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1. You have agreed to participate voluntarily in a consumer investigation conducted by Consumer Reports, Inc. (“CR”) for purposes of understanding Uber and Lyft pricing. As part of this study, you will be asked to participate in a rideshare event in Portland, Oregon, during which you and fellow participants will each meet at designated locations to request rides from either Uber or Lyft to a shared designated address. You will also be asked to participate in a video session of some or all of your trip(s) and capture a screenshot of the ride price and provide it to CR. You will also be asked to provide certain information about yourself and your smart phone.

You may discontinue your participation in this consumer investigation project at any time. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Consumer Reports at community@cr.consumer.org

2. You acknowledge that your choice to participate in this investigation is knowing, voluntary, and made for your own personal reasons. You understand that participation in this investigation involves inherent risks associated with riding in a vehicle, including dangers of accidents, property loss or damage, personal injury or death, and severe personal and economic losses. These may result not only from your own actions, inactions or negligence, but also from the actions, inactions or negligence of others, or the condition of the vehicles. Further, there may be other risks not known to you or reasonably foreseeable at this time. You understand and have considered the risks involved, and voluntarily and freely choose to assume these risks.
3. In the course of your participation in this consumer investigation, you grant CR permission to photograph, film and otherwise record your appearance, voice, name and biographical data and any interview, including any statements, information or materials provided by you (your “participation”), and the rights to publish, broadcast and otherwise publicly share your participation in Consumer Reports’ publications, videos, advocacy materials and promotional materials, and to sublicense such rights to third-party distributors of Consumer Reports’ information products, in any format and in any media whether now known or later developed for any purpose that advances CR’s mission. This means that photos and video recordings of your participation will be made public.

4. You hereby release CR, its research collaborator, Drivers Union, and their respective successors and assigns, and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and licensees of each of them (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against (a) any and all injuries (including death), losses, damages (including consequential, incidental and punitive damages), claims (including negligence claims), demands, lawsuits, expenses and any other liability of any kind, of or to you, your property, or any other person (collectively, “Losses”), directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with your participation in the investigation, unless caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Released Parties, and (b) any and all liability arising from any use of your participation, or, to the extent we publish any part of your participation, from any change that may occur in the publication, processing or editing of our content, including any liability arising out of claims of rights of privacy or publicity, false light, libel, defamation, copyright or any other right and (c) any and all claims for royalties, wages, or compensation in connection with any of the rights or obligations hereunder.

You acknowledge that your involvement with this consumer investigation project is wholly voluntary and that you assume full responsibility for your health and wellbeing. You waive any right you may have to inspect and approve CR’s use of your participation.

5. You retain ownership of your Uber and Lyft data. You grant CR and its research collaborators a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free right and license to use and analyze the data you contribute to this consumer investigation project for CR and its research collaborators’ research, editorial and consumer advocacy activities, including the publication of CR content based on this study.

You hereby expressly acknowledge and agree that all intellectual property rights in content that CR creates based on information from this study are and continue to be the exclusive property of CR, and nothing in this agreement shall be construed to create a joint work under copyright law or otherwise create or establish in you any ownership in any of the intellectual property connected with the CR’s content.

6. You acknowledge that until CR decides to publish information about this consumer investigation, that your participation is confidential.
7. By signing this agreement, you represent that
(a) You are eighteen years of age or older;
(b) The information you provide CR is truthful and accurate to the best of your knowledge;
(c) You have the authority to enter into this agreement;
(d) you are in good health and physical condition; and do not have any medical or other conditions that would impair your ability to ride in a vehicle or otherwise participate in the investigation;
(d) Your participation will not infringe any rights of any third parties; and

(e) Neither you nor any immediate family member is an employee of Uber or Lyft.

8. Participants who complete all required activities under this study receive reimbursement of all documented rideshare costs in the form of a VISA gift card. This gift card will be issued either by CR or through an intermediary. You are solely responsible for paying all applicable taxes (if any) with respect to payments made under this agreement.

9. No promises or representations have been made to you by CR or any party on its behalf concerning the use of your participation or information about you provided by others, or to induce you to sign this agreement. This agreement shall be interpreted under the law of the State of New York, regardless of its conflicts rules. This agreement, together with the CR User Agreement and Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and CR with respect to its subject matter.

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