Privacy Notice and Informed Consent
1. Responsible institution
This study is conducted by El Colegio de México, A.C. (El Colegio de México), through the research team responsible for the COLMEX Academic Project. El Colegio de México is responsible for collecting, safeguarding, and using participant information in accordance with the purposes described in this notice. Official website: www.colmex.mx.
2. Information we collect
We collect your full name, email address, nationality, native language, other languages spoken, and the descriptions you submit in response to the assigned videos, together with the stage and date of each submission.
3. How we use your information
Your information is used to register you as a participant, administer the study, analyse how participants describe motion events across languages, verify study responses, and contact you when necessary about your participation. We do not use your information for advertising, profiling, or automated decision-making unrelated to this research.
4. Research confidentiality
Research results will be analysed and reported in aggregate form. Whenever practical, responses will be identified by a study code rather than by your name or email address. Direct identifiers will not be included in publications, presentations, or other public research materials.
5. Data retention and security
Participant data and study responses will be retained only for as long as necessary to conduct, verify, and document the research and to meet applicable institutional requirements. Access is limited to authorised members of the research team. Reasonable technical and organisational safeguards protect the information against unauthorised access, alteration, loss, or disclosure.
6. Voluntary participation and withdrawal
Participation is voluntary. You may decline to participate or stop participating at any time without penalty. If you withdraw before your responses have been irreversibly anonymised or incorporated into the research analysis, you may request deletion of your identifiable information and responses, subject to applicable legal or institutional requirements.
7. Your privacy rights
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, or ask how it is being used. You may also ask for processing to be limited or object to a particular use where applicable. To exercise these rights, contact the research team through the institutional contact channel provided by the study coordinator.
8. Contact
For questions about this notice, your participation, or your privacy rights, contact the COLMEX Academic Project research team through the institutional contact channel provided by the study coordinator.
9. Consent
By selecting the consent box on the study registration page, you confirm that you have read and understood this notice and voluntarily agree to participate in the study and to the processing of your information for the purposes described above.
Draft notice — demonstration only. Institutional and legal approval is pending. Use fictional information; do not submit real participant data.