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2) Read the Informed Consent and Release as applicable to your region

3) If you agree, please sign

INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE

Project Title: Body Language and Hand Shapes

Project Lead:

email:

This is a voluntary data collection project undertaken by Appen Butler Hill Pty
Ltd. (�Company�). Your decision to participate in this project is completely
voluntary and you may decline to participate or stop your participation at any
time.

WHY IS THIS PROJECT BEING DONE? The objective of this project is to collect visual
assets (photos/videos) of certain specified hand gestures and body poses and
actions. Data collected from this project may be used by Company partners to
develop and improve its products and services, for general research and development
activities, and shared and presented for communications internally and with its
partners. For example, data may be used to:

Train computer-generated models, neural networks or machine learning algorithms;

Create computer generated models, including 3D and 4D models, of persons performing


the actions that you will be asked to record; or

Train neural networks or machine learning algorithms to better detect features of


the human body or certain actions.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I TAKE PART IN THIS PROJECT?

Intake / Receipt of Instructions (5 - 15 minutes):


Before you begin your data collection, you will be provided with this Consent and
Release Form, which explains what data you will be asked to collect and why. Please
review this Consent and Release Form carefully and feel free to ask questions.

A representative from Company may provide you with additional instructions


regarding which body poses or actions to enact and how to capture the video of that
body pose or action and provide it to Company.

Video Capture (10 - 25 minutes):

You will be asked to provide specified hand gestures and body poses and actions
using back-facing-camera.

WHERE WILL THIS PROJECT TAKE PLACE? You can record the video in any setting in
which you feel comfortable and are authorized to record , so long as the video only
captures the specified body pose or action, per the directions you receive.

HOW LONG WILL MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT TAKE? This project should generally
take you between 1 minute and 30 mins.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT? You must be 18 years old or over to
participate in this project.

WHAT DATA WILL BE COLLECTED? As part of this project, the information collected
from you may include the following (we call this �Project Data�):

Contact Information: Worker ID (anonymous randomly assigned ID unique to each


worker)

Photo/Video: Photo/video of the hand gesture or body pose and action, taken
according to the instructions you are provided.

Documented Project Data: name, address, gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and
age.

PROJECT DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION: Project Data may reflect personal
information about you. By signing this Consent and Release, you agree to allow
Company and external entities that Company chooses to collaborate with to collect,
use, store, process, and disclose your personal information for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release and in connection with the project. To the
extent that you provide Company with the personal information of other persons in
connection with your participation in the project, you represent that you will
obtain all consents required to provide Company with the rights necessary to
collect, use, store, process, and disclose their personal information as described
in this Consent and Release.
YOUR RIGHTS IN PERSONAL INFORMATION: If you decide to participate in the project,
you have the right to access any data collected about you as part of this project
and the right to have any such data rectified, completed, blocked or deleted. You
also have the right to object to the collection of any data and withdraw from the
project at any time. To exercise any of your rights or to raise questions on the
use of your data within this study contact the Project Lead.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PROJECT DATA: You agree that the Project Data videos submitted by
you are original to and owned by you. You agree to release Company, its agents,
employees, licensees and assigns from any and all claims you may have now or in the
future for invasion of privacy, right of publicity, trademark infringement,
copyright infringement, defamation or any other cause of action arising out of
Company�s use of the Project Data videos submitted by you. You understand and agree
that between Company and you, Company is and shall be the exclusive owner of all
right, title and interest, including copyright, in the Project Data videos and any
works that may be created by Company containing the Project Data.

USE, DISCLOSURE, AND DELETION: Any information that you provide to Company in
connection with the project, including the Project, will be kept Confidential. The
Project Data may be used by Company, its personnel, and third-party vendors or
business partners subject to appropriate contractual obligations, for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release. Project Data may also be provided to public,
regulatory, or government authorities, including law enforcement, when required by
law, legal process, or litigation.

Any Project Data containing personally identifiable information, including


identifiable image or voice data, that you provide to Company in connection with
the project, will be deleted within 15 years of the date of this Consent and
Release. Project Data that does not contain personally identifiable information,
including where such information has been blurred or similar, may be continued to
be retained. You may contact the Project Lead at any time to request deletion of
your personal information and reasonable efforts will be made to delete your
personal information within a reasonable amount of time; however, note that in some
circumstances, deletion of your personal information may not be feasible.

WHAT RISKS OR DISCOMFORTS SHOULD I EXPECT FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT? This
project does not pose any physical risks but may provide some discomfort associated
with certain interpersonal interactions. There may additionally be some unknown and
unforeseeable risks. If you feel uncomfortable at any time, contact the Project
Lead.

WITHDRAWAL: You may decline to participate or stop Your participation in the


project at any time by providing written notice to the Project Lead. Company may
continue to use the videos that you provided to Company prior to your withdrawal
unless you request that it be deleted as described above, in which case it will be
deleted where feasible.
CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS: By agreeing to participate in the project, You
acknowledge that any information about the project, including any project details
or the fact of your participation, are considered Confidential Information and are
covered by the obligations under your agreements with Company.

WHO CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT? If a project-related problem should
occur, or if you have any questions about the study at any time, please contact the
Project Lead.

CONSENT AND RELEASE

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE FORM
CAREFULLY, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS.

You understand that you may ask for a copy of this Informed Consent and Release
Agreement.

_______________________
Name

_______________________
Signature

_______________________
Date

INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE

Project Title: Project Body Language, Hand Shapes

Project Lead:

email:

This is a voluntary data collection project undertaken by Appen Butler Hill Pty
Ltd. on behalf of Apple Inc. (�Company�). For the purposes of this study Apple
Canada Inc, 120 Bremner Boulevard, Suite 1600Toronto, ON M5J 0A8 Canada, is the
organization responsible for your personal information. Your decision to
participate in this project is completely voluntary and you may decline to
participate or stop your participation at any time.

WHY IS THIS PROJECT BEING DONE? The objective of this project is to collect visual
assets (photos/videos) of certain specified hand gestures and body poses and
actions. Data collected from this project may be used by Company partners to
develop and improve its products and services, for general research and development
activities, and shared and presented for communications internally and with its
partners. For example, data may be used to:

Train computer-generated models, neural networks or machine learning algorithms;

Create computer generated models, including 3D and 4D models, of persons performing


the actions that you will be asked to record; or

Train neural networks or machine learning algorithms to better detect features of


the human body or certain actions.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I TAKE PART IN THIS PROJECT?

Intake / Receipt of Instructions (5 - 15 minutes):

Before you begin your data collection, you will be provided with this Consent and
Release Form, which explains what data you will be asked to collect and why. Please
review this Consent and Release Form carefully and feel free to ask questions.

A representative from Company may provide you with additional specifications for
the conversations / gestures and how to capture the photo/video of the
conversations/gestures and provide it to Company.

Photo/Video Capture (10 - 25 minutes):

You will be asked to provide specified hand gestures and body poses and actions
using back-facing-camera.

WHERE WILL THIS PROJECT TAKE PLACE? You can record the photo/video in any setting
in which you feel comfortable and are authorized to record, so long as the
photo/video only captures the specified actions, per the directions you receive.

HOW LONG WILL MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT TAKE? This project should generally
take you between [insert time frame], depending on the number of tasks you perform.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT? You must be 18 years old or over to
participate in this project.
WHAT DATA WILL BE COLLECTED? This project will collect data from participants with
significant diversity of gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and/or age. As part
of this project, the information collected from you may include the following (we
call this �Project Data�):

Contact Information: Worker ID (anonymous randomly assigned ID unique to each


worker)

Photo/Video: Photo/video of the hand gesture or body pose and action, taken
according to the instructions you are provided.

Documented Project Data: name, address, gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and
age.

PROJECT DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION: Project Data may reflect personal
information about you. By signing this Consent and Release, you agree to allow
Company and external entities that Company chooses to collaborate with to collect,
use, store, process, and disclose your personal information for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release and in connection with the project.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PERSONAL INFORMATION: If you decide to participate in the project,


you have the right to access any data collected about you as part of this project
and the right to have any such data rectified, completed, blocked or deleted. You
also have the right to object to the collection of any data and withdraw from the
project at any time. To exercise any of your rights or to raise questions on the
use of your data within this study contact the Project Lead or dpo@apple.com.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PROJECT DATA: You agree that the Project Data photos/videos
submitted by you are original to and owned by you. You agree to release Company,
its agents, employees, licensees and assigns from any and all claims you may have
now or in the future for invasion of privacy, right of publicity, trademark
infringement, copyright infringement, defamation or any other cause of action
arising out of Company�s use of the Project Data photos/videos submitted by you.
You understand and agree that between Company and you, Company is and shall be the
exclusive owner of all right, title and interest, including copyright, in the
Project Data photos/videos and any works that may be created by Company containing
the Project Data.

USE, DISCLOSURE, AND DELETION: Any information that you provide to Company in
connection with the project, including the Project, will be kept Confidential. The
Project Data may be used by Company, its personnel, and third party vendors or
business partners subject to appropriate contractual obligations, for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release. Project Data may also be provided to public,
regulatory, or government authorities, including law enforcement, when required by
law, legal process, or litigation.

Project Data may be transferred to Apple Inc. in the United States and other Apple
entities and third parties designated by Apple in other countries, but only for the
purposes described herein.

Any Project Data containing personally identifiable information, including


identifiable image or voice data, that you provide to Company in connection with
the project, will be deleted within 5 years of the date of this Consent and
Release. Project Data that does not contain personally identifiable information,
including where such information has been blurred or similar, may be continued to
be retained. You may contact the Project Lead at any time to request deletion of
your personal information and reasonable efforts will be made to delete your
personal information within a reasonable amount of time; however, note that in some
circumstances, deletion of your personal information may not be feasible.

WHAT RISKS OR DISCOMFORTS SHOULD I EXPECT FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT? This
project poses some physical risks and may provide some discomfort associated
with certain physical actions and/or interpersonal interactions. There may
additionally be some unknown and unforeseeable risks. If you feel uncomfortable at
any time, contact the Project Lead.

WITHDRAWAL: You may decline to participate or stop Your participation in the


project at any time by providing written notice to the Project Lead. Company may
continue to use the photos/videos that you provided to Company prior to your
withdrawal unless you request that it be deleted as described above, in which case
it will be deleted where feasible.

CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS: By agreeing to participate in the project, You


acknowledge that any information about the project, including any project details
or the fact of your participation, are considered Confidential Information and are
covered by the obligations under your agreements with Company.

WHO CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT? If a project-related problem should
occur, or if you have any questions about the study at any time, please contact the
Project Lead.

CONSENT AND RELEASE

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE FORM
CAREFULLY, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS.

You understand that you may ask for a copy of this Informed Consent and Release
Agreement.
_______________________
Name

_______________________
Signature

_______________________
Date

INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE

Project Title: Project Body language, Hand Shapes

Project Lead:

email:

This is a voluntary data collection project undertaken by Appen Butler Hill Pty
Ltd. on behalf of Apple Inc. (�Company�). For the purposes of this project Apple
Distribution International Ltd (�Apple�) based in Cork, Ireland is the data
controller. Your decision to participate in this project is completely voluntary
and you may decline to participate or stop your participation at any time.

WHY IS THIS PROJECT BEING DONE? The objective of this project is to collect visual
assets (photos/videos) of certain specified hand gestures and body poses and
actions. Data collected from this project may be used by Company partners to
develop and improve its products and services, for general research and development
activities, and shared and presented for communications internally and with its
partners. For example, data may be used to:

Train computer-generated models, neural networks or machine learning algorithms;

Create computer generated models, including 3D and 4D models, of persons performing


the actions that you will be asked to record; or

Train neural networks or machine learning algorithms to better detect features of


the human body or certain actions.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I TAKE PART IN THIS PROJECT?

Intake / Receipt of Instructions (5 - 15 minutes):

Before you begin your data collection, you will be provided with this Consent and
Release Form, which explains what data you will be asked to collect and why. Please
review this Consent and Release Form carefully and feel free to ask questions.

A representative from Company may provide you with additional specifications for
the conversations or gestures and how to capture the photo/video of the
conversations / gestures and provide it to Company.

Photo/Video Capture (10 - 25 minutes):

You will be asked to provide specified hand gestures and body poses and actions
using back facing-camera.

WHERE WILL THIS PROJECT TAKE PLACE? You can record the photo/video in any setting
in which you feel comfortable and are authorized to record, so long as the
photo/video only captures the specified actions, per the directions you receive.

HOW LONG WILL MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT TAKE? This project should generally
take you between [ ], depending on the number of tasks you perform.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT? You must be 18 years old or over to
participate in this project.

WHAT DATA WILL BE COLLECTED? This project will collect data from participants with
significant diversity of gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and/or age. As part
of this project, the information collected from you may include the following (we
call this �Project Data�):

Contact Information: Worker ID (anonymous randomly assigned ID unique to each


worker)

Photo/Video: Photo/video of the hand gesture or body pose and action, taken
according to the instructions you are provided.

Documented Project Data: name, address, gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and
age.

PROJECT DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION: Project Data may reflect personal
information about you. By signing this Consent and Release, you agree to allow
Company and external entities that Company chooses to collaborate with to collect,
use, store, process, and disclose your personal information for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release and in connection with the project.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PERSONAL INFORMATION: If you decide to participate in the project,


you have the right to access any data collected about you as part of this project
and the right to have any such data rectified, completed, blocked or deleted. You
also have the right to object to the collection of any data and withdraw from the
project at any time. To exercise any of your rights or to raise questions on the
use of your data within this study contact the Project Lead or Apple�s Data
Protection Officer at dpo@apple.com.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PROJECT DATA: You agree that the Project Data photos/videos
submitted by you are original to and owned by you. You agree to release Company,
its agents, employees, licensees and assigns from any and all claims you may have
now or in the future for invasion of privacy, right of publicity, trademark
infringement, copyright infringement, defamation or any other cause of action
arising out of Company�s use of the Project Data photos/videos submitted by you.
You understand and agree that between Company and you, Company is and shall be the
exclusive owner of all right, title and interest, including copyright, in the
Project Data photos/videos and any works that may be created by Company containing
the Project Data.

USE, DISCLOSURE, AND DELETION: Any information that you provide to Company in
connection with the project, including the Project, will be kept Confidential. The
Project Data may be used by Company, its personnel, and third party vendors or
business partners subject to appropriate contractual obligations, for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release. Project Data may also be provided to public,
regulatory, or government authorities, including law enforcement, when required by
law, legal process, or litigation.

Project Data may be transferred to Apple Inc. in the United States and other Apple
entities and third parties designated by Apple in other countries, but only for the
purposes described herein. The transfer of personal data to these entities will
abide by the requirements for international data transfers established in Europe.
These entities will subscribe to the appropriate legal instruments for the
international transfer of data to the United States, or will be bound by?
appropriate contractual arrangements (such as Standard Contractual Clauses,?as
approved by the European Commission) to protect your personal data.

Any Project Data containing personally identifiable information, including


identifiable image or voice data, that you provide to Company in connection with
the project, will be deleted within 5 years of the date of this Consent and
Release. Project Data that does not contain personally identifiable information,
including where such information has been blurred or similar, may be continued to
be retained. You may contact the Project Lead at any time to request deletion of
your personal information and reasonable efforts will be made to delete your
personal information within a reasonable amount of time; however, note that in some
circumstances, deletion of your personal information may not be feasible.

WHAT RISKS OR DISCOMFORTS SHOULD I EXPECT FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT? This
project poses some physical risks and may provide some discomfort associated with
certain physical actions and/or interpersonal interactions. There may additionally
be some unknown and unforeseeable risks. If you feel uncomfortable at any time,
contact the Project Lead.

WITHDRAWAL: You may decline to participate or stop Your participation in the


project at any time by providing written notice to the Project Lead. Company may
continue to use the photos/videos that you provided to Company prior to your
withdrawal unless you request that it be deleted as described above, in which case
it will be deleted where feasible.

CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS: By agreeing to participate in the project, You


acknowledge that any information about the project, including any project details
or the fact of your participation, are considered Confidential Information and are
covered by the obligations under your agreements with Company.

WHO CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT? If a project-related problem should
occur, or if you have any questions about the study at any time, please contact the
Project Lead.

CONSENT AND RELEASE

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE FORM
CAREFULLY, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS.

You understand that you may ask for a copy of this Informed Consent and Release
Agreement.

_______________________
Name

_______________________
Signature

_______________________
Date

INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE

Project Title: Body Language and Hand Shapes

Project Lead:

email:
This is a voluntary data collection project undertaken by Appen Butler Hill Pty Ltd
on behalf of Apple Inc. (�Company�). Your decision to participate in this project
is completely voluntary and you may decline to participate or stop your
participation at any time.

WHY IS THIS PROJECT BEING DONE? The objective of this project is to collect visual
assets (photos/videos) of certain specified hand gestures and body poses and
actions. Data collected from this project may be used by Company partners to
develop and improve its products and services, for general research and development
activities, and shared and presented for communications internally and with its
partners. For example, data may be used to:

Train computer-generated models, neural networks or machine learning algorithms;

Create computer generated models, including 3D and 4D models, of persons performing


the actions that you will be asked to record; or

Train neural networks or machine learning algorithms to better detect features of


the human body or certain actions.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I TAKE PART IN THIS PROJECT?

Intake / Receipt of Instructions (5 - 15 minutes):

Before you begin your data collection, you will be provided with this Consent and
Release Form, which explains what data you will be asked to collect and why. Please
review this Consent and Release Form carefully and feel free to ask questions.

A representative from Company may provide you with additional specifications for
the conversations or gestures and how to capture the photo/video of the
conversations/gestures and provide it to Company.

Photo/Video Capture (10 - 25 minutes):

You will be asked to provide specified hand gestures and body poses and actions
using back-facing-camera.

WHERE WILL THIS PROJECT TAKE PLACE? You can record the photo/video in any setting
in which you feel comfortable and are authorized to record, so long as the
photo/video only captures the specified actions, per the directions you receive.

HOW LONG WILL MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT TAKE? This project should generally
take you between [insert time frame], depending on the number of tasks you perform.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT? You must be 18 years old or over to
participate in this project.

WHAT DATA WILL BE COLLECTED? This project will collect data from participants with
significant diversity of gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and/or age. As part
of this project, the information collected from you may include the following (we
call this �Project Data�):

Contact Information: Worker ID (anonymous randomly assigned ID unique to each


worker)

Photo/Video: Photo/video of the hand gesture or body pose and action, taken
according to the instructions you are provided.

Documented Project Data: name, address, gender, ethnicity, race, skin color, and
age.

PROJECT DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION: Project Data may reflect personal
information about you. By signing this Consent and Release, you agree to allow
Company and external entities that Company chooses to collaborate with to collect,
use, store, process, and disclose your personal information for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release and in connection with the project.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PERSONAL INFORMATION: If you decide to participate in the project,


you have the right to access any data collected about you as part of this project
and the right to have any such data rectified, completed, blocked or deleted. You
also have the right to object to the collection of any data and withdraw from the
project at any time. To exercise any of your rights or to raise questions on the
use of your data within this study contact the Project Lead or Apple�s Data
Protection Officer at dpo@apple.com.

YOUR RIGHTS IN PROJECT DATA: You agree that the Project Data photos/videos
submitted by you are original to and owned by you. You agree to release Company,
its agents, employees, licensees and assigns from any and all claims you may have
now or in the future for invasion of privacy, right of publicity, trademark
infringement, copyright infringement, defamation or any other cause of action
arising out of Company�s use of the Project Data photos/videos submitted by you.
You understand and agree that between Company and you, Company is and shall be the
exclusive owner of all right, title and interest, including copyright, in the
Project Data photos/videos and any works that may be created by Company containing
the Project Data.

USE, DISCLOSURE, AND DELETION: Any information that you provide to Company in
connection with the project, including the Project, will be kept Confidential. The
Project Data may be used by Company, its personnel, and third party vendors or
business partners subject to appropriate contractual obligations, for the purposes
described in this Consent and Release. Project Data may also be provided to public,
regulatory, or government authorities, including law enforcement, when required by
law, legal process, or litigation.
Project Data may be transferred to Apple Inc. in the United States and other Apple
entities and third parties designated by Apple in other countries, but only for the
purposes described herein. Apple Inc. abides by the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC)�s Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System to ensure protection
of Personal Data transferred among participating APEC economies.

Any Project Data containing personally identifiable information, including


identifiable image or voice data, that you provide to Company in connection with
the project, will be deleted within 5 years of the date of this Consent and
Release. Project Data that does not contain personally identifiable information,
including where such information has been blurred or similar, may be continued to
be retained. You may contact the Project Lead at any time to request deletion of
your personal information and reasonable efforts will be made to delete your
personal information within a reasonable amount of time; however, note that in some
circumstances, deletion of your personal information may not be feasible.

WHAT RISKS OR DISCOMFORTS SHOULD I EXPECT FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT? This
project poses some physical risks and may provide some discomfort associated with
certain physical actions and/or interpersonal interactions. There may additionally
be some unknown and unforeseeable risks. If you feel uncomfortable at any time,
contact the Project Lead.

WITHDRAWAL: You may decline to participate or stop Your participation in the


project at any time by providing written notice to the Project Lead. Company may
continue to use the photos/videos that you provided to Company prior to your
withdrawal unless you request that it be deleted as described above, in which case
it will be deleted where feasible.

CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS: By agreeing to participate in the project, You


acknowledge that any information about the project, including any project details
or the fact of your participation, are considered Confidential Information and are
covered by the obligations under your agreements with Company.

WHO CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT? If a project-related problem should
occur, or if you have any questions about the study at any time, please contact the
Project Lead.

CONSENT AND RELEASE

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS INFORMED CONSENT AND RELEASE FORM
CAREFULLY, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS.

You understand that you may ask for a copy of this Informed Consent and Release
Agreement.

_______________________
Name

_______________________
Signature

_______________________
Date

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