working on animal welfare or climate advocacy. Meeting this description does not guarantee access: we evaluate each request individually based on the information submitted, and onboarding is limited by our available capacity and funding. We may decline, delay, or revoke access, including for organizations that meet the above criteria.

Accurate information

You agree to provide accurate information about yourself and your organization when submitting a form, and to update it if it changes.

Acceptable use

This site and any account access granted through it may not be used for unlawful purposes, to misrepresent your organization, or to attempt unauthorized access to our systems.

Research on behalf of partner organizations

When we approve a request for access, the organization becomes a partner. We usually work with partners as a managed service, where our team runs the research and supports their campaign; some partners use the Studio themselves through their own account.

In both cases, the partner is the controller of the information about the people researched for its campaign, and we act as its processor. Before research begins, the partner provides a research brief that sets out who is to be researched, the purpose, what information is to be collected and how long it is to be kept. Research includes the AI-generated assessments the Studio produces about the people researched, such as how they might respond to an argument; these are personal data and are handled, kept and deleted under the same brief. We process the information only as set out in the brief, keep each partner's research separate, and do not reuse it for another partner or for our own purposes.

As the controller, the partner is responsible for:

• having a legal basis under the data protection laws that apply to it;
• including in its brief, or researching itself, only people acting in a public role;
• making sure its own privacy policy covers this research, including AI-generated assessments and its use of research suppliers;
• where people it contacts are in the European Union, the European Economic Area or Brazil, or anywhere else the law requires it, giving them privacy information no later than its first contact, for example through a "Privacy" link in its email footer that leads directly to its privacy policy;
• responding to requests from people it has researched.

We will pass on any request we receive from a person who has, or thinks they have, been researched to the partner concerned without delay, and help the partner respond. We delete research information when the period set in the brief, counted from the day the campaign ends, expires, and the partner may receive a copy beforehand. Deleted information may remain in our encrypted backups until they expire, at most 35 days later. Researching the same people again later requires a new or updated brief.

Service providers for partner research

The partner authorizes us to use these service providers to carry out its research:

• Microsoft Azure, to host the Studio and store its information, in the European Union;
• Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry, for the AI models the Studio uses; its information is stored in the European Union, but a request to a model may be processed in another region where Microsoft runs that model;
• Grounding with Bing Search, for web search, only where the partner's brief allows web search.

Microsoft processes information for the first two on our behalf. For web search, Microsoft acts as an independent controller: the search queries, which can include the name and role of the person researched, are handled under the Microsoft Privacy Statement and may be processed outside the European Union. We will tell partners before we add or replace a service provider, so they can object.

No warranty

The Studio is provided as-is during early access. We don't guarantee uninterrupted availability and may change or discontinue features as the product develops.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the Studio develops. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to info@animaladvocacystudio.org. See also our Privacy Policy.